But Taylor worked at a high volume snagging the Frenchwoman with crisp, clean blows.
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The final round was also closely contested but Mossely did enough to edge the contest after securing a split-points decision. “I was doing everything to plan”. I’m just very disappointed obviously… It is the first time a woman Irish boxer other than Taylor has been in a World Championships final.
She continued, “It’s still a positive thing that I qualified for Rio but it was only the job half done”.
“I have to focus on the final now, the gold medal is there and I am close to getting it”.
But as Marshall looks to become World champion once more, after winning in 2012, nothing can deter her from the excitement of qualifying for her second Olympic Games.
Mossely, who had beaten Taylor’s Olympic qualifier conqueror Yana Alekseevna in the quarter-finals, took the initiative from the start and tagged the 2012 Olympic champion with a couple of shots.
She now has to refocus on her next target. “I knew I was going to need to dig deep at some stage but at times I really found it hard to get my distance and just had to stand there and box”, said the five-time World Champion after her crucial win. Friday’s finals will be live 1000-1500.
Earlier in the afternoon session, China’s Yuyan Wang secured her place in the light flyweight final after an entertaining encounter with the US’s Marlen Esparza.
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Marshall is guaranteed a bronze medal but will now be looking to go all the way now her Rio seat is booked.
