Joshua Buatsi has secured Team GB’s first boxing medal of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games with a unanimous victory over Abdelhafid Benchabla of Algeria in the light heavyweight quarter final. Buatsi opened the first round scoring immediately with on target…
Savannah Marshall is one win away from a place on the Olympic podium as she beats Sweden’s Anna Laurell Nash in the opening preliminary round of the women’s middleweight category. Marshall’s 2016 Olympic debut saw pure focus and concentration as…
Joe Joyce made his debut as the number three seed boxer in the second round of the super heavyweight preliminary rounds. Joyce who is also ranked number three in the world was up against Cape Verde’s three time National Champion,…
It has been a dramatic opening to this week’s boxing at the 2016 Olympic Games as Team GB have seen six of their twelve boxers edged out of the competition. McCormack and Buatsi had a stunning performance in today’s session,…
It has been the result that GB Boxing were waiting for as 81kg Joshua Buatsi beats Elshod Rasulov of Uzbekistan by knockout. Team GB’s light heavyweight was up against a very tough opponent who was a three time Olympian and…
Today Ashfaq made his Olympic debut, he was up against Thailand’s Chatchai Butdee, a tough opponent ranked 7th in the world and a two time Olympian. The first round proved to be a patient round for both boxers, each looking…
