LONDON (AP) — Welterweight Freddie Evans added another impressive win to host Britain’s growing collection at Olympic boxing, beating fourth-seeded Egidijus Kavaliauskas of Lithuania 11-7 on Friday.
Evans’ third-round rally for an impressive victory improved the British team to 8-1 at its home Olympics. Furious Freddie, as he is known, earns a quarterfinal bout for a medal with Custio Clayton of Canada.
Clayton beat Australia’s Cameron Hammond 14-11 for his second win in London for Canada, which didn’t win a fight in Beijing. Clayton will fight Evans for Canada’s first Olympic boxing medal since 1996.
Top-seeded flyweight Misha Aloyan of Russia also won his opening Olympic bout at ExCel, while Mongolia’s Tugstsogt Myambayar upset fourth-seeded Vincenzo Picardi of Italy.
