Pat McCormack takes silver and Galal Yafai guaranteed bronze in most successful British boxing team for 101 years
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Team GB s best boxing team in 101 years as McCormack wins silver & Yafai guarantees bronze
McCormack beaten by Cuba s Roniel Iglesias in final. Yafai beats Cuba s Yosbany Veitia in flyweight quarter-final.
Pat McCormack lost his final in the welterweight division of the Olympic boxing tournament. But the silver medal he will take home to County Durham constitutes part of the biggest haul of boxing awards Great Britain has achieved at the Games since 1920.
The moment earlier in the evening that the Birmingham lightweight Galal Yafai advanced to the semi-final of his competition, thus guaranteeing himself at least a bronze, meant Britain will have accumulated six medals in Tokyo. Given that the last time they won that many there were only twelve nations taking part in the whole Games, the fact they did so when 76 countries had sent participa
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