Donovan: 'Incredible' Yang a tough fight for Kellie Harrington

Former boxer Eric Donovan has warned that it would be "dangerous to underestimate" Kellie Harrington's opponent Wenlu Yang in their Olympic women's 60kg final.

Harrington will face the Chinese world number one tonight as she bids to retain the gold medal that she won in Tokyo three years ago and become a back-to-back Olympic champion.

"I think it would be dangerous to underestimate Yang. She’s an incredible opponent, the fact she’s ranked number one says a hell of a lot," Donovan told RTÉ Sport.

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"She beat Kellie in 2016 in the World final and she was very hot around that time around that time. She was top class; she was world champion, but she went off the radar in 2018 until 2023.

He added: "I don’t know where she went, what she did, but she burst back onto the scene in 2023, and she won a bronze in the Worlds and she won gold in the Asian Games and she’s ranked one coming into the Olympic Games."

The Kildare man described Yang as a "tall, southpaw, counterpuncher" who uses her reach advantage against opponents.

"She’s back with a bang and is going to be a difficult opponent. She’s 5’8", she’s a southpaw, so she’s going to present a challenge," he said.

However, Donovan believes Harrington has displayed in her previous fights that she has what it takes to come out on top once again.

"She beat Kellie before but that was in 2016 and that was Kellie’s first medal as an elite-level athlete. Kellie went on a winning spree of winning major medals since then.

"Kellie Harrington is a