Frazer Clarke (GB) W DQ Mourad Aliev...  France’s Mourad Aliev and was handed victory midway through the second round when his opponent was disqualified ensuring the 29-year-old leaves Tokyo with no less than a bronze medal. [Aliev was warned, then disqualified for using his head. He protested the result and remained in the ring in protest for over 30 minutes]. Clarke will now face Uzbekistan’s Bakhodir Jalolov in his semi-final bout. Clarke said: “It’s not the way I wanted to guarantee my bronze medal, but it’s happened and I’m there to do my job as a boxer and everything else is out of my hands. It’s massive for me. It’s massive for GB Boxing, for the team and family. That one’s for them and hopefully it’s made them proud. It’s great to have another medal for the team. We’re doing fantastic. I was asked a lot before we came out is this the best team I’ve been in and I think we’re letting our boxing do the talking for us and we’ll carry on doing that. We still have medals to win. We’re all doing the right thing and we’re very privileged to have these coaches and staff around us and we all want the lot!”

 

Ben Whittaker (GB) W3 Imam Khataev (Russia)...  Ben Whittaker beat ROC’s Imam Khataev with a comfortable performance the judges scored (4:1). The light-heavyweight is now assured of a silver medal as he competes in the final on Wednesday against either Arlen Lopez or Loren Alphonso Dominguez with gold at stake. Whittaker said: “Every kid’s dream as an amateur is getting to that Olympic final and now, I’ve just got to go and change that color! The coaches, my father, my mum, all my friends – I’m doing it for them. I’m doing it for Darlaston, I’m doing it for Wolverhampton, the West Midlands and I’m doing it for Great Britain. I just want to thank everyone at the National Lottery and everyone who buys tickets because it’s you that’s put a lad like me in the final.”

 

Pat McCormack (GB) WO Aidan Walsh (Ireland)... Pat McCormack will join his teammate in an Olympic boxing for gold as he was handed a walkover after his opponent, Ireland’s Aidan Walsh, was forced to withdraw due to injury in what would have been Great Britain’s opening bout of the day. The world number one is guaranteed a silver and now just has to beat either Roniel Iglesias or Andrei Zamkovoi to win gold.