Eire’s Kellie Harrington gained gold within the girls’s 60kg on the Paris Olympics, however Crew GB boxer Lewis Richardson was edged out of constructing the boys’s 71kg remaining following defeat to Mexican Marco Verde.
Harrington was topped double Olympic champion after beating Wenlu Yang at Roland Garros within the girls’s 60kg remaining.
Following a cagey begin, Yang started to land extra punches and in management, however Harrington regained her composure and landed a flurry of physique pictures earlier than the bell went.
The Chinese language boxer burst out of the blocks within the second spherical with a powerful punch to the nostril, however Harrington continued to trigger injury with some heavy physique pictures.
A snug remaining spherical noticed the Irish fighter land some fast jabs to wrap up Eire’s fourth gold medal of the Video games.
Lewis Richardson needed to accept bronze after being overwhelmed on break up choice by Mexico’s Marco Verde within the males’s 71kg semi-final at Roland Garros
Earlier within the night time, Richardson was compelled to accept bronze after being overwhelmed on break up choice by Verde.
The Brit began nicely touchdown a stable punch to Verde’s face, however the Mexican grew again into the spherical throwing a collection of various mixtures and breaking by means of the British fighter’s defence.
The second spherical noticed the Colchester fighter exhibit his abilities, touchdown an amazing uppercut and a few large blows to Verde’s head to take the spherical.
An evenly-poised contest boiled right down to the third spherical and Richardson started to make use of his attain extra, throwing an enormous strike to Verde’s nostril.
The Mexican caught the British fighter on the cheek however struggled to land some large swings earlier than being hit within the face once more by Richardson.
Nevertheless, all 5 judges noticed it in another way and awarded the Mexican the spherical which meant Richardson’s dream of reaching the Olympic remaining was over.
Bronze means Richardson is the one British boxer at Paris 2024 to win a medal.
He was already assured bronze following victory in opposition to Zeyad Eashash within the quarter-finals on Saturday and mirrored on a bittersweet feeling after lacking the prospect to go for gold.
He stated: “It’s very raw and it is hard to process right now.
“I’ve gained that bronze medal, but it surely’s arduous to completely rejoice since you’re transferring onto the subsequent one and seeking to change the color of that medal.
“I’m sure I’m going to make a conscious effort whenever the time’s right – and hopefully sooner rather than later – to flick that switch and be proud of what I’ve achieved.
“As a result of rightly or wrongly I am the one British boxer to medal at these Video games and I hope I’ve made the nation proud.”
Verde will now fight Uzbekistan’s Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev for the gold later this week.
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