Reece Lynch made Scottish boxing history with a split decision victory over Mauritius' Louis Collin. The team won his three gold medals for the first time at the same Commonwealth Games.
The 21-year-old lightweight welterweight won verdicts on all but one of his five judge cards, imitating compatriots Sam Hickey and Sean Lazzerini, who won their respective bouts on Sunday.
"I've been saying from the start that I can do great things, but after seeing both of my teammates win gold, I felt a little pressured." ' said Lynch, a member of the 2021 World Championship medal-winning GB team.
I am very proud to be part of such a record-breaking team, and now I am focused on competing in the Olympics and increasing his collection of medals. ''
Lynch endured a cut in the final round, earning a verdict that did not prove universally popular with NEC's capacity his crowd.
Hickey, 22, won another close middleweight final against Australian Callum Peters and prevented a strong comeback from his opponent in the final round. Heavyweight final against Taylor Bevan of Wales.
"It's one thing to believe in yourself and it's one thing to actually get in the ring and do something," Hickey said. "You have to do a little bit of everything. You've shown in this tournament that you can box, you can fight, you can punch a little bit. There's a big future ahead, so what can you do in the next few years?"
Sean Lazzerini also won gold for Scotland (Peter Byrne/PA)
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Pontypool Rosie Eccles' bad luck faded when 26-year-old Rosie Eccles won gold in the women's light middleweight division by stopping Australia's Kay Scott in the second round. .
Eccles controversially lost to England's Sandy Ryan in her Coast final for gold four years ago, but she missed out on qualification for the Tokyo Olympics. Her second chance was denied due to the coronavirus pandemic.
"I've always been a very optimistic person, but I've even started to think I'm suffering a bit from the curse of boxing," Eccles said. "I was starting to think it wouldn't happen.
"Things came suddenly. I went to the first qualifying round and got hit by a virus, and I missed the chance to go to Tokyo. To win the gold medal is just amazing.”
Eccles forced former world medalist Scott to a standing count in the first round, then pressured him in the second to With two more counts, I persuaded the referee to intervene and stop the contest.
"I think we can get the silver medal out of the box with this," added Eccles. "I kept it for four years, including when I went to school, and now I can say I take it out because it's part of my story and I can look at it with pride."
Rosie Eccles (Peter Byrne/PA)
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's four years of hard work have paid off at the light middleweight division. For the diminutive Eccles, the victory was all the more impressive and he will benefit more from a comparable category at the Paris Olympics, where the weight limit will be 4kg lighter.
"Paris is definitely my target now. I will be stronger with lighter weight," added Eccles. "I've always been very humble, but I think my time has come. You haven't seen my best yet." England's first ever boxing gold medal with a unanimous victory over Ato Prodzycki Faoagari, but Demy Jade Restan and Ciarán Macdonald had to settle for silver. Amit Pangal respectively.
