Three members of the GB Boxing squad returned from the second World Boxing Cup of the year, this time held in Astana, Kazakhstan, with bronze medals.
Lucy Kings-Wheatley (60kg), Patris Mughalzai (65kg), and Teagn Stott (85kg) all reached the semi-finals before falling short of the final.
Kings-Wheatley and Mughalzai each competed in three bouts, while Stott boxed twice.
Continuing her return from a year-long injury layoff, on her way to reaching the semi final stages, Kings-Wheatley earned a unanimous win over Canada’s Alessia Mansueto, followed by a 4:1 split decision victory against Mongolia’s Namun Monkhor. She was eventually defeated by Brazil’s Rebeca Santos De Lima in the lightweight semi final.
In the cruiserweight division, 21-year-old Stott started strong with a unanimous win over Bulgaria’s Semion Boldriev. However, he was then defeated by India’s Jugnoo Jugnoo in his semi-final bout, leaving him to settle with bronze.
Mughalzai faced Brazil’s Yuri Dos Reis in a tightly contested welterweight semi-final. With scores nearly level going into the final round, the Brazilian edged out a narrow 3-2 win.
Before that, Mughalzai had defeated Finland’s Ismail Umar and Fernando Piter Ynoa of the Dominican Republic.
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