Turkish boxer Buse Naz Cakiroglu becomes European champion

ANKARA

Turkish female boxer Buse Naz Cakiroglu won a European gold medal on Saturday.

Cakiroglu, 26, beat her Irish opponent Caitlin Fryers 5-0 in European Women’s Boxing Championships’ 50 kg final in Montenegro’s Budva town.

The Turkish athlete won the 2022 world title in Istanbul in May.

Before her gold medal in Istanbul, Cakiroglu claimed a silver medal in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games held in 2021 summer due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The 2022 European Championships will end on Saturday.