BIRMINGHAM - Its population of 1,600 would fill barely a quarter of the 6,000-seat National Exhibition Centre Hall 4, but in front of a packed crowd at the boxing arena, Niue finally earned its first Commonwealth Games medal.
On Thursday (Aug 4), boxer Duken Holo Tutakitoa-William stopped his Cook Islands opponent Michael Schuster in the second round of their men's heavyweight (86-92kg) quarter-final bout, thus assuring himself of at least a shared bronze. On Saturday, this was confirmed after he lost his semi-final to Samoa's Ato Leau Plodzicki-Faoagali.
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