Great Britain continued a dream week at the Olympic boxing qualifier in Paris as three more fighters secured their places in Tokyo.
Pat McCormack followed in the footsteps of brother Luke to earn his spot at his second Games in the afternoon session.
And then in the evening it was up to the big guys, heavyweight Cheavon Clarke and super heavyweight Frazer Clarke to emulate McCormack.
That means that of the 12 boxers in France at the qualifier, ten have done enough to earn a spot in Japan.
Karriss Artingstall was the other boxer in a qualification bout on Sunday, but the featherweight boxer was beaten via a split decision by Stanimira Petrova of Bulgaria.
She will have one final shot at making it to Tokyo, in a box-off against Stephanie Thour on Monday.
Artingstall’s defeat was closely followed by a narrow loss for Peter McGrail, who has already secured his place in Tokyo and was simply trying to improve his seeding.
Thereafter, however, it was flawless from the Brits, with Pat McCormack getting the better of Eskerkhan Madiev of Georgia in a unanimous decision.
His brother Luke, who had qualified on Saturday, matched his twin with another success, beating Netherlands’ Enrico Lacruz.
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— GB Boxing (@gbboxing) June 6, 2021
That left two more Brits battling for places, namesakes Cheavon and Frazer Clarke. Cheavon was up first, winning a split decision as he edged out Greece’s Vagkan Nanitzanian.
And Frazer capped off a superb evening as he outlasted Turkey’s Berat Acar in a unanimous decision to follow in the footsteps of former sparring partner and London 2012 gold medallist Anthony Joshua in the super heavyweight category.
Sportsbeat 2021