India's Sakar Sakar, on his Commonwealth debut, put on a masterclass to unanimously defeat Keddy Evans Agnes of Seychelles. Punishing blows were exchanged in the first two super heavyweight clashes rounding off the evening's session. "That fight went for me and the judges agreed," said the man from Northern Ireland after the clash. At the end of the bout both boxers felt they had done enough to win it but it was Walsh who prevailed: The Olympic bronze medalist for Ireland won each round on split cards despite receiving a cut on his left eye. There was an upset in the second welterweight bout of the day after Northern Ireland's Aidan Walsh defeated EUBC European Champion Mohammed Harris Akbar of Team England on split decision, 3-2. I out-boxed him comfortably and the judges thought so too." "I switched off and got over-excited as I knew I’d hurt him in the first round. "It was pretty much the only shot of the fight he landed but to be fair it was a great punch and very well executed," Jolly said about his knock down. The boxer from Bhiwani, who is part of a dynasty in the sport, won against New Zealand's Troy Garton on split decision, 4-1.īody shots were the order of business as Scotland's Tyler Jolly got to task unanimously defeated Papua New Guinea's Neville Warupi in the men's welterweight contest.ĭespite being knocked down in the second round the history-making Scotsman, who holds the bragging rights for the fastest ever knockout of the Games, finished strongly to book his place in the next round. The Englishwoman will take on India's Jaismine Lamboriya in the semi-finals. She had every judge on side from the first round to the third as she powered to victory against Isle of Man's Jade Burden.
It was a convincing unanimous win for England’s Gemma Richardson in the women’s lightweight division. "This was my first fight and I have secured bronze but that is not what I want. The coaches made sure I got my head movement right. “It was a good performance against a tricky opponent," Eagleson reflected after the bout. Northern Irish 2022 European silver medallist Dylan Eagleson held off an inspired Armando Rugoberto Sigauque of Mozambique to advance in the men’s bantamweight contest by unanimous decision.įrom the first ring of the bell Sigauque was relentless, swinging left and right hooks trying to get something to land but the man from Northern Ireland consistently weaved his way out of trouble, holding his form to earn the judges’ favour. Saluting each stand in the NEC's Hall 4 in celebration Chinyemba will face 2019 world championship silver medallist Amit Panghal of India for a chance to go for gold. I caught him with a great shot and the referee was right to stop it straight away.” "I watched him on video, so I trained extra hard. "I'm so excited for the win," the Tokyo 2020 Olympian said after. The referee gave the count before determining the Australian was done. The Zambian, who had already taken the first round, delivered a cracking right hand to Winwood’s face early into the second sending his opponent straight to the floor. Zambia’s Patrick Chinyemba set the tone early when he opened the first session with a second-round knockout over Australian Alex Winwood. With at least a bronze medal guaranteed to those victorious on Thursday (4 August), every boxer stepped into the ring eager to make their mark. It was a scintillating second day of boxing quarter-finals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.