Highlights

:00:39. > :00:44.Hello and welcome to Hamburg, home of the 2017 boxing World

:00:45. > :00:48.Championships. 12 British boxers have qualified to be here and will

:00:49. > :00:52.battle it out to be crowned the best in the world. But that will not be

:00:53. > :00:58.easy. Britain has not had a mental is that world champion for ten

:00:59. > :01:02.years. With Olympic medal heroes including Nicola Adams turning

:01:03. > :01:08.professional after Rio, it is almost an entirely new squad aiming for

:01:09. > :01:12.Tokyo 2020. GB's next-generation has started their journey with a

:01:13. > :01:23.record-breaking bang. The European champion!

:01:24. > :01:29.England boxing have won more medals than any other nation. They showed

:01:30. > :01:35.their potential at the European Championships, doing so well. When

:01:36. > :01:46.you look at it, we have got a boxer with a decent level of experience at

:01:47. > :01:52.each weight. My strengths in the ring while desiring to be the best.

:01:53. > :02:00.I think my main attribute is my ability to hit in the ring. People

:02:01. > :02:06.think my power is my best attribute but it is my feet. My boxing style

:02:07. > :02:12.is about movement. I am tall, rangy, orthodox. Not many people can keep

:02:13. > :02:19.up, to be fair. When I am in the ring, they cannot touch me. I have

:02:20. > :02:26.the fastest feet. I am a good counterpuncher. If I hit you, you

:02:27. > :02:32.are going down. We took 12 boxes to Rio, we have two remaining. It is

:02:33. > :02:40.almost started in scenario. There is decent experience already in the

:02:41. > :02:44.team and real inexperience as well. I put my body through hell the past

:02:45. > :02:49.six weeks. Sometimes, you have got to be willing to go through hell to

:02:50. > :02:55.dance in heaven. Just looking to become a superstar. You have to

:02:56. > :03:05.worry about yourself, make sure you are in the best shape you can be. I

:03:06. > :03:12.will be reaching for the bar. We all want to be the same thing, world

:03:13. > :03:17.champion. I was a bit of a boy at Rio and now I am turning into a man.

:03:18. > :03:22.We are not there to make the numbers, we are going there to be

:03:23. > :03:31.business. They showed in the Europeans they can step up, but the

:03:32. > :03:36.worlds is as tough as it gets. On the day, they are capable of winning

:03:37. > :03:40.medals and doing well. This is that sports hall in Hamburg where the

:03:41. > :03:45.boxing will be taking place. To discuss the action, two Olympic

:03:46. > :03:50.bronze medallists. Ritchie, you are one of the GB boxing coaches, you

:03:51. > :03:55.know the scene well. Relatively youthful, inexperienced, what can we

:03:56. > :04:01.expect from them? You are right, it is an inexperienced team, but there

:04:02. > :04:05.is talent right through it. A former Olympian. A little bit of

:04:06. > :04:08.experience. We're hoping for big things. I liked the look of Pat

:04:09. > :04:13.McCormick as well, another Olympian. The rest of the lads, very

:04:14. > :04:16.inexperienced, but they did really well at the European Championships

:04:17. > :04:21.and let us hope they can go one step further and do well in this

:04:22. > :04:24.tournament. You know all about this competition, you competed at the

:04:25. > :04:29.World Championships. What is it like in the build up to the event and how

:04:30. > :04:32.difficult is it to compete? Really tough competition. The World

:04:33. > :04:41.Championships, very tough. You have guys from all over the world. I have

:04:42. > :04:46.been in the system, trained alongside Richie and the guys, a

:04:47. > :04:50.great coaching network, and the guys have trained hard and they will be

:04:51. > :04:54.ready. For me, I am excited to see who will nudge ahead, who will put

:04:55. > :05:00.themselves on the world stage and say, I am going to win a medal in

:05:01. > :05:06.Tokyo 2020. It will be a great event. Only two of the current squad

:05:07. > :05:10.out of ten competed in Rio. GB boxing has essentially had to start

:05:11. > :05:14.from scratch every four years. How difficult is that? You have hit it

:05:15. > :05:18.on the head. It has been decimated, the squad. They have dreams of being

:05:19. > :05:22.professional world champions. We are trying to get the lads to the

:05:23. > :05:26.Olympic Games to win Olympic gold medals. We are trying to make them

:05:27. > :05:30.see they have so much potential in the amateur game. It is very

:05:31. > :05:35.difficult when the promoter comes along and you see the Anthony

:05:36. > :05:38.Joshuas who have turned pro, lots of money, they want to be world

:05:39. > :05:42.champions, but we want to get them to the Olympics to get the gold

:05:43. > :05:46.medal and everyone in the team here, England and Scotland, I think they

:05:47. > :05:52.are good enough to go on and win medals at the Olympic Games. You

:05:53. > :05:55.know about that, when a promoter comes knocking at your door after

:05:56. > :05:58.your Olympic bronze medal in London 2012, you turn professional. How

:05:59. > :06:03.strong is the draw of the glamour and money? Ritchie can testify this

:06:04. > :06:08.again, when you have boxed at the Olympic Games, it is hard to go back

:06:09. > :06:12.around the world and go to Luxembourg, Lithuania, get yourself

:06:13. > :06:16.up for it. Hence the reason I turned pro, it was not for the money, it

:06:17. > :06:22.was for the big nights, like the Olympic Games. We are here, the

:06:23. > :06:25.Olympics are three years away, everyone is here to set out their

:06:26. > :06:31.stall and to try to win a medal and this is a great opportunity. This is

:06:32. > :06:35.a hard competition, Cubans, Americans, how difficult is it for a

:06:36. > :06:41.British boxer to come here and stand on the podium? Very difficult. I

:06:42. > :06:44.remember it in 1989, first round against the Cuban number one,

:06:45. > :06:50.favourite for the gold medal. You can draw a Cuban in the first round,

:06:51. > :06:54.Russian, Kazakhstan, highly ranked. You have to listen to your ability

:06:55. > :06:57.and listen to the coaches and the tactics. All of the lads are

:06:58. > :07:02.talented but you need a bit of luck in the draw. Thank you for your

:07:03. > :07:08.thoughts. The best of the highlights through the afternoon. First in

:07:09. > :07:15.Hamburg, the new European champion. My name is Peter McGrail, 56 kilos,

:07:16. > :07:23.bantamweight category. My boxing style is all about movement and fast

:07:24. > :07:29.hands. People on social media have been calling me the Scouse... A good

:07:30. > :07:38.person to be compared to! He has just joined Olympic boxing legends!

:07:39. > :07:42.Peter McGrail is the European champion! I was always in the middle

:07:43. > :07:49.stages, giving me confidence, going into the worlds. Pointless

:07:50. > :07:54.feeling... You need to just worrying about yourself. To be the number one

:07:55. > :08:04.in Europe, now to be champion of the world, just got to be champion of

:08:05. > :08:09.the other half now! Seeded fourth, McGrail was given a bye in the first

:08:10. > :08:20.preliminary round, before winning in the second. Then a matchup. He knew

:08:21. > :08:25.a win would get him a bronze medal in his first World Championships. We

:08:26. > :08:31.joined about in the third round. Your commentators Ronnie Michael

:08:32. > :08:39.Tonge and Richie Woodall. -- Ronnie McIntosh. Some adjustment required

:08:40. > :08:46.to the beltline. Not just a fashion statement. Good right hand from

:08:47. > :08:56.McGrail. It must be visible at all times. McGrail gets a good jab to

:08:57. > :09:00.the body. Hence the common expression below the belt. Anything

:09:01. > :09:04.below the white line is an illegal punch. A better start of the round

:09:05. > :09:13.from McGrail here. He seems to be on the front foot. His footwork has

:09:14. > :09:19.been a little bit better. Does not want to be slowing it down.

:09:20. > :09:23.Dangerous, De Los Santos, when he conceived the attacks coming, he is

:09:24. > :09:27.effective with his right hand. So important McGrail keeps the movement

:09:28. > :09:32.going side to side, in and out. The tactic for the man in blue. The man

:09:33. > :09:37.in red, when he slows it down, he is still very dangerous indeed. I spoke

:09:38. > :09:45.with McGrail in between sessions at the championships. Global medallist

:09:46. > :09:49.already at the youth Olympic bronze in 2014 and World Championship

:09:50. > :09:58.bronze at the youth level that same year. Here he is one win away from

:09:59. > :10:02.repeating that. Confident mood when we spoke in Hamburg. Family support

:10:03. > :10:07.as well. His mother and father are here along with other family members

:10:08. > :10:15.who have come over from Liverpool. Lovely left hand from the man in

:10:16. > :10:24.blue. De Los Santos responds with a right hand to the body. Not as much

:10:25. > :10:28.activity coming from the man in red. The action and stews once again. I

:10:29. > :10:35.am puzzled with the tactics from De Los Santos. Boxing as if he is well

:10:36. > :10:39.ahead and I disagree. McGrail is probably no winning it. McGrail

:10:40. > :10:43.seems to think he is winning, boxing at a place where he is trying to get

:10:44. > :10:47.through it and for me that is not enough. Better work again from the

:10:48. > :10:54.left hand with McGrail. On the ropes. McGrail could not capitalise.

:10:55. > :11:00.They fell into one another. Final 30 seconds here. From my vantage point,

:11:01. > :11:03.in the commentary position in Hamburg, McGrail has done better

:11:04. > :11:10.work in the final round of a contest that appeared to be in the balance.

:11:11. > :11:15.Good one - two combination. McGrail puts his man in a headlock. In no

:11:16. > :11:21.hurry to let him go. All of these things, body language of a man who

:11:22. > :11:26.thinks he has got the contest in the bag. Has it been a dangerous tactic

:11:27. > :11:32.from the Manning read? Right at the end of the bell. I think this man's

:11:33. > :11:37.celebrations are premature -- the man in red. He did brilliantly in

:11:38. > :11:44.the second round after a good first round from McGrail. The third round

:11:45. > :11:48.has surely been won by this man. They are seated all around the

:11:49. > :11:53.boxing ring. They will have different advantage points. But

:11:54. > :11:56.McGrail with a really strong conclusion to the contest. De Los

:11:57. > :12:00.Santos, does he know something we do not? The body language at the end,

:12:01. > :12:05.he thought he had clearly won and I totally disagree with him and I

:12:06. > :12:12.agree with you. McGrail had a better last round from our viewpoint, I

:12:13. > :12:19.think he is the winner. In the blue corner... McGrail, the reigning

:12:20. > :12:24.European champion has defeated the reigning America's continental

:12:25. > :12:30.champion on a split decision verdict 4-1. The man from Merseyside is

:12:31. > :12:34.through to the podium after a terrific display. I am made up. Over

:12:35. > :12:42.the moon. I could not celebrate because I could not get better than

:12:43. > :12:45.a bronze... Made up. All of the family are here, proud, everyone

:12:46. > :12:49.back home in Liverpool and my girlfriend, everyone, everyone is

:12:50. > :12:54.buzzing. A clearly delighted McGrail into the semifinals where he would

:12:55. > :13:03.face the Kazakhstan boxer who had already beaten a top seed early on.

:13:04. > :13:09.Right away, 56 kilograms bantamweight action. This is the

:13:10. > :13:18.semifinal stage, both of these men guaranteed at least Championship

:13:19. > :13:24.bronze. Ranked number 18 in the world, Kairat Yeraliyev, reigning

:13:25. > :13:30.two time national Championship gold medallist. His opponent is a four

:13:31. > :13:37.time national champion of England and Great Britain, ranked number 13

:13:38. > :13:43.in the world, Peter McGrail. Movement, one of the hallmarks of

:13:44. > :13:47.McGrail's boxing. Terrific in the pocket when seemingly in punching

:13:48. > :13:57.range. Move so effectively around the clock face, hitting and moving,

:13:58. > :13:59.presenting a different angle. The problem Kairat Yeraliyev will have

:14:00. > :14:04.here is the movement from McGrail and the man in blue is accomplished

:14:05. > :14:13.with his movement, side to side, that is what he has got to do

:14:14. > :14:18.against the man in red, Yeraliyev. A fairly powerful man. The problem

:14:19. > :14:22.will be controlling McGrail's movement. McGrail has got to hit and

:14:23. > :14:29.move and Yeraliyev has got to try to slow down his feet. Yeraliyev

:14:30. > :14:35.putting all of his weight on the back foot, and effective shot from

:14:36. > :14:44.McGrail. Yeraliyev being spoken to about his arm. Thrusting his for

:14:45. > :14:51.harm -- forearm beneath the neck of McGrail, testing his strength. Both

:14:52. > :14:57.men moving counterclockwise. I know these two have sparred each other

:14:58. > :15:01.because Kazakhstan have been over the GB and shared some multination

:15:02. > :15:06.training camps and sparring sessions. These two have sparred.

:15:07. > :15:11.They know all about each other. A bit of success with the 1-2

:15:12. > :15:14.combination. Left hand behind the right jab has got through on a

:15:15. > :15:20.couple of occasions in the last 30 seconds. Can the left-hand from

:15:21. > :15:26.McGrail after Yeraliyev was wide of the mark. McGrail coming forward.

:15:27. > :15:32.The referee is allowing them to work away. Neither boxer really doing so.

:15:33. > :15:37.McGrail slightly quicker, slightly faster hands. Looking at Yeraliyev,

:15:38. > :15:43.the punches coming more and wide with his work, that is why McGrail

:15:44. > :15:46.is catching him with the sharp left hands. Left-hand success for the man

:15:47. > :15:53.in red who is adopting a hand down faster. Shots on the inside to the

:15:54. > :15:58.body of Yeraliyev. Ten second clapper, the concluding stages of

:15:59. > :16:06.the opening round. McGrail, wide-eyed in concentration. McGrail

:16:07. > :16:15.backs up. Touch of blood between the two men -- sporting touch of love.

:16:16. > :16:20.Movement good from McGrail. Just catches McGrail with the straight

:16:21. > :16:31.1-2. Dangerous, the man in red. McGrail beaten him to the shops. --

:16:32. > :16:35.shots. The second round. The outstanding performance by Peter

:16:36. > :16:40.McGrail at the quarterfinals to eliminate the tournament number five

:16:41. > :16:44.seed from the Dominican Republic. But that display from Yeraliyev

:16:45. > :16:53.against a man who beat him two times out of two in the second preliminary

:16:54. > :16:57.round, he beat the reigning Olympic bronze medallist, sensational, the

:16:58. > :17:04.emotion expressed by McGrail when his hand was raised, good right jab,

:17:05. > :17:07.he has built upon that -- the emotion expressed by Yeraliyev. He

:17:08. > :17:17.has carried that confidence throughout the competition.

:17:18. > :17:22.Yeraliyev quickening the tempo. Fairly wide stance. He uses the

:17:23. > :17:27.laid-back. Very important for both boxes to hold the centre of the

:17:28. > :17:32.ring. McGrail slowed down his feet. He has to keep hitting and moving

:17:33. > :17:36.and going to the side. Better movement from McGrail. He has to

:17:37. > :17:41.capitalise on it and make his opponent miss and then he has to

:17:42. > :17:48.score, the man in blue. Good left-hand there, McGrail. Yeraliyev

:17:49. > :17:52.retweeting voluntarily from the ropes, trying to lay a trap,

:17:53. > :18:00.catching McGrail in the square on stance. Good defence with the right

:18:01. > :18:07.hand blocking the shot from Yeraliyev. When your opponent's feet

:18:08. > :18:11.are slow, you have to do the opposite. He wants you to stand and

:18:12. > :18:16.trade, trying to slow you down. If his feet are very slow. You have to

:18:17. > :18:24.quicken up, in and out, side to side, that is what McGrail has to

:18:25. > :18:30.do. Yeraliyev is occasionally making McGrail stand and trade. McGrail has

:18:31. > :18:37.to move. Yeraliyev needs him to stay in one place. Making the man in red

:18:38. > :18:38.miss. No counter from McGrail. Did not get through with anything

:18:39. > :18:54.effective. Spoken to about holding his

:18:55. > :19:00.opponent, McGrail. Pulling down on the back of his head. Yosbany Veitia

:19:01. > :19:04.with his wide legged stance, straight punches there, another

:19:05. > :19:11.right hand from Yeraliyev. Catching McGrail coming in. Terrific from

:19:12. > :19:19.Yeraliyev. Beautiful shot. Good work from McGrail in and out as well. The

:19:20. > :19:27.man in blue is moving better. When he makes his opponent miss, he has

:19:28. > :19:31.to come back and the -- and score. Both men are smiling in the

:19:32. > :19:40.direction of one another. They exchange another sporting touch of

:19:41. > :19:45.glove. They will be fairly pleased in the blue corner. Good work from

:19:46. > :19:49.McGrail. Caught with their left hand from Yeraliyev who was always

:19:50. > :19:53.dangerous. Good movement from Peter McGrail. After the side. Done his

:19:54. > :20:02.work, back out to safety. Good boxing. The third and final round.

:20:03. > :20:09.Ofwat has been a contest of contrasting styles. Peter McGrail

:20:10. > :20:15.exhibiting wonderful manoeuvres, dipping at the knees, nice head

:20:16. > :20:21.movement. Yeraliyev more flat-footed, good shocked the body

:20:22. > :20:27.and counter left-hand over the from McGrail. McGrail letting his hands

:20:28. > :20:33.go. Good from the man in red. Starting to pick it up a bit,

:20:34. > :20:38.Yeraliyev. The first 25 seconds of the round, he felt asleep, I

:20:39. > :20:41.thought. McGrail did a lot better, started the round much quicker.

:20:42. > :20:51.Yeraliyev, got to do more work, the man in red.

:20:52. > :21:00.A bit of forearm from Yeraliyev. McGrail not complaining, the action

:21:01. > :21:03.continues. Again, McGrail making the man miss repeatedly. Any veteran

:21:04. > :21:07.will tell you it is a very frustrating exercise indeed, to be

:21:08. > :21:15.hitting nothing but fresh air. To shot salvo to the body. Counter

:21:16. > :21:20.left-hand upstairs. Good boxing. McGrail switched the attack and

:21:21. > :21:24.stairs, afforded a couple of shots. McGrail, when moving, gets into a

:21:25. > :21:28.rhythm, difficult to box against. Movement excellent again from the

:21:29. > :21:34.man in blue. Hot shotting effectively with the two men

:21:35. > :21:39.engaging in a stand-off. Staring at each other. Counter right hand from

:21:40. > :21:48.McGrail with perhaps the best jab from that exchange. Working his own

:21:49. > :21:52.left-hand now is Yeraliyev. The minute to go in the third and final

:21:53. > :22:00.round. Yeraliyev trying to slow down the pace, draw his man, draw a lead

:22:01. > :22:04.from his man that he can counter. McGrail remaining concentrated,

:22:05. > :22:08.switching between high and low as well. It is Yeraliyev feeling the

:22:09. > :22:18.pace, furtive glance to the red corner. Perhaps enquiring as to how

:22:19. > :22:23.long is left. Is McGrail trying to look busy doing nothing to buy

:22:24. > :22:28.himself sometime? I think he is struggling a little bit, Yeraliyev,

:22:29. > :22:33.in terms of the pace. Probably a bit tired. Trying to stay on the outside

:22:34. > :22:39.and wait for McGrail to come in. It is up to McGrail to push it home,

:22:40. > :22:45.the faster work he has got. Surely McGrail has to test is conditioning

:22:46. > :22:52.in the closing sessions, see how the man responds. Ten second clapper.

:22:53. > :22:57.Yeraliyev, standing, looking threatening, but not doing very much

:22:58. > :23:02.at all. How will the judges score it? Yeraliyev thinks he has got it

:23:03. > :23:06.but McGrail immediately raises his right hand to his supporters in

:23:07. > :23:11.Hamburg. It will be interesting to see. I think McGrail did the better

:23:12. > :23:19.work in the last round. Dangerous, the left-hand, let us see who has

:23:20. > :23:30.got it. Ladies and gentlemen, the winner... In the red corner... It is

:23:31. > :23:37.McGrail, the 18th in the world, goes through to the gold bout with a

:23:38. > :23:41.unanimous decision over Peter McGrail. Bronze for the man from

:23:42. > :23:48.Merseyside. It means the world to me. To win another medal. My second

:23:49. > :23:54.major tournament as a senior. Made up, all of the family are proud.

:23:55. > :24:00.Gutted it is not gold. It was at the Europeans. A few more years

:24:01. > :24:04.experience at the top level and a few more fights and I am pretty sure

:24:05. > :24:09.I will be bringing a world gold-medal home. Not the result he

:24:10. > :24:13.came for. Where did it go wrong? Firstly, I thought he boxed really

:24:14. > :24:17.well. What a year, European champion, bronze medal at the World

:24:18. > :24:22.Championships, cracking year, brilliant. He will be disappointed,

:24:23. > :24:30.but he needs to remember three years before London Olympic Games, 2009, I

:24:31. > :24:37.was not even in the GB squad. Three of us worked hard and got medals. He

:24:38. > :24:41.has got a world at his feet. He should be really proud. We saw some

:24:42. > :24:46.of the fancy footwork from McGrail that he has become famous for. From

:24:47. > :24:50.what you have seen of him do you think you can go on the big things

:24:51. > :24:56.and challenge for a medal at Tokyo 2020? 100%. Very young team here. We

:24:57. > :25:00.have done well. Peter McGrail has boxed really well. The reason why he

:25:01. > :25:03.did not win that fight is because the Catholic who is very expensed

:25:04. > :25:13.and composed, what I would love to see McGrail do is work on the

:25:14. > :25:17.outside a little bit -- the cows. At stages, it was like watching a

:25:18. > :25:21.mirror, both guys very similar. If you can add the composure to his

:25:22. > :25:25.game, he will be their or thereabouts next year, let alone in

:25:26. > :25:30.three years' time. When someone wins a world medal, how much does that do

:25:31. > :25:34.for team spirit? It will set the team alive. One of the best in the

:25:35. > :25:39.world. That is fact. His confidence will go through the roof. Next time

:25:40. > :25:44.he fights the Kazakhstan E fighter again, he will have an aura. The

:25:45. > :25:48.guys will see him, his funding will go up, they will want a bit, they

:25:49. > :25:51.will trade harder to get some of the action as well. What do you think

:25:52. > :25:58.about his performance customer not as composed, but do you think he can

:25:59. > :26:02.go on the big things? -- what do you think about his performance? He has

:26:03. > :26:09.all of the tricks, the speed. What he does really well, he changes the

:26:10. > :26:13.distance, he throws long hooks, Short hoax, straight, changes the

:26:14. > :26:19.distance, terrific fighter, bags of talent, he will go all the way, I

:26:20. > :26:23.really do think that. Not to be for McGrail or GB's Lee McGregor who was

:26:24. > :26:33.beaten by a US fighter and it was Reagan who went onto the

:26:34. > :26:37.bantamweight final. We are going to the third and final round between

:26:38. > :26:47.two men contesting their fifth bout at Hamburg 2017. Both have got

:26:48. > :26:54.through to the point. Good right hand from Ragan. Ragan looking to

:26:55. > :26:58.rough up the man from the inside. Second preliminary round, Yeraliyev

:26:59. > :27:04.terrific display. Hustling away at close quarters, trying to target the

:27:05. > :27:08.body, increasingly physical. This is where Ragan wants it, but can he

:27:09. > :27:13.exploited? He does want it on the inside. Ragan has done the better

:27:14. > :27:18.work at mid and long range. But on the other hand, Yeraliyev, good work

:27:19. > :27:23.from him on the inside. Scrappy and messy, getting through with some

:27:24. > :27:26.shots. Stalemate. More success probably on the inside than he is at

:27:27. > :27:33.long range. Not accurate enough at mid and long range. Instructed it is

:27:34. > :27:35.Ragan who seems to be keen to initiate the clincher after an

:27:36. > :27:41.initial burst of punches. On the inside. This is his fifth contest,

:27:42. > :27:45.is he feeling the pace at the midpoint, approaching the midpoint,

:27:46. > :27:50.of the third and final round? Loading up on the right hand,

:27:51. > :27:57.missing by some distance, Ragan. Again, another physical tussle

:27:58. > :28:02.causing Ragan to go down to the canvas. Spoken to about the

:28:03. > :28:06.infraction, Yeraliyev, muscling down his man like that. Immediately take

:28:07. > :28:12.up similar postures again. Difficult to judge. From the judges'

:28:13. > :28:20.perspective on the inside. It is scrappy, messy, you cannot go either

:28:21. > :28:25.way there. The referee having her hands full keeping them apart is

:28:26. > :28:29.once again they fall into the chests of one another. Ragan working away

:28:30. > :28:35.with his free right hand. Yeraliyev trying to tie him up. Is he saving

:28:36. > :28:40.himself for a grandstand finish? Less than a minute to go. Again,

:28:41. > :28:45.this is how he boxed against Peter McGrail. The furtive glance to the

:28:46. > :28:52.red corner. He has got away with it so many times, the 1-2 and launches

:28:53. > :28:58.forward with his left hand, leaning over. Ragan got to show composure

:28:59. > :29:03.here. Again, he misses wildly, Yeraliyev. I think you are right, he

:29:04. > :29:10.is showing signs of fatigue. The man in red. He keeps turning sideways as

:29:11. > :29:18.well again. The referee is on him. He has been spoken to repeatedly

:29:19. > :29:21.about various transgressions. Closing seconds, and lucky to pick

:29:22. > :29:31.up an official warning here. Ten second clapper sanded. More

:29:32. > :29:38.clinching than wrestling from mid and long range. The American

:29:39. > :29:45.confident he has done enough to be the World Championship. Messy in the

:29:46. > :29:52.bantamweight division of 56 K G. Terrible last round, quality was not

:29:53. > :29:57.very good at all. Yeraliyev, he prefers this type of contest but

:29:58. > :30:04.there is nothing cleaner that is landing for both boxes. The winner

:30:05. > :30:13.by split decision... In the red corner... It is Yeraliyev! Kairat

:30:14. > :30:16.Yeraliyev has claimed World Championship gold here by the

:30:17. > :30:23.narrowest of margins. 3-2 on the scorecard over Duke Ragan from the

:30:24. > :30:27.USA, the 19-year-old from Cincinnati, Ohio, in his first world

:30:28. > :30:31.boxing Championships, he comes away with the fantastic silver medal, no

:30:32. > :30:33.doubt disappointed at this stage, but that is plenty to build upon for

:30:34. > :30:46.the American programme. They say the Worlds is the hardest

:30:47. > :30:53.competition to win and that has proved that case here in Hamburg.

:30:54. > :31:00.The Brett location rack went out in the second round to the Colombian,

:31:01. > :31:06.and there was a similar fate for Niall Farrell who also fell in the

:31:07. > :31:10.second round to another Colombian. Moving up a weight, and there must

:31:11. > :31:13.be something in the water in the north-east. Burnley amateur boxing

:31:14. > :31:19.club has become the first boxing club to have three Great Britain

:31:20. > :31:29.fighters at a World Championships... 69 kilos, welterweight. Callum

:31:30. > :31:38.French, 60 kilos, lightweight. That McCormack. We have been going

:31:39. > :31:43.together since we were 12 years old... We have been best friends as

:31:44. > :31:51.youngsters. Everyone thinks we are living the dream. Absolutely

:31:52. > :32:01.fantastic performance by the young England boxing team. We hope we can

:32:02. > :32:03.to the same at the Worlds. A great feeling, going away with a few met.

:32:04. > :32:08.You want to win even more. A great feeling, going

:32:09. > :32:16.away with a few mates. Looking forward to it, working and

:32:17. > :32:27.living together. Firing at the moment. It is a different level

:32:28. > :32:31.isn't it, the Worlds? It is our dream. Like anything in real life,

:32:32. > :32:35.we will just go out there and do what we have to do. Boxing on the

:32:36. > :32:44.big stage, with the best in the world.

:32:45. > :32:51.So much confidence and water feet by the Birtley club to get the men to

:32:52. > :32:58.this championship, but it wasn't to be for Calum French, to get the

:32:59. > :33:03.Mexican in his first round, but then he was on the wrong end of a hotly

:33:04. > :33:06.debated split decision against his Ukrainian born into. Frenchman Sofia

:33:07. > :33:23.Young Bill -- Sofiane Feghouli -- Oumiha got through. The light

:33:24. > :33:34.welterweight division was eventually won by the brilliant Cuban athlete

:33:35. > :33:39.Andy Cruz, leaving it down to Pat MacCormack, and the Rio Olympian had

:33:40. > :33:42.two class A preliminaries which led to a quarterfinal against the

:33:43. > :33:53.reigning Olympic silver medallist and the top

:33:54. > :34:02.seed Shakhram Giyasov, of Uzbekistan.

:34:03. > :34:06.COMMENTATOR: Top action between boxes of use Pakistan and England.

:34:07. > :34:11.Shakhram Giyasov, the reigning silver medallist from Rio last

:34:12. > :34:18.summer. His opponent, wearing blue, just got through with a good jab,

:34:19. > :34:23.England's Pat McCormick, ranked number 15 in the world, he comes to

:34:24. > :34:31.the ring as the reigning two-time European Championship silver

:34:32. > :34:36.medallist. A fascinating contest in store because both of these men are

:34:37. > :34:43.highly skilled. Giyasov is a very explosive puncher. McCormack also

:34:44. > :34:46.possesses sensational skills. He has already experienced top position on

:34:47. > :34:50.a medal podium at the World Championships, a world junior gold

:34:51. > :34:55.back in 2011. Got through with a hard right cross there. Giyasov is

:34:56. > :34:58.going a little wider with that letter to the body and I think

:34:59. > :35:03.McCormack needs to get his timing right with his left hand. As Giyasov

:35:04. > :35:06.is trying to land that shot he should just beat him to the punch

:35:07. > :35:10.with that straight right hand of his, but we are at this stage in the

:35:11. > :35:14.tournament where you can't really afford to make any mistakes and that

:35:15. > :35:22.was a lovely left-hand from McCormack. You will get punished so

:35:23. > :35:25.you have to limit those but you all to -- was off to try to push your

:35:26. > :35:31.body back, very important at this level. You must push them back and

:35:32. > :35:35.keep the judges happy. We think at GB with that style of judging they

:35:36. > :35:44.prefer boxers on the front foot in these tournaments now. Given his

:35:45. > :35:49.credentials there, and in the professional ranks, part of the

:35:50. > :35:52.coaching staff, Richie, so that is the type of knowledge he is able to

:35:53. > :36:03.share with the current generation of English and GB boxers. It is all

:36:04. > :36:08.about their programme. Indeed, many of them share coaching techniques in

:36:09. > :36:11.the camps, and that is the type of analysis he can bring to his

:36:12. > :36:18.position here. Terrific crowd boxing so far. Giyasov has had success on

:36:19. > :36:29.the back foot. -- terrific round of boxing so far. Giyasov being made to

:36:30. > :36:33.miss. Yes, he has drawn a lot, Giyasov, but not really hitting the

:36:34. > :36:38.target. Probably need to sleep in close quarters to get up to

:36:39. > :36:44.McCormack. He has boxed clever contest up until now on the back

:36:45. > :36:48.foot, Giyasov having success but McCormack has boxed well, in making

:36:49. > :36:52.his opponent echec-mac. This is where you get the sense that Giyasov

:36:53. > :37:02.is at his most comfortable, when he goes out for his man, hands down by

:37:03. > :37:06.a side. Punishing every shot. A lot of threatening in this round,

:37:07. > :37:09.Giyasov, but a lot of misses as well, so he probably through more

:37:10. > :37:13.punches than McCormack but I don't think he hit the target as much as

:37:14. > :37:18.McCormack dead. McCormack punched well on the back foot, two or three

:37:19. > :37:24.shots going well. Giyasov on his gloves together then, trying to urge

:37:25. > :37:31.his opponent on. I think he got cold there. We are into the second round.

:37:32. > :37:37.The boxer wearing blue has just taken a hard left hand to the body,

:37:38. > :37:42.but the referee, from Canada, warning and reminding Giyasov to

:37:43. > :37:50.punch correctly, before he left the blue corner the English court said

:37:51. > :37:59.to his man Pat McCormack, and that was a good move there. No problem

:38:00. > :38:02.boxing on the back foot, but just go back at your opponent occasionally

:38:03. > :38:05.to try to push them back. He then made think twice about coming

:38:06. > :38:11.forward and trying to dictate on the front foot. I think at the moment

:38:12. > :38:14.McCormack is boxing really well. Giyasov has to improve. He looks

:38:15. > :38:22.threatening, looks like he has a good left hook to the body. He is

:38:23. > :38:27.starting his attacks too far out, but this is better boxing from

:38:28. > :38:32.McCormack. A terrific left right combination. Look at the red corner

:38:33. > :38:35.at the top of your screen. Imploring their man to go forward and try to

:38:36. > :38:40.get some effect of aggression going. I think McCormack is setting traps,

:38:41. > :38:45.looking for the advancing Giyasov. Because he got caught, they are,

:38:46. > :38:49.that made him think twice about going forward, Giyasov, because

:38:50. > :38:55.McCormack got in with a good right and left combination. So this is not

:38:56. > :38:58.easy for Giyasov although he is the favourite in this contest, but not

:38:59. > :39:03.an easy night at the moment for. Ranked number three in the world in

:39:04. > :39:10.the tournament, Giyasov, the number one seed. McCormack is seeded number

:39:11. > :39:15.eight and ranked 15 in the world. He is able to relax now. Hard left hand

:39:16. > :39:20.to the body from Giyasov but the shot upstairs was partially blocked

:39:21. > :39:23.by McCormack. I think one of the tactics from the English has been to

:39:24. > :39:28.frustrate that opponent and I think that is what they are doing here.

:39:29. > :39:33.Giyasov coming forward, making mistakes. But I think McCormack is

:39:34. > :39:39.boxing clever contest. Frustration is creeping into Giyasov and that

:39:40. > :39:42.may just create more opportunities for McCormack. More pungent with a

:39:43. > :39:48.straight variety from McCormack and he got through with a lovely left

:39:49. > :39:55.jab, after a cluster. Some of the flashy shots attempted by Giyasov,

:39:56. > :39:58.and that missed by some distance. Away on the inside, Giyasov, again

:39:59. > :40:04.imploring his man to come forward, threatening. It is crucial for

:40:05. > :40:07.McCormack to remain concentrated on the task at hand and stick to what

:40:08. > :40:18.is proving to be a pretty effective game plan so far. The closing

:40:19. > :40:23.seconds of the second round. Again plenty of animated instruction from

:40:24. > :40:28.Giyasov's corner, landing with a good left jab and then a over the

:40:29. > :40:40.top. He is swaggering his way across the ring. A good conclusion to the

:40:41. > :40:44.round from this man. A fairly calm corner, isn't it, the English

:40:45. > :40:48.corner? And rightly so. I think their man is boxing very well at the

:40:49. > :40:52.moment. I think in the last minute of the round Giyasov came back into

:40:53. > :40:55.it and started to get to McCormack a little more, but overall in the

:40:56. > :40:59.round again I thought it was a good display of boxing from McCormack,

:41:00. > :41:06.positive with his counters. Until now it has been a good performance.

:41:07. > :41:10.We are into the third and final round of what has been an absorbing

:41:11. > :41:15.welterweight tussles over. The boxer wearing blue, England's Pat

:41:16. > :41:20.McCormack, starting with a terrific left jab once again. The reigning

:41:21. > :41:23.silver medallist Giyasov is in pursuit of him but has been in

:41:24. > :41:25.pursuit for the majority of the contest. He got closer in the

:41:26. > :41:30.concluding stages of the second round but for the majority of the

:41:31. > :41:34.round, he has been adopting that posture and is being made to

:41:35. > :41:39.echec-mac, and on occasion McCormack has made him pay. I think one of the

:41:40. > :41:43.fault and mistakes Giyasov has got here, cot with a good shot there,

:41:44. > :41:47.seems to put his hands down, he is actually showing you that he has

:41:48. > :41:52.been hit, and that is a bad sign indeed. He keeps coming forward and

:41:53. > :41:56.we spoke about the pressure of boxers having success in this, but

:41:57. > :42:01.he is missing time and again here, and let's get it right. McCormack is

:42:02. > :42:10.winning this contest and boxing better on the back foot. Excessive

:42:11. > :42:14.pressure being applied from Giyasov. McCormack. With the right hand,

:42:15. > :42:22.changing direction wonderfully, McCormack. Right-hand success from

:42:23. > :42:30.Giyasov and left-hand success from McCormack. The difference, Ronald,

:42:31. > :42:33.McCormack's timing is a little better than Giyasov, catching him

:42:34. > :42:36.with the eye-catching punches, and he seems to be reacting a little

:42:37. > :42:40.better, and I think the timing has been a little better from him.

:42:41. > :42:47.Again, good shots going in. The third and final round, Giyasov's

:42:48. > :42:51.face slightly reddened by the poking shots he has been walking on two.

:42:52. > :42:56.McCormack, getting back behind the jab. Giyasov, rising his right glove

:42:57. > :43:09.to say he feels that is a good shot that he landed. The final minute

:43:10. > :43:10.now, of this third and final round. McCormack remaining concentrated,

:43:11. > :43:25.wonderful left right combination again. Left hook blocked from

:43:26. > :43:30.Giyasov. And again, McCormack has the Uzbekistan boxer, imploring him

:43:31. > :43:34.to get forward and get busy, McCormack dictating the temple, lost

:43:35. > :43:43.his footing there. And it is a hard contest, this one. The concentration

:43:44. > :43:47.has been absolute from McCormack. Untidy tangle at close range in the

:43:48. > :43:52.closing seconds, shoeshine shot to the body from Giyasov. Left right

:43:53. > :43:59.combination from the man in red, and another one. McCormack has to finish

:44:00. > :44:02.strong. The left-hand lands from him and is countered immediately from

:44:03. > :44:12.Giyasov. The closing stages, and he walks onto a left right combination.

:44:13. > :44:16.There is Pat McCormack's twin brother Luke, and the English

:44:17. > :44:20.supporters. A terrific performance from the man in blue and we are

:44:21. > :44:24.going to the scorecard. Without a doubt, Ronald, I think there is only

:44:25. > :44:29.one winner for me. From McCormack I think it was a very measured

:44:30. > :44:37.display, and Giyasov him into it in the last round, undoubtedly, but for

:44:38. > :44:42.me, McCormack has won this contest. Lee Grant Edelmann, the winner by

:44:43. > :44:48.unanimous decision, and the red corner, representing it Uzbekistan,

:44:49. > :44:53.Shakhram Giyasov. Shakhram Giyasov declared a unanimous points decision

:44:54. > :44:59.when, one point for the judges, three points for two judges, and

:45:00. > :45:02.England's Pat McCormack, his superb display of backlit boxing, has not

:45:03. > :45:07.been rewarded by the judges here. He is crestfallen over in the blue

:45:08. > :45:12.corner, and it is Giyasov, the Olympic silver medallist, who goes

:45:13. > :45:17.through to the medal podium. The reigning silver medal is left to

:45:18. > :45:21.contemplate a decision that has not gone in his favour. Absolutely

:45:22. > :45:26.gutted. But I won the fight quite easily to be honest. But it outboxed

:45:27. > :45:34.him on the back foot, but the judges didn't give it to me, so gutted.

:45:35. > :45:41.Do you -- would you go after a decision like that, does get you

:45:42. > :45:48.don't? Geller can you I him so I know I am the best in the world. --

:45:49. > :45:52.well, I know that I beat him. Was he robbed there? Anyone in this arena,

:45:53. > :45:55.they looked at those two guys, thought, one is number one in the

:45:56. > :45:59.world, one number 15, and everyone would back the one who is number one

:46:00. > :46:04.in the world. He is every bit as good as the welterweight in the

:46:05. > :46:15.world. He is as good as the Cubans, probably my favourite amateur boxer,

:46:16. > :46:18.in the GB team, but probably around the world as well. He is so fast,

:46:19. > :46:20.shark. The way he judges the distance so well. When the guy steps

:46:21. > :46:23.on, he dips his shoulder, walks in. He has got it all. I feel really

:46:24. > :46:28.sorry for him, because you would think, a couple of years ago, he was

:46:29. > :46:33.hard done by, again, I mean, let's see it as it is. He got robbed

:46:34. > :46:37.tonight. Hopefully he sticks at it and one day you will get his just

:46:38. > :46:40.deserts. Does come to a point, whereas as an amateur boxer you

:46:41. > :46:43.think, if I am going to have all these decisions go against me, I

:46:44. > :46:46.might just join the pro ranks and try my luck there? That must be

:46:47. > :46:53.going through their heads, because it is hard, in the GB team you train

:46:54. > :46:56.every week, you give it your all, you are representing yourself, your

:46:57. > :47:00.family, your club, your country, in these tournaments, and Udal -- when

:47:01. > :47:06.you don't get what you deserve it is horrible. But these guys have big

:47:07. > :47:08.futures in the vests representing their countries. Hopefully they

:47:09. > :47:13.stick at it and their time will come. I will be there cheering for

:47:14. > :47:27.them when it does. It has been pretty tough going for the Birtley

:47:28. > :47:32.boys, Pat McCormack and French. Yes, when you represent your country it

:47:33. > :47:35.is an amazing thing, representing them at the World Championship is

:47:36. > :47:38.even better, and three guys from the one club doing it in the same

:47:39. > :47:42.competition, even better. i don't know what they are doing it in the

:47:43. > :47:47.north, but keep it up. they work hard on the gb team, great coaches,

:47:48. > :47:50.up in sheffield, and like i said, the whole gb team, they have a

:47:51. > :47:56.really massive future. Your area of expertise. Which of those three

:47:57. > :48:06.boxers do you think will be kept for big things, out of the McCormacks

:48:07. > :48:12.and Callum French? I love Pat, so fast, so fresh. His legs are really

:48:13. > :48:16.wide apart, but he is so fast and agile, so athletic, you can get over

:48:17. > :48:36.it. And also years perhaps a bit too tends. -- too tense. But hopefully

:48:37. > :48:41.into Tokyo he will go all the way. So Giyasov goes through and he would

:48:42. > :48:45.fight Roniel Iglesias for the gold medal. We join this one in the third

:48:46. > :48:50.round. COMMENTATOR: The third and final

:48:51. > :48:54.round of the gold medal bout, a rematch from the same stage of the

:48:55. > :49:01.quarterfinal stage of the Olympic Games last summer. The reigning

:49:02. > :49:07.Olympic silver medallist Shakhram Giyasov, who really began to find

:49:08. > :49:12.his range in the second round. Made Iglesias fall short and miss, then

:49:13. > :49:15.landed with some eye-catching combinations, particularly the basic

:49:16. > :49:22.1-2, exploding into range with fast feet and picking off his opponent.

:49:23. > :49:26.Iglesias needs to be more accurate with his jab. Occasionally he has

:49:27. > :49:30.been missing, cop with a couple of left hooks. For me he carries his

:49:31. > :49:34.lead hand a little bit too low to the chest and waste area. That is

:49:35. > :49:39.his style, Iglesias, but he has just come undone in this round with that.

:49:40. > :49:45.He has to keep that right hand a little bit higher. Giyasov again

:49:46. > :49:48.trying to land the right hook. Iglesias, I reigning seven-day

:49:49. > :49:54.national champion of Cuba. His first senior title came back in 2005. 29

:49:55. > :50:04.years of age, good left uppercut from Iglesias there. He has been at

:50:05. > :50:07.the top of AIBA open boxing for some time, digging the world title in

:50:08. > :50:12.Milan, and when he went to retain it two years later he lost at the

:50:13. > :50:17.preliminary round stage, when there was no automatic qualification, so

:50:18. > :50:21.that was a round of 64. Good right jab from Iglesias there. Beyond the

:50:22. > :50:33.midpoint of the third and final round. Again, fighting in sports,

:50:34. > :50:46.Shakhram Giyasov. Iglesias trying to get away but can't get anything away

:50:47. > :50:49.of quality. Again, on the back foot, Giyasov, hard right hand whipped

:50:50. > :50:52.into the body and it is reinforced for the judges once again. As he

:50:53. > :50:57.holds up that right hand in acknowledgement and celebration. The

:50:58. > :51:01.facial expressions continuing, goading his man in. Landed a good

:51:02. > :51:05.right hand which he celebrates but he took a couple of shots in return.

:51:06. > :51:12.I think he is a clever boxer, Giyasov. He goes for a walk, he

:51:13. > :51:17.bides time. That is how he does it, a few vital seconds, by doing those

:51:18. > :51:22.walks. He showboat. He is a clever lad. Giyasov. And it is that

:51:23. > :51:28.eye-catching stuff again from the man in red, that left hook. Despite

:51:29. > :51:34.the Tiki may be feeling, every time he an attack, the fast twitch --

:51:35. > :51:38.despite the fatigue that he may be feeling. A very explosive fighter.

:51:39. > :51:46.Here is evidence of that once more. Winding up the right hand, a la

:51:47. > :51:50.Sugar Ray Leonard, 1976 Olympic champion from Montreal. They are

:51:51. > :51:54.delighted in that red corner. Shakhram Giyasov warmly embraced by

:51:55. > :51:58.his coaching staff, after a very good performance. A clever display

:51:59. > :52:00.from the reigning Olympic silver medallist, and look at the

:52:01. > :52:09.contrasting body language in that blue corner, therefore more subdued

:52:10. > :52:12.and one suspects they feel it isn't fair, but they're confident it is

:52:13. > :52:17.their man in the red corner who is about to be crowned world champion.

:52:18. > :52:21.What it is worth, I agree, from the body language, as they are

:52:22. > :52:25.interpreting that. Yes, clever display Giyasov here. The most

:52:26. > :52:32.eye-catching work. Yes, I think he has won it. In the red corner...

:52:33. > :52:37.APPLAUSE Shakhram Giyasov is the world

:52:38. > :52:47.champion, a unanimous points decision winner. Over the legendary

:52:48. > :52:53.figure of Roniel Iglesias. He warmly embraces the corner team of the man

:52:54. > :52:58.who has just conquered him. And Shakhram Giyasov with his trademark

:52:59. > :53:03.celebration, absolutely ecstatic. As are his fans, a unanimous points

:53:04. > :53:10.decision winner. To claim World Championship gold here in Hamburg.

:53:11. > :53:11.Andy Olympic silver medallist becomes the AIBA world boxing

:53:12. > :53:22.champion. On to the middleweight in Hamburg

:53:23. > :53:30.and representing GB, Ben Whitaker, the man from Wolverhampton and a big

:53:31. > :53:38.personality. Benjamin Whitaker, 75 kilograms, middleweight. They call

:53:39. > :53:47.me the Future, the future of boxing, future Olympian, future in the Hall

:53:48. > :53:50.of Fame. I have won the seniors twice, two used titles,

:53:51. > :53:57.Commonwealth, you silver medallist, but that is in the past. I am

:53:58. > :54:05.concentrating on my senior gamers. I try to keep myself level-headed --

:54:06. > :54:14.my senior game now. I have got here for a reason. I know the level it

:54:15. > :54:26.can be and I want to prove that I am number one. After beating Kenya's

:54:27. > :54:31.vigour and winning in the pool and around he was looking in fantastic

:54:32. > :54:43.form going into his round against the

:54:44. > :54:47.Ukrainian Oleksandr Khyzhniak. COMMENTATOR: Into the second round

:54:48. > :54:54.and Whittaker comes out immediately carrying out his coach's

:54:55. > :54:59.instructions. But in front of them is Oleksandr Khyzhniak, again moving

:55:00. > :55:02.laterally left and right in wonderful fashion, Ben Whittaker,

:55:03. > :55:08.meaning the man in blue is to stop, change direction and try again. The

:55:09. > :55:14.way with boxing this opponent also is to counter attack, Ronald. You

:55:15. > :55:17.know that he will come forward, very predictable, but before he punches

:55:18. > :55:31.you have to beat him to the punch, it is a counterattack and that is a

:55:32. > :55:42.super attack there from Khyzhniak. That is what has corner were saying,

:55:43. > :55:47.you must hit, punch first then move. Whittaker, slow, gliding around the

:55:48. > :55:50.ring, and arching right hand from Khyzhniak, landed somewhere around

:55:51. > :55:55.his ears, and now he's bulldozing him to the corner, trying to get him

:55:56. > :56:00.to hold his feet. What's it to the space of centre ring and get back

:56:01. > :56:04.behind that long left jab. A terrific display in the second

:56:05. > :56:18.preliminary round of the third seed and fourth ranked boxer in the

:56:19. > :56:24.world, from India. Right-hand success again. To keep this man at

:56:25. > :56:29.bay is very difficult indeed. He's experienced, coming forward he is

:56:30. > :56:37.strong, and Whittaker, a young man who has only just made the podium

:56:38. > :56:41.squad. For GB. He is doing well here against a very strong opponent

:56:42. > :56:47.indeed but he has to keep it going, Khyzhniak is very difficult to keep

:56:48. > :56:50.at bay. Remembering his first World Championships two years ago, Richie,

:56:51. > :56:54.when you refer to strength, he was competing at light heavyweight. He

:56:55. > :56:57.has come down in the intervening years, but, my goodness, has he

:56:58. > :57:03.brought that strength with him? He lost in that tournament incidentally

:57:04. > :57:10.to the world champion who went on to take silver, but with an opponent of

:57:11. > :57:14.that calibre... Needs to keep his man subdued. Whittaker's flashes of

:57:15. > :57:21.its here but he has to sustain through three minutes against such

:57:22. > :57:24.experienced operator. Good left jab to the body from Khyzhniak who is

:57:25. > :57:28.getting closer on a repeated basis as he walks around an arcing right

:57:29. > :57:33.hand there. More success with the right hand and a long left.

:57:34. > :57:38.Whittaker becoming a bit disorganised in the closing stages

:57:39. > :57:41.of the second round. A very good conclusion to the second round from

:57:42. > :57:46.Khyzhniak, even though it was punctuated with the bell. Trying to

:57:47. > :57:51.keep the gap all the time between himself and his opponent. Khyzhniak

:57:52. > :57:56.there, trying to land that right hand, skirting around on the outside

:57:57. > :58:05.here, as Ben Whittaker just misses with that left-hand. Into the third

:58:06. > :58:13.and final round and a good right hand from Khyzhniak after a left jab

:58:14. > :58:17.from Whittaker. Sauce's corner imploding to release some power but

:58:18. > :58:23.that is Khyzhniak releasing the bombs -- Whittaker's corner

:58:24. > :58:28.imploring him to release some power. Oh, my goodness, hit by a hook, then

:58:29. > :58:31.more punches to the middle. A terrific start to the third and

:58:32. > :58:38.final round by the reigning European champion. Yes, this will be a big

:58:39. > :58:43.test of the young Englishman here. Outside, trying to keep his man at

:58:44. > :58:45.bay, listening to his corner, hitting him, moving. Occasionally

:58:46. > :58:50.you just have to put a little bit more into your shots, to try to keep

:58:51. > :58:52.this man at bay, but we have said it time and time again, Khyzhniak,

:58:53. > :59:02.front foot boxer, very strong indeed. Difficult to the terror. A

:59:03. > :59:10.tough job now for big Whittaker. -- difficult to deter him. Whittaker

:59:11. > :59:13.managed to evade that right cross, which Khyzhniak had so much success

:59:14. > :59:16.with at the start of this run. Beautiful cut from Whittaker, a long

:59:17. > :59:23.shot underneath. Whittaker continuing to dodge and move left

:59:24. > :59:27.and right. Yes that's right uppercut was lovely from him, bringing his

:59:28. > :59:31.opponent onto that jab. Khyzhniak still coming forward, trying to whip

:59:32. > :59:34.the right hand over the top. Khyzhniak very dangerous indeed and

:59:35. > :59:42.he is trying to block the shot coming forward with that high guard

:59:43. > :59:46.we are beyond the midpoint of the third and final round. A retreat

:59:47. > :59:55.from Khyzhniak and then left uppercut was not too far away. Paul

:59:56. > :59:59.Walmsley over to the left of the screen is just imploring Ben

:00:00. > :00:04.Whittaker to keep the shots long. Speeding left and right through the

:00:05. > :00:08.guard, but look at Khyzhniak work away to that long slender torso of

:00:09. > :00:12.Whittaker, just above the belt line. Yes, some good work from Whittaker,

:00:13. > :00:15.but he just has to move his feet after landing those shots. Good

:00:16. > :00:19.boxing, but he just paid the price of holding the feet are little too

:00:20. > :00:24.long after landing the shots, and you can't do that with this fellow,

:00:25. > :00:28.Khyzhniak. It is what he wants, his opponent to stand in front of him

:00:29. > :00:37.and hold his feet sleek and let his shot score-mac. -- let his shot go.

:00:38. > :00:47.Good left hand from Whittaker. Demonstrating good footwork. Trying

:00:48. > :00:54.to find a home for the right cross. Whittaker in pursuit of his man. Ten

:00:55. > :01:01.second clapper has sounded. Exchanging at short range. Terrific

:01:02. > :01:08.contest in the 75 kilograms middleweight division. One suspects

:01:09. > :01:12.it is the man all smiles in the blue corner, Khyzhniak, who has just got

:01:13. > :01:17.a repeat victory over then Whittaker from England. English national

:01:18. > :01:23.champion. Acquitted himself well but I think he was second best here. He

:01:24. > :01:27.did very well in the last round, Whittaker. Lovely combination from

:01:28. > :01:33.the Englishman. Very difficult to keep this man at bay and maintain

:01:34. > :01:37.the gap. For an inexperienced boxer, he did really well, Whittaker.

:01:38. > :01:48.Ladies and gentlemen, the winner by split decision... In the blue corner

:01:49. > :01:49.representing the Ukraine... Man-fourty-macro, the reigning

:01:50. > :01:56.European champion, he is through to the medal podium in Hamburg --

:01:57. > :02:03.Oleksandr Khyzhniak. A victory over Ben Whittaker who is distraught. He

:02:04. > :02:07.gave an absolutely -- he gave it absolutely everything. But the

:02:08. > :02:15.aggression of Khyzhniak has been rewarded. I did not do my best. I

:02:16. > :02:20.had a game plan, but when you are there, it is different. I just want

:02:21. > :02:24.to say sorry to my dad, my mum, the GB staff and coaches. I think I'll

:02:25. > :02:32.let everybody down because they know I can perform better. My first

:02:33. > :02:36.major. I am putting the work in as soon as I get back to England to

:02:37. > :02:41.change the result. You have to admire his composure. He was very

:02:42. > :02:46.upset, very emotional. What did you think of his performance? He boxed

:02:47. > :02:53.well. Young lad, a lot of ability, talent. Middleweight division. That

:02:54. > :02:58.was my old division. Very hard. You need speed, strength, power. The two

:02:59. > :03:04.things I think he lacks a bit, strength and power. 20 years old. A

:03:05. > :03:08.big future ahead of him. Beautiful footwork. The way he avoids... So

:03:09. > :03:12.elusive. What I would like to see him do more is hold his feet and

:03:13. > :03:19.Punch and tried to hurt his opponent more. Do it again. He reminds me a

:03:20. > :03:23.lot of Luke Campbell. Tall, rangy, very skilful. For a couple of years,

:03:24. > :03:30.he did not have the per power -- the power. If he can add power and

:03:31. > :03:35.strength to his game, he will go all the way because he is tall, great

:03:36. > :03:39.attributes, and I liked the look of him. He said himself how frustrated

:03:40. > :03:43.he was with how he performed. What do you say to someone like that

:03:44. > :03:48.recovering from such a disappointing defeat? How do you advise them on

:03:49. > :03:52.building up mental resilience? I am glad he is upset and hurting because

:03:53. > :03:58.that will make him push further. A couple of majors, I went away, I

:03:59. > :04:03.lost first fight. It was horrible. Watching your friends box, horrible

:04:04. > :04:07.ten days, you want to be involved. That disappointment, it drives you

:04:08. > :04:11.on when you are in the gym sparring, on the running track in the morning,

:04:12. > :04:16.you want to be better, you want to win medals, you want your funding to

:04:17. > :04:22.go up. You want to go to the Olympic Games. Young lad, 20, this today, he

:04:23. > :04:28.will learn a lot from it and it will hold him in good stead for the

:04:29. > :04:32.future. Certainly no disgrace for Whittaker, especially with Khyzhniak

:04:33. > :04:36.going on to win middleweight gold. In the light heavyweight division,

:04:37. > :04:41.Thomas Whittaker heart was representing GB. He picked up a

:04:42. > :04:47.walkover in the first round before falling to a German. Scotland's

:04:48. > :04:52.fighter also bowed out in the first preliminary round to the Georgian

:04:53. > :04:57.fighter. He was dispatched with ease by the third-seeded Irishman Joe

:04:58. > :05:03.Ward. He was proving to be there shining light. Making the

:05:04. > :05:16.semifinals, he faced a tough Uzbekistan number two.

:05:17. > :05:20.COMMENTATOR: Into the third and final round, both of these men

:05:21. > :05:31.boxing to see who will square off against the tournament number one

:05:32. > :05:38.seed. If Joe Ward gets a victory, it will be a rematch of the final two

:05:39. > :05:52.years ago. Julio La Cruz got the better of him. Ward going forward.

:05:53. > :05:57.Ward trying to keep him at bay. He certainly moves like a middleweight,

:05:58. > :06:06.Melkusievc, up on his toes quicker. Wild shots again needs a little bit

:06:07. > :06:15.of accuracy from both boxes here. Bit of concentration. Having success

:06:16. > :06:28.with the right hand, Joe Ward. A minute: third and final round.

:06:29. > :06:39.The referee speaking in his direction about the holding tactics

:06:40. > :06:45.being employed. Putting a lot behind it but not finding the range.

:06:46. > :06:50.Cracking read right hook and the backhand that followed was not too

:06:51. > :06:59.far away. Better stuff from the Irishman. Probably should use his

:07:00. > :07:04.left uppercut as well. So committed to land the first shot. Put

:07:05. > :07:25.everything into it. Feet into range quickly. Landed a good shot there.

:07:26. > :07:30.Right hand to the body. You can hear his exertions as he lets every shot

:07:31. > :07:34.go. Feeling the place. Putting everything that he has into each of

:07:35. > :07:46.these punches now looking for a finish inside the distance. He

:07:47. > :07:53.fought at a high tempo, increasing amounts of hitting and leaning

:07:54. > :07:59.punctuating the clean offence now. He ties up at close range, Ward.

:08:00. > :08:08.Closing seconds of the third and final round. Back on the legs once

:08:09. > :08:14.again. Now it is Melkusiev backing up with the ten second clapper

:08:15. > :08:25.sounding. A man with the spectacles, the long-time manager of Wladimir

:08:26. > :08:33.Klitschko and his brother. He recently retired, of course. Long

:08:34. > :08:42.shot there from Joe Ward. Brought his opponent onto it. Split

:08:43. > :08:48.decision. In the red corner... It is Joe Ward, Ireland's Joe Ward sinks

:08:49. > :08:53.to his knees in celebration. A split decision when it. Joe Ward once

:08:54. > :09:02.again will fight for World Championship goals. I put so much

:09:03. > :09:04.work into it. Something special. Looked like a tough fight and

:09:05. > :09:07.perhaps you were not as good as you have been in the previous rounds.

:09:08. > :09:13.What did you make of your performance? The man was very good.

:09:14. > :09:17.Olympic silver medal. Wild silver medal. A lot of pedigree behind him.

:09:18. > :09:24.A close fight. -- world silver medal. Could he win the only World

:09:25. > :09:30.Championship medal to have evaded him so far, the gold? Standing on

:09:31. > :09:34.his wake, three-time World Championship and reigning Olympic

:09:35. > :09:43.champion, Julio La Cruz. -- Kairat Yeraliyev. We are under way and that

:09:44. > :09:48.gold-medal bout between two boxers who know one another very well

:09:49. > :09:53.indeed. A tangle of legs and a flurry of punches. The reigning

:09:54. > :09:57.three-time world champion. No knock-downs as the referee from

:09:58. > :10:01.Belarus. Immediately, Joe Ward testing the strength of his

:10:02. > :10:07.opponent, leaning on him at close range. Really positive start from

:10:08. > :10:15.Ward on the front foot. Going for it. Usually he sits back and waits.

:10:16. > :10:19.Here he knows he is against a master tactician in La Cruz who likes to

:10:20. > :10:24.slow it down. Ward is on the front foot, will try to go through the

:10:25. > :10:28.gears and quicken the tempo. If La Cruz is allowed to settle down into

:10:29. > :10:34.his rhythm, he is a nightmare. A good positive start from the

:10:35. > :10:41.Irishman. Hard left- right to the body. Right hand was particularly

:10:42. > :10:45.effective from La Cruz. If you allow him to settle into a rhythm, very

:10:46. > :10:54.difficult to beat indeed. Look at the man able to lean back flexible

:10:55. > :11:00.wasted fighter. Body shot there from Ward. When he goes to the outside,

:11:01. > :11:07.he wants the gap between himself and his opponent, La Cruz, that is when

:11:08. > :11:10.Ward has to jump on him and quicken the tempo. Ward hits and moved

:11:11. > :11:15.backwards to create a gap and creating time and space and that is

:11:16. > :11:21.what you have to deny him and that is why Ward is on the front foot.

:11:22. > :11:24.Ward is normally a back foot counterpunching boxer but he knows

:11:25. > :11:29.he has to change tactics for this one. Credit to him for trying

:11:30. > :11:36.something different in pursuit of gold. Ward so familiar with every

:11:37. > :11:43.inch of the ring canvas, he knows where the robes are, just floats his

:11:44. > :11:48.way around the ring -- the ropes. Confident fashion, difficult to pin

:11:49. > :11:55.down. Ward remaining steadfastly to his task. Left hand to the body was

:11:56. > :12:01.not too far away from Ward. Trying to work his way inside behind the

:12:02. > :12:06.jab. Classic case as well that you have to double up your attacks

:12:07. > :12:10.against La Cruz. A single attack is not enough. He does the lay back and

:12:11. > :12:16.finds the space and on the outside again. You have to keep it going and

:12:17. > :12:21.to sustain it. Counter right hand, effective shot from La Cruz. Ward,

:12:22. > :12:29.three in the world. Hard right hand above the belt line. Flat-footed

:12:30. > :12:33.posture adopted by La Cruz. Ward fainting with the feet, the left

:12:34. > :12:41.hand that was preceding the right was not too far away. The positive

:12:42. > :12:47.start from Ward but La Cruz settled into his rhythm. Positive start from

:12:48. > :12:51.Ward. Great start from the man in blue. La Cruz got back into it as

:12:52. > :12:57.the round went on, starting to take things better. Into the second round

:12:58. > :13:06.of the 81 kilograms light heavyweight final at Hamburg 2017. A

:13:07. > :13:11.rematch of the final from two years ago and Doha. Joe Ward got silver on

:13:12. > :13:14.that occasion. Third meeting between these two, all on the World

:13:15. > :13:19.Championship stage, good right hand from Ward. Looking for his first

:13:20. > :13:25.victory. Good left jab before the fighters fell into a clinch. The

:13:26. > :13:31.difficult job for Joe Ward. He has to try and find the space on the

:13:32. > :13:36.inside. Very difficult indeed. La Cruz knows his strength is at mid

:13:37. > :13:39.and long range. When they come in at close quarters, he will hold and

:13:40. > :13:43.bring his opponent into his body weight and wait for the referee to

:13:44. > :13:48.separate, and goes back on his bike again. Targeting the right hand

:13:49. > :13:54.effectively in the second round. Ward Square on the ropes, trying to

:13:55. > :13:58.goad Ward to tempt him into coming forward. Enjoying his work now, the

:13:59. > :14:07.reigning champion. Looking for his fourth consecutive title. Good from

:14:08. > :14:13.Ward. He scores with a snaking right hand between the defences of the man

:14:14. > :14:18.from Ireland. Full of confidence, La Cruz. But Ward is having a good go

:14:19. > :14:23.and he caught Ward with a good shot. Has to watch what he is doing, the

:14:24. > :14:27.Cuban. We know Ward is a quality performer himself and has to

:14:28. > :14:32.concentrate and tried to put the punches together and try to catch La

:14:33. > :14:38.Cruz maybe when he is moving away. Then his hands are so low. Look how

:14:39. > :14:43.low his hands. He hits and moves backwards, hands very low, difficult

:14:44. > :14:49.to catch. Joshua came away with Olympic bronze in Rio last summer,

:14:50. > :14:56.he fought La Cruz in the first preliminary round. Another good

:14:57. > :15:02.right hand landed. But he fought and to put him on the canvas, remember.

:15:03. > :15:09.As Ward lands with another right hand. He said that he moved just

:15:10. > :15:14.enough at the last moment, so you think you have got him and then you

:15:15. > :15:20.are just hitting fresh air. That is why he is Olympic champion and third

:15:21. > :15:29.time world champion, Ward. His judgment of distance is exceptional.

:15:30. > :15:34.He has got deceptively long arms. Throwing the shots from his waist

:15:35. > :15:38.and from his knees. Very hard to detect. He sets the traps of having

:15:39. > :15:43.low hands and you think you can catch him as you move towards him,

:15:44. > :15:48.like that, you get caught. Clever boxer. Very frustrating to box

:15:49. > :15:55.against. Remaining committed to his task, Joe Ward, back on the front

:15:56. > :16:03.foot, he too with his hands down. Baring his gumshield, another very

:16:04. > :16:08.good round of boxing for him. 1996 Olympic champion on the left there.

:16:09. > :16:15.Wladimir Klitschko. The shot we spoke about earlier that Ward

:16:16. > :16:25.landed, good punch. Trying the lay back himself. But Ward, long arms.

:16:26. > :16:29.-- but La Cruz, long arms. The third and final round of the gold-medal

:16:30. > :16:34.bout between boxers who know one another very well indeed, a rematch

:16:35. > :16:37.of the 2015 World Championship final from Doha. The man in red packing

:16:38. > :16:46.and poking with the right hand and making his man this by millimetres,

:16:47. > :16:53.the reigning three-time World champion, Julio La Cruz. Ward

:16:54. > :16:59.bamboozle. La Cruz came back with a wonderful left jab, the king of

:17:00. > :17:02.every domain open to him, Olympic champion, world champion, America's

:17:03. > :17:11.champion, Joe Ward, just 23, claimed his third European title this

:17:12. > :17:19.summer. Trying to go one better than the World Championship silver he

:17:20. > :17:25.came away with two years ago. And in 2013, Ward beat two. That is the

:17:26. > :17:30.idea of Ward's ability, ranked number three in the world,

:17:31. > :17:34.tournament number three seed, it is this man who consistently gets the

:17:35. > :17:39.better of him, but La Cruz generally gets the better of everyone he faces

:17:40. > :17:45.in the light heavyweight ranks. Boxing well here. Ward continuing to

:17:46. > :17:50.pursue his man, looking for openings on the inside, neither man working

:17:51. > :17:56.away, the referee allowing them to do so. We pass the midpoint of the

:17:57. > :18:01.third and final stanza. Occasionally Ward throws the 1-2 and he brings

:18:02. > :18:08.his left leg around because La Cruz is so far but with the laid-back, he

:18:09. > :18:14.literally changes stance. The right tactic. He has to try to close down

:18:15. > :18:20.the gap, used his jabs more, Ward. He is upping the tempo, the right

:18:21. > :18:23.thing to do. He has to do it more behind double jabs, double attacks,

:18:24. > :18:31.sustain the pressure. Easier said than done. Ward, versatile boxer, he

:18:32. > :18:36.can box going backwards, perhaps his favoured default position. He lands

:18:37. > :18:42.a good right hand. Causes Ward to become disorganised. He is spoken to

:18:43. > :18:49.by the referee about turning his back on his opponent. -- causes La

:18:50. > :18:54.Cruz to become disorganised. Trying the same shot again, did not land,

:18:55. > :18:59.but he made Ward miss before coming back with a wonderful shot. Ward

:19:00. > :19:04.trying to walk down his man but he cannot get him to stay still long

:19:05. > :19:08.enough to land any leather. He has been made to miss repeatedly.

:19:09. > :19:16.Another masterful display by Julio La Cruz, no doubt on the cusp of

:19:17. > :19:23.emulating Hernandez, his compatriot, four World Championship golds in the

:19:24. > :19:28.well the late -- the welterweight decision. Sporting touch. He is

:19:29. > :19:32.confident he has claimed his fourth successive World Championship golds,

:19:33. > :19:37.La Cruz. Applause from the capacity crowd in attendance in Hamburg. They

:19:38. > :19:44.have just witnessed another masterful display from the world

:19:45. > :19:46.undisputed number one in the 81 kilograms light heavyweight

:19:47. > :19:50.division, Julio La Cruz. Joe Ward gave it everything he had. Once

:19:51. > :20:00.again, he found it difficult to pin down this man. In the red corner...

:20:01. > :20:06.Representing Cuba, Julio La Cruz. Julio La Cruz performs his familiar

:20:07. > :20:12.celebratory salute, his fourth successive World Championship gold

:20:13. > :20:19.medal. This the canvas in celebration. His fourth successive

:20:20. > :20:29.World Championship title. -- kiss of the canvas. Really exceptional

:20:30. > :20:32.Cuban. I gave it my all. I had my moments in the fight. Overall, he

:20:33. > :20:37.deserved to win. Three Will Chudley jibs under your belt now, how far

:20:38. > :20:42.away are you from challenging for gold and beating the world's best?

:20:43. > :20:49.-- three World Championships. Not too far. Not a lot in it. I am

:20:50. > :20:54.always improving. He is getting older, I am fit and young. Who

:20:55. > :21:01.knows, maybe if the Olympics comes around, different story. Once again,

:21:02. > :21:06.Ward loses the La Cruz in a final of the World Championships, as in 2015.

:21:07. > :21:11.What did you make of Ward's performance? Ward is horrible to

:21:12. > :21:20.watch, very awkward, was the box against. On the back foot, he wants

:21:21. > :21:24.you to come in. Give him space, he will pick you. One of those ones,

:21:25. > :21:29.very hard to fight. Joe tried to rough him up a little bit. La Cruz,

:21:30. > :21:33.he does tire. Semi final fight, on the floor a couple of times in the

:21:34. > :21:41.last round, through sheer tiredness. Today he boxed well. Long tournament

:21:42. > :21:46.for him as well. La Cruz best light heavyweight in the world. Joe Ward

:21:47. > :21:50.has been to three World Championships, how long until he

:21:51. > :21:57.becomes the world champion? I think his one problem will be La Cruz. La

:21:58. > :22:02.Cruz is 29, he relies on reflexes. You cannot do that forever.

:22:03. > :22:07.Eventually, he will slow down, lose our yard of pace, so to speak. Joe

:22:08. > :22:12.Ward, the wild swings, he might be able to catch and potentially beat

:22:13. > :22:18.him. If La Cruz is around doing his thing, will struggle. Now time for

:22:19. > :22:20.the heavyweights and going for GB, a man who is happy-go-lucky and lucky

:22:21. > :22:38.to be alive. I was living in Jamaica at the time.

:22:39. > :22:42.I thought I would be real smart about it and go to an unfinished

:22:43. > :22:48.building site and I fell, landed on the steel rod, it went straight into

:22:49. > :22:55.my stomach. The doctor said to my mum, I am very lucky, a very lucky

:22:56. > :23:00.young man. During the operation, I flat lined on the table. Ten years

:23:01. > :23:07.later, when I was 18, I was working. For two weeks, I had this pain.

:23:08. > :23:11.Excruciating. I've still got this pain, walking up the steps, stepped

:23:12. > :23:15.on the last step and fell down the steps. The doctor looked at me and

:23:16. > :23:19.said, your appendix exploded inside you. We had to do all we could to

:23:20. > :23:32.save you. I was really grateful for that. Here I am. Sometimes I look

:23:33. > :23:37.back and I think, wow, I have come a long way. I met Prince Charles. I

:23:38. > :23:42.said, I would give you the 1-2. You don't want any more! He tried to

:23:43. > :23:49.punch me! That was a good moment. The novice, he fought his way

:23:50. > :23:56.through five fights to win a brilliant European Championships

:23:57. > :24:02.silver medal. It is all about the level up. Taking it one moment at a

:24:03. > :24:06.time. I am full of confidence and they are full of confidence in my

:24:07. > :24:11.abilities. Fantastic performance from Clarke. I am not saying my goal

:24:12. > :24:16.was always to go to the Olympics. I started boxing when I was 18.

:24:17. > :24:22.Especially in the last couple of years, yeah, I want to go there, I

:24:23. > :24:33.want to win gold. Make everybody is proud. And again inspire people.

:24:34. > :24:37.Yeah, gold medal, Olympics. Bizarrely, Clarke made it through to

:24:38. > :24:41.the quarterfinals without fighting after a bye in the first round and a

:24:42. > :24:45.walkover in the second when his Angolan opponent did not make it to

:24:46. > :24:52.the way in. He would have to face the Cuban legend, the second seed,

:24:53. > :25:00.in his quarterfinal, Erislandy Savon. Could he cause massive upset?

:25:01. > :25:08.COMMENTATOR: We are under way. This contest, quarterfinal stage of the

:25:09. > :25:12.91 kilogram heavyweight division. The man in red, bustling forwards,

:25:13. > :25:20.England's Clarke, heavy-handed hitter from Gravesham. Competing in

:25:21. > :25:23.his first world boxing Championships, the reigning 2017

:25:24. > :25:29.two-time national champion of England, also taken national titles

:25:30. > :25:32.in Jamaica, the nation he represented at the 2014 Commonwealth

:25:33. > :25:37.Games in light heavyweight. His opponent in blue, Erislandy Savon,

:25:38. > :25:41.reigning silver medallist from two years ago at the World Championship

:25:42. > :25:46.'s, took his third America's continental title earlier this

:25:47. > :25:53.summer in Honduras. Clarke came away with a brilliant European silver

:25:54. > :25:59.with his heavy-handed hitting in evidence. Does not get much tougher

:26:00. > :26:02.for Clarke. Does not do him any favours in this tournament, his

:26:03. > :26:09.buys. Have to get up and running. Employing the right tactics, knows

:26:10. > :26:13.he has to get inside the long arms of his Cuban opponent, Clarke. Very

:26:14. > :26:18.skilful, tall, rangy, brilliant from the centre of the ring, Savon. A

:26:19. > :26:23.little vulnerable from the ropes. That is what Clarke has to target.

:26:24. > :26:29.Fast attacks and sustain the pressure and push the Cuban back to

:26:30. > :26:32.the ropes, where he is a little bit vulnerable, Savon, and were Clarke

:26:33. > :26:44.has to find a space to whip shots over the top. He knows all about the

:26:45. > :26:49.English and Great British opposition, Anthony Joshua in the

:26:50. > :26:54.Olympic Games in 2012, his first opponent. He made life difficult for

:26:55. > :27:04.the man who went on to take Olympic gold. And Lawrence in Rio last

:27:05. > :27:11.summer. Good right hand from Clarke, left jab in response from Clarke. --

:27:12. > :27:17.good right hand from Savon. Needs to apply pressure here. Very skilful

:27:18. > :27:25.experienced operator. A real art to the inside boxing and that is what

:27:26. > :27:28.Clarke has to do here. Closing the gap down and getting on the inside

:27:29. > :27:32.without getting hit, choosing the right punches on the inside,

:27:33. > :27:37.creating space, another problem you have to get around, and getting back

:27:38. > :27:41.to the thinking distance, out punching range, to plan the next

:27:42. > :27:48.attack. The three areas you have to master as a good inside fighter.

:27:49. > :27:52.Successful the left hook. Period of the opening round 30 seconds ago

:27:53. > :27:57.when Savon stepped up the pressure on the front foot himself and

:27:58. > :28:03.looking to get the uppercut always an effective antidote if you can get

:28:04. > :28:06.it way. Good opening round of boxing. Spurts of pressure from

:28:07. > :28:14.Clarke when he had success trying to whip the shot over the top, caught

:28:15. > :28:18.coming forward. Just misses with his left hook. Savon a better fighter,

:28:19. > :28:34.but Clarke nearly caught him with the right hand up close. Into the

:28:35. > :28:40.second round. Just instructing Clarke wants it at his own pace, but

:28:41. > :28:44.he has started quickly in the second round, the snaking left hand he

:28:45. > :28:53.possesses, looking to establish it. When he gets it working, very

:28:54. > :28:57.difficult proposition indeed. Wonderful move around the ring, like

:28:58. > :29:08.so many of his compatriots, good footwork, Clarke targeting the body.

:29:09. > :29:14.A man with a good right hook. I am not sure this type of tempo is going

:29:15. > :29:17.to make life uncomfortable for Savon, but is being applied by

:29:18. > :29:24.Clarke at the moment. Maybe he is trying to lure in the man. But this

:29:25. > :29:32.tempo will suit Savon counter the ground. It will do, but this is now

:29:33. > :29:35.the effect of having buys. If he had a contest, he would have got into

:29:36. > :29:40.the tournament. You shake off cobwebs in the first one anyway. Up

:29:41. > :29:46.against Savon, one of the best heavyweight in the world, a tough

:29:47. > :29:52.ask for Clarke. The buys, he had a bye and then an opponent has pulled

:29:53. > :29:58.out, two walkovers, basically, has not done him any favours, coming

:29:59. > :30:02.into a contest against such a high calibre opponent. By virtue of the

:30:03. > :30:06.number one seeding, a bye in the first round, right uppercut, came

:30:07. > :30:17.through with a cheeky little left against Savon. In the second round,

:30:18. > :30:23.unanimous winner against Ukraine fighter. As you pointed out, Clarke

:30:24. > :30:27.has had to wait on the sidelines. A bye in the opening round and a

:30:28. > :30:34.walkover victory in the second preliminary round against a man from

:30:35. > :30:41.Angola. It is the manner in which Clarke came onto the ring,

:30:42. > :30:46.confident, effusive character. Walked into another left jab. Needs

:30:47. > :30:51.to improve his head movement, Clarke, being picked off by the

:30:52. > :30:56.punches of Savon. Terrific uppercut. That is not the belt and the round.

:30:57. > :31:04.The referee has intervened. Clarke going back to the corner. He

:31:05. > :31:10.intervened... The intermission came at the tutors moment for Clarke

:31:11. > :31:15.because he was under some pressure. -- a full tutors moment. Starting to

:31:16. > :31:18.control the distance very well, Savon, with the jab, creating room

:31:19. > :31:24.and space to bring Clarke onto the shots. Taken the wind out of the

:31:25. > :31:32.sails of Clarke and Savon starting to get into a rhythm.

:31:33. > :31:37.Clarke on the inside, but then he gets caught with a super right

:31:38. > :31:41.uppercut from Savon, a cracking shot, it really was. Clarke trying

:31:42. > :31:45.to come forward and he just gets caught again, and it is the Cuban,

:31:46. > :31:54.Savon, who has maintained that gap in distance between himself and

:31:55. > :32:00.Clarke. We are into the third and final round, Cheavon Clarke, and he

:32:01. > :32:04.has taken national titles in both England and Jamaica, the man who

:32:05. > :32:14.competed for Jamaica at the Commonwealth Games in 2014, his

:32:15. > :32:26.first contest with AIBA, Hamburg 2017. Finding it very difficult

:32:27. > :32:32.against Savon of Cuba. A punch they are from the man in red. Good

:32:33. > :32:42.generalship Savon is demonstrating here, keeping him on the margins of

:32:43. > :32:48.the contest. With his feet, like I said, it is because of the first

:32:49. > :32:51.contest of the tournament, but his feet are too slow and that is

:32:52. > :32:56.allowing Savon to just adjust his feet and maintain that gap. Look,

:32:57. > :33:03.all the time, the pace is sitting the Cuban. Boxing well behind his

:33:04. > :33:10.jab. -- the pace is suiting the Cuban. That is because Clarke's feet

:33:11. > :33:15.are a little too slow. This was a tough ask of him, Clarke, but he has

:33:16. > :33:20.to try to get close. Caught with the shot there. A standing count after

:33:21. > :33:23.being caught by Savon. SUE BARKER: Does not necessarily

:33:24. > :33:27.agree. Midpoint of the third and final round. He is demonstrating to

:33:28. > :33:38.the referee he is OK, but Savon, sensing he has got his man -- Clarke

:33:39. > :33:43.does not thoroughly agree. And it is a second count has been issued.

:33:44. > :33:47.Clarke is trying to fight his way out of a crisis but instead he is

:33:48. > :33:53.only catching more punches. Just walked onto a right hook. From

:33:54. > :33:56.Savon. He actually landed a good right hand over the top himself but

:33:57. > :34:01.it didn't really have the effect. Struggling a little bit and there is

:34:02. > :34:05.that right-hand again, and again. By coming forward, looking that

:34:06. > :34:10.right-hand over them, and Savon keeps responding with the right

:34:11. > :34:15.uppercut. Savon, incredible poise in the face of the fire he is facing

:34:16. > :34:20.from Clarke. He has put some eye-catching combinations together

:34:21. > :34:24.in this third and final round. It doesn't get much tougher, does an?

:34:25. > :34:33.In your first contest, up against one of the gold-medal favourites.

:34:34. > :34:40.The way the tournament has transpired. Clarke one win away from

:34:41. > :34:43.a medal. Head Bedene by straight shots repeatedly and the contest

:34:44. > :34:46.will be stopped, Cheavon Clarke will not make it through to the final

:34:47. > :34:56.bell. If he keeps getting picked off like that, safety is paramount, so

:34:57. > :34:58.Clarke is absolutely frustrated and disappointed, but he has been

:34:59. > :35:04.subjected to the standing counts in the third and final round from the

:35:05. > :35:11.accurate punch packing of Erislandy Savon, and his World Championships

:35:12. > :35:18.are over. Savon brings Clarke onto a couple of shots, one around the side

:35:19. > :35:21.of the head, then another. But to be fair to Clarke, comes forward,

:35:22. > :35:25.looking for that big right hand, but it was a good performance from Savon

:35:26. > :35:36.in this round. But Clarke will learn from it.

:35:37. > :35:42.Savon has been around for a long time and I think I gave him a good

:35:43. > :35:45.run, the second round was close, and in the third I thought I was doing a

:35:46. > :35:50.good job, so it is all valued experience. For my first year, I

:35:51. > :35:55.can't be too sad. Obviously I am disappointed, but I can't be too

:35:56. > :35:59.sad. Tough bout for Clarke. They don't come much harder for an

:36:00. > :36:09.opening bout than against the Cuban legend like Savon. How hard is to go

:36:10. > :36:12.into a fight like that with no minutes under your belt? No, when

:36:13. > :36:15.you come to a competition as big as this you want a nice early want to

:36:16. > :36:18.shake off the cobwebs and nerves, and against probably the best guy in

:36:19. > :36:21.amateur boxing at the minute, it is going to be hard for him. But he is

:36:22. > :36:24.upset and will be disappointed with himself, but don't forget, Savon,

:36:25. > :36:27.the Olympic Games with Anthony Joshua five years ago, he has been

:36:28. > :36:35.around the block and is experienced. You know, was he ever going to win?

:36:36. > :36:39.Possibly not, but those fight our way you learn, you know. Hopefully

:36:40. > :36:44.in three-years' time, you know, it is the young team, a real young team

:36:45. > :36:47.in Britain at the moment. About the years' time in Tokyo, and that

:36:48. > :36:51.experience today should hold him in real good stead. Fingers crossed

:36:52. > :36:56.that he learned from it. And might be able to nick a medal in Tokyo. He

:36:57. > :37:00.is convinced he can compete for medals at Tokyo 2020 and win. This

:37:01. > :37:05.is his first summer competing for Great Britain, and he already won at

:37:06. > :37:08.medal back in June. What do you think? European Championships are

:37:09. > :37:11.hard competitions to win. You don't win them unless you are something

:37:12. > :37:17.special or have something special about you. In that fight today, I

:37:18. > :37:20.think his feet were a little slow. He is a brave boy, got hurt a lot of

:37:21. > :37:25.times in that fight and he kept coming, kept swinging back, so that

:37:26. > :37:30.greatness will take a long way. If you can find that skill set, which I

:37:31. > :37:36.am sure he will, with the coaches we have in GB, he will get, you know,

:37:37. > :37:39.if he is going to get good those guys will make good. He has that

:37:40. > :37:43.ability and toughness. Let's see what he can do in a few yours' time.

:37:44. > :37:47.Yet another Cuban threw to the business end of a major tournament.

:37:48. > :37:52.We are so used to seeing them winning medals. A good idea? Such

:37:53. > :37:56.amazing strength and depth. Yes, I have been to Cuba, trained at the

:37:57. > :38:01.gym. Believe it or not, Gemini Trinder, all the Cuban Olympic

:38:02. > :38:07.boxers train there, and they had tyres as punch bags. -- believe it

:38:08. > :38:12.or not the gym I went to, all the tube and Olympic boxers train there.

:38:13. > :38:15.Their grandad diplomat or Olympic champions, you know. They are

:38:16. > :38:18.tremendous fighters, but they wanted. They have the ability and

:38:19. > :38:33.the hunger. They are always the ones to beat. In the heavyweight final it

:38:34. > :38:38.would be the reigning world and Olympic champion Evgeny Tishchenko

:38:39. > :38:41.against Erislandy Savon. We join them in the third and final round.

:38:42. > :38:46.COMMENTATOR: Into the third and final round of the gold-medal

:38:47. > :38:49.heavyweight bout, the third instalment of this long-running

:38:50. > :38:54.rivalry between these two boxers, a rivalry currently tied at one win

:38:55. > :39:03.apiece. Hand landed by the reigning champion, but back comes Savon, the

:39:04. > :39:10.Cuban boxer in blue, with four shot attack. From Tishchenko's work now

:39:11. > :39:15.comedies coming forward. I watched his corner in that round and they

:39:16. > :39:19.were barking instructions at -- from Tishchenko's work now, coming

:39:20. > :39:25.forward. That may present more opportunities for Savon. No head

:39:26. > :39:33.movement from Tishchenko, remember, so the Russian will have to watch

:39:34. > :39:36.what he's doing. Savon has been wonderfully precise with his punch

:39:37. > :39:39.picking through the first two rounds, heading straight shots to

:39:40. > :39:45.Tishchenko has high held hands have not been able to repel them, like

:39:46. > :39:48.that straight right, and look at the footwork, to appear on the other

:39:49. > :39:52.side of the ring like a character from the Matrix. Tishchenko

:39:53. > :39:56.following him round the ring before he walks onto another cross. Left

:39:57. > :40:01.hook followed by a right hand, approaching the midpoint of the

:40:02. > :40:04.third and final round, and the punch accuracy of Everest Landy Savon

:40:05. > :40:26.continues to be eye-catching. I think he probably

:40:27. > :40:36.surprised, he just can't find his rhythm but the accurate work is

:40:37. > :40:38.coming from the man in blue. -- probably surprised, expecting

:40:39. > :40:44.Tishchenko to come forward more. He just can't pull the trigger. He is

:40:45. > :40:49.attempting to build that forward momentum and he is being disrupted

:40:50. > :40:52.by pecking booking punches from Savon, the corner imploring their

:40:53. > :40:59.man to come forward and let his hands go. He has less than a minute

:41:00. > :41:01.to find shot, because surely he is being bit in hearing comprehensive

:41:02. > :41:09.fashion by the boxing produced by Erislandy Savon. You has to throw

:41:10. > :41:16.more jabs, getting into range to close. Savon picking him off. A

:41:17. > :41:22.great display from him, with his feet, in terms of the speed of

:41:23. > :41:29.movement. Again, Tishchenko is just struggling a little for me here.

:41:30. > :41:33.Continuously falling short. He can't find the range, can't pen the man

:41:34. > :41:37.down, Tishchenko, and Erislandy Savon is surely about to be crowned

:41:38. > :41:45.as the world champion gold medallist. High-5s over in the Cuban

:41:46. > :41:51.corner, and a huge embrace from the coaching staff in the direction of

:41:52. > :41:56.Erislandy Savon. You thought he was the victor. But here surely no

:41:57. > :41:59.mistake, against the man who is the champion from two years ago. Of

:42:00. > :42:12.course it will go to the judges. A split decision. In the blue corner,

:42:13. > :42:15.of Dubai, Erislandy Savon! At his fifth Championships, Erislandy Savon

:42:16. > :42:22.claims his first championship gold medal! The gold -- judges have it on

:42:23. > :42:26.a split decision but that is academic. The right man has won and

:42:27. > :42:33.he joins his uncle as heavyweight champion. Once again, the name...

:42:34. > :42:41.Will be inscribed into the record is a class -- the name Savon will be

:42:42. > :42:50.inscribed. The heavyweight finale, a category in which Team GB has some

:42:51. > :42:57.serious Olympic pedigree. COMMENTATOR: The gold medal is

:42:58. > :43:08.Audley's Harrison's... -- Audley Harrison's. Price has got the gold

:43:09. > :43:13.medal at Beijing 2008. Anthony Joshua is the Olympic

:43:14. > :43:22.superheavyweight champion! A wonderful achievement. Joe Joyce

:43:23. > :43:27.continuing to beat his outstanding record. So GB just seem to keep

:43:28. > :43:36.churning out these successful superheavyweights and to speak about

:43:37. > :43:38.that with us we are joined by David Haye, and the former heavyweight

:43:39. > :43:46.champion of the world now. David, what it is about Team GB that keeps

:43:47. > :43:50.producing these great men? I don't know. Something in the water back in

:43:51. > :43:56.the UK. We have had this unprecedented success. Audley

:43:57. > :43:59.Harrison at the Sydney Olympics, Anthony Joshua, 2012, getting the

:44:00. > :44:05.gold. We also had David Price who had good success, and all the big

:44:06. > :44:14.men. I got a silver medal at the top deck at the Ukip did want those big

:44:15. > :44:18.medals. -- the big guys from the UK really do seem to want those big

:44:19. > :44:24.medals. He has turned professional and signed with you. What do you

:44:25. > :44:27.expect? Big things. He will be 32 and a couple of weeks and will be

:44:28. > :44:31.making his pro debut in October and I am expecting him to be really fast

:44:32. > :44:35.tracked through the heavyweight ranks. He does not want to waste

:44:36. > :44:40.time but wants to go straight in for ten rounders, doesn't want them six

:44:41. > :44:44.and four rounders. What's to challenge and test himself. Inspired

:44:45. > :44:48.by Anthony Joshua, Fury, all the big heavyweight stars, and he has really

:44:49. > :44:51.handled himself well. Looking at him in the gym, I believe he will be

:44:52. > :44:56.world heavyweight champion in a couple of years. Exciting to look

:44:57. > :45:04.forward to. Anthony, no GB representation in heavyweight in

:45:05. > :45:06.Hamburg at these World Championships because Frazer is injured, but he

:45:07. > :45:11.will be disappointed because he would have a chance at winning a

:45:12. > :45:15.medal? Yes, I think Frazer Clarke will be disappointed. One of the

:45:16. > :45:19.most experienced guys at the minute. He was in the squad back in 2010

:45:20. > :45:22.when I was there. Had a great ten, Joe Joyce, Anthony Joshua, probably

:45:23. > :45:26.the best in the world. If he was here, you would have got at least a

:45:27. > :45:29.silver medal. How hard would it be, and I don't want to drag up the

:45:30. > :45:35.negative part of your journey and your career, but something you know

:45:36. > :45:37.Oliver, dealing with injuries and coming back from them. How difficult

:45:38. > :45:41.will Frazer Clarke find it coming back from this hamstring injury?

:45:42. > :45:44.Yes, I have spoken to guys, had a lot of injuries myself, the worst

:45:45. > :45:51.part of being an athlete. But it is the worst and best of, got to come

:45:52. > :45:54.out stronger, positive. You really, you know, it builds character.

:45:55. > :45:58.Hopefully with his mindset, he will come back bigger, better and

:45:59. > :46:01.stronger, and in 2020, you know, you will be more experienced. He will

:46:02. > :46:06.have been in the programme for about ten years by then and will be one to

:46:07. > :46:12.watch in 100%. Anthony, David, thank you for your thoughts. A pleasure to

:46:13. > :46:15.have you with us. Let's get to that superheavyweight final, one of the

:46:16. > :46:24.most anticipated events at these championships. Should be a bruising

:46:25. > :46:29.encounter between and Azerbaijan. -- between Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.

:46:30. > :46:34.COMMENTATOR: Into the third and final round of the gold-medal bout

:46:35. > :46:38.at Hamburg 2017, and in the third meeting between these two familiar

:46:39. > :46:41.rivals it is the man in blue, who has won their two previous

:46:42. > :46:44.encounters, who appears to have the upper hand in the contest so far. He

:46:45. > :46:51.has come forward and gone on to the front foot and here's what down the

:46:52. > :46:57.Southall wearing red, Mahammadrasul Majidov. In the second round there

:46:58. > :47:04.was violent clash of heads which opened up an injury above the left

:47:05. > :47:07.eye of Kunkabayev, and then on the resumption after the doctor

:47:08. > :47:14.inspected that injury which was in a very bad place, Majidov cranked up

:47:15. > :47:20.the pressure and Kunkabayev has not been able to go with them. Not a bad

:47:21. > :47:24.start to the round by Kunkabayev, and I think his corner told him to

:47:25. > :47:27.try to stay in the centre of the ring, but as I say that he gets

:47:28. > :47:31.pushed back to the ropes. He started this round really well, the first

:47:32. > :47:35.minute, he was holding the centre, moving around his opponent and not

:47:36. > :47:38.conceding the ground, but again it is hard to keep this man at bay,

:47:39. > :47:50.isn't it? He just keeps coming, Majidov. Majidov between his high

:47:51. > :47:54.held gloves, slowly walking in, looking to get into his own project

:47:55. > :48:01.rage when he can unload the heavy artillery, and once again, another

:48:02. > :48:06.injury or the same injury? Just trying to get a clear look from our

:48:07. > :48:11.vantage point ringside at the Hamburg Sporthalle, but this man's

:48:12. > :48:17.problems are mounting. Dealing with the adversity of a cut, faced with

:48:18. > :48:29.an opponent who has beaten him twice before. The doctor is happy for the

:48:30. > :48:38.contest to continue. And the action resumes. Trying to stand his ground

:48:39. > :48:44.and poke out the southpaw 1-2, and this is Kunkabayev, but he simply

:48:45. > :48:51.cannot keep the man away. Looking to his corner. Looking for instruction

:48:52. > :48:54.and inspiration from his corner. His punches are becoming really

:48:55. > :48:58.ponderous now, Kunkabayev, slowing down and looping in the manner in

:48:59. > :49:03.which they are delivered and not coming back to the right position.

:49:04. > :49:07.He could be open to account. Very tired now, Kunkabayev. But

:49:08. > :49:10.tactically he is doing well in this round by again holding the centre of

:49:11. > :49:14.the ring, don't let Majidov push them back to the ropes. If he pushes

:49:15. > :49:22.back to the ropes, then Majidov wildernesses better work. -- Majidov

:49:23. > :49:29.would do his better work. The strength, waiting for the shot to

:49:30. > :49:33.come from Majidov. Majidov quickening up his feet, backing him

:49:34. > :49:38.into a corner, and recognising the danger is Kunkabayev intelligibly

:49:39. > :49:41.get himself out of that can find position and latches onto Majidov,

:49:42. > :49:45.but Majidov quickening up the feet, applying increased pressure trying

:49:46. > :49:50.to get his man. Looking for another inside the distance victory. It

:49:51. > :49:55.looks as though Kunkabayev will make it through to the final belt, for

:49:56. > :49:59.the third time -- the first time in this, the third encounter against

:50:00. > :50:06.Majidov, but surely there can be little doubt that the match was all

:50:07. > :50:10.-- that Majidov is about the ground as world champion for the third

:50:11. > :50:14.time. I think Kunkabayev did well to get through that Brown, really well

:50:15. > :50:20.tactically. Holding the centre of the ring, and Majidov is as strong

:50:21. > :50:29.as an ox, keeps coming forward. In the blue corner! Mahammadrasul

:50:30. > :50:34.Majidov is absolutely ecstatic, it being declared the winner, 84-1

:50:35. > :50:46.split decision winner. It was a dominant display, make no doubt

:50:47. > :50:52.about it. -- a 4-1 split decision. He has won three titles in the

:50:53. > :50:55.boxing. Time to reflect an estimate on the tournament with Rob

:50:56. > :50:58.McCracken. After that record-breaking medal haul at the

:50:59. > :51:06.European champion ships, just the one here at the Worlds, how please

:51:07. > :51:09.argue with that? -- championships. We are disappointed. But Pat

:51:10. > :51:13.McCormack boxed fantastically well and deserved a medal. On the wrong

:51:14. > :51:15.end of the decision, but he performed tremendously well. Some

:51:16. > :51:23.good showings from the boxers out here. For the young team, early in

:51:24. > :51:30.the side, year after Rio, but other than Pat and one other boxer, it is

:51:31. > :51:35.a new team. You mentioned Pat McCormack, but also French had a

:51:36. > :51:39.decision that could have gone the other way, on the end of a bad

:51:40. > :51:45.decision, have you been frustrated with the judges' scoring in this

:51:46. > :51:55.competition? No, overall it has been fine, but obviously we thought Calum

:51:56. > :51:58.had done enough and we thought that Pat had done more than enough to

:51:59. > :52:01.collect a medal at the World Championships. A little bit early

:52:02. > :52:06.for some, they will have learned a lot, and we will push on, in two

:52:07. > :52:08.yours' ten when we go to Russia for the World Championships, will have a

:52:09. > :52:18.more experienced team and will certainly be ready -- in two years'

:52:19. > :52:22.time. What about Peter? Yes, Pete has been fantastic and boxed well, I

:52:23. > :52:27.beg for the future and certainly for the championships in two years and

:52:28. > :52:32.after that in Tokyo. -- he is a big one for the future. To get four into

:52:33. > :52:37.the quarterfinals has been tremendous and, you know, some

:52:38. > :52:41.really good performances. Other than that, did well at you and it bodes

:52:42. > :52:46.well for the future. How confident are you that they can pick up medals

:52:47. > :52:49.at the 2020 Olympics? It is all was very difficult. The whole world is

:52:50. > :52:53.good at boxing, everybody is good at it, but we know what we are doing,

:52:54. > :52:58.we will develop the boxers, taken to the right prepare them and take the

:52:59. > :53:00.training camps with the right federations all over the world,

:53:01. > :53:04.develop them, get them to the highest of levels before we get them

:53:05. > :53:10.to the Olympics in Tokyo. Qualify as many as we can and win as many

:53:11. > :53:14.medals as they can, that is the aim always from us but we have some real

:53:15. > :53:18.potential in the squad. It's early, but lots of potential. And there is

:53:19. > :53:22.plenty more sport to look forward to across the BBC this week. A couple

:53:23. > :53:29.of live World Cup qualifiers for you, commentary on BBC five live and

:53:30. > :53:34.the website. England and Slovakia tomorrow and Moldova against Wales

:53:35. > :53:37.on Tuesday. That is before the Premier League show resumes on

:53:38. > :53:40.Thursday at ten o'clock on BBC Two. If you fancy having a go at boxing

:53:41. > :53:45.or any of the sport you have been watching recently, you can visit the

:53:46. > :53:49.Get Inspired website to find out about activities near you. The

:53:50. > :53:53.Sporthalle is beginning to entertain now as we come to the end of the

:53:54. > :53:58.competition. Discussing Team GB's performance, just the one medal for

:53:59. > :54:03.the British team, but what a summer Peter McGrail is having. He has done

:54:04. > :54:06.fantastically well, to be honest. European champion and adding a

:54:07. > :54:09.bronze medal to his collection. He did well but he will be disappointed

:54:10. > :54:12.because it was probably unwinnable fight for him but take nothing away.

:54:13. > :54:16.He has had a great World Championships and a great year. And

:54:17. > :54:18.then, we have to speak about contentious decisions within these

:54:19. > :54:23.championships. The British guys have had a couple go against them, Calum

:54:24. > :54:30.French and in particular Pat McCormack who essentially could have

:54:31. > :54:33.gone home as a world medallist. Indeed, but that is amateur boxing

:54:34. > :54:35.for you. You get it at every stage. Little kids, 12 years old, you get

:54:36. > :54:38.it in World Championships, Olympic Games. What we have to remember from

:54:39. > :54:42.this tournament, we're three years away from the next Olympic Games.

:54:43. > :54:46.The whole squad has been decimated, loads of guys turning pro, and we

:54:47. > :54:49.have got a medal. It is not too bad. Three years before the Olympic Games

:54:50. > :54:53.I got the bronze medal in, I was working in a bar, nowhere near the

:54:54. > :55:03.Olympic scene or international boxing team. Anthony Joshua was not

:55:04. > :55:05.in the squad, these guys, we work hard, listened to the coaches and

:55:06. > :55:08.ended up getting medals at Olympic Games. These guys coming today for

:55:09. > :55:10.the Turner, they are doing well. We have got medals, they are going to

:55:11. > :55:13.put themselves right in position to get a gold medal in Tokyo. So well

:55:14. > :55:16.done to them. They have all done really well. We mentioned Peter

:55:17. > :55:21.McGrail, Richie. You have been commentating on the fight. Who else

:55:22. > :55:27.impressed for you from GB? I think Ben Whittaker has had a really good

:55:28. > :55:31.championship to be honest. Before in the European Championship, he fought

:55:32. > :55:35.the Ukrainian lad, and he beat him convincingly, but here it was a 4-1

:55:36. > :55:40.split so he learned from the performance last time and improved.

:55:41. > :55:43.If he meets him in the years' time in Tokyo, I think you will have

:55:44. > :55:46.matured a little more. So I thought Ben Whittaker did really well for

:55:47. > :55:52.the team. I also thought that Clarke was really unlucky. An opponent in

:55:53. > :55:55.the first round who pulled out so he had a walkover and it didn't do him

:55:56. > :55:59.any favours at all, then up against one of the best in the world in

:56:00. > :56:04.Savon, so that was a tough one, it really was, but he gave it his all,

:56:05. > :56:06.and throughout I thought Pat McCormack boxed absolutely superb.

:56:07. > :56:10.He really put in a performance I thought of his career. I thought he

:56:11. > :56:13.was... He should have won the contest, but there you go. And I

:56:14. > :56:17.thought Calum French as well was desperately unlucky not to be a

:56:18. > :56:21.winner. A lot of positives from the team. A lot of positives, Anthony,

:56:22. > :56:26.but will people be disappointed that the British team have only got the

:56:27. > :56:31.one medal? Does still count as a success for GB boxing? I think

:56:32. > :56:34.beyond the surface level it is a success, because of what I said a

:56:35. > :56:39.minute ago. James DeGale, when he won his gold medal in Beijing, he

:56:40. > :56:43.lost to his opponent four, five claims the year or two four, had

:56:44. > :56:46.never beaten four, drew with him in the Olympic Games then beat him and

:56:47. > :56:49.won his gold medal, so that is improvement and that is what Ben

:56:50. > :56:52.Whittaker has to do, what the others have to do, they have to improve

:56:53. > :56:57.from their losses. Hopefully the guys improve go on to Tokyo and do

:56:58. > :57:00.really well. Some amazing competitors here, Richie, with the

:57:01. > :57:04.Cubans doing exceptionally well as we have become used to seeing, and

:57:05. > :57:08.Americans having a real resurgence. Who has impressed you on the world

:57:09. > :57:12.stage? On the world stage America in general has impressed me because

:57:13. > :57:16.they have had caught in an old friend of mine from Ireland, doing a

:57:17. > :57:19.really good job, so they are coming back into it. Uzbekistan and

:57:20. > :57:24.Kazakhstan will always be strong, along with the Russians. I do like

:57:25. > :57:28.the Russians, and also Colombia, Little Martinez who took the bronze,

:57:29. > :57:31.it was a repeat of the Olympic final against his opponent from his back

:57:32. > :57:35.is them, but Martinez is a terrific fighter from Colombia, so the

:57:36. > :57:40.world's best is here and we are up there with them. Not far away at it.

:57:41. > :57:45.Anthony, finally, such a stage for the British boxers to really, and a

:57:46. > :57:48.presence within world boxing. Who do you think will now go on and develop

:57:49. > :57:55.their potential and become a world beater? You have to look at Peter

:57:56. > :57:59.McGrail, like you said, but European champion, medallist, terrific from a

:58:00. > :58:02.young inexperienced kid, and also I like McCormack, a terrific fighter.

:58:03. > :58:06.I have said that. A very good fighter. If he can learn a bit of

:58:07. > :58:16.composure he will go all the way, I don't doubt that for a second. Thank

:58:17. > :58:20.you for your time, guys. Richie Woodhall and Anthony Ogogo. Let's

:58:21. > :58:29.look at the table now. Cuba running away with the title. An impressive

:58:30. > :58:33.bronze for Peter McGrail. For GB in Hamburg it has very much been a case

:58:34. > :58:37.of work in progress, but for the Cubans, as you might expect, they

:58:38. > :58:41.were simply sublime. Thanks for joining us. From all of here,