Comments Thread For: British and Irish Fighters Guaranteed Medals in Minsk

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Five British and five Irish boxers will fight for guaranteed medals on Wednesday after another successful day at the European Amateur Championships in Minsk.

Leeds light-flyweight Jack Bateson continued to impress in his first major international tournament with a unanimous points win over Romania's Ovidiu Berceanu.

And Scotland's Charlie Flynn is also through to his first major quarter-final after an equally emphatic victory over Serban Miroslav of the Czech Republic.

Bateson and Flynn join fellow Britons Andrew Selby, Sam Maxwell and Joe Joyce, who negotiated their respective paths to the last eight on Monday.
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[Mayweather41-0]

nice to see a small country like Ireland boxers do well in the European Championships

[Tom Cruise]

Good to see Bateson still going well! Kids got bags of talent and a big future hopefully.

On a side note its just clicked with me that Anthony Joshua isnt fighting in the championships?

I've always defended his decision to stay amateur as a good way to gain more in ring experience against top guys, but if he's not being selected for international tournaments why not turn pro? Careers are short in the grand scheme of things no point wasting it sat on the sidelines because you cant decide on your future.