Fred Evans came from behind to pull off a superb win over Russia's Islam Edisultanov as four Great Britain boxers guaranteed medals at the European Amateur Championships in Ankara.

Evans' fellow Welshman Andrew Selby booked his third consecutive podium place in the competition as he blazed past Frenchman Elie Konki 31-17 in a one-sided flyweight contest.

And there will also be at least bronze medals for last year's European runner-up and Commonwealth Games champion Thomas Stalker, and light-flyweight Charlie Edwards on his international senior debut.

The 20-year-old Evans, from Cardiff, has adapted well after a glittering junior career and showed plenty of maturity in the way he stormed back from a point down to overcome the Russian.

Evans said: "It's my first major and I wanted to really go out there and show what I could do. The first two bouts were tough but nothing compared to the Russian who hit really hard.

"Maybe he knows that I can hit pretty hard too now. It's brilliant to have the medal in the bag but now I'm just thinking of the semi-final on Thursday and going even further."

Selby, from Barry, who is locked in an intriguing domestic tussle with Khalid Yafai for the domestic 52kg Olympic slot, said he would not be satisfied with a third straight bronze.

"I've had a couple of great bouts and felt really good. Obviously I've won medals now at three consecutive Europeans which is great, but I won bronzes at the last two and I really want to turn this into silver then gold."

Like Evans, the 18-year-old Edwards came from behind at the start of the final round to score the notable scalp of Spain's two-time former European medallist Jose Kelvin de la Nieve 16-13.

It was an excellent performance from Edwards, who was only promoted to the Great Britain podium programme in May after winning his first ABA title. He will next face Azerbaijan's Salman Alizada.

Stalker joined Edwards in guaranteeing a podium place as he pulled off an equally impressive 13-10 victory over reigning European champion Hrachik Javakhyan of Armenia.

There was disappointment for former champion Luke Campbell who suffered his first international defeat since 2009 when he was on the wrong end of a highly contentious 12-9 verdict against Turkey's Furkan Memis.

London lightweight Martin Ward went down 22-15 to Armenia's Vladimir Sarukhanyan and super-heavy Anthony Joshua was six points up in the last round against Romania's Mihai Nistor when he was stopped.

Teenager Joe Ward guaranteed a light-heavyweight medal for Ireland with a 15-13 win over Italy's Fiori Simeno. Welterweight Ray Moylette will also take at least bronze after a fine 14-13 win over Russia's Maksim Ignatiev.