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GB Boxers Lose European Finals: Reid, Burton, Thomas

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Great Britain's trio of finalists all lost their bouts at the European Boxing Championships as they claimed three silver medals. Both Chantelle Reid and Abdul Burton suffered 5-0 defeats in their categories. Commonwealth Games silver medallist Reid was beaten by Turkey's Busenaz Surmeneli in the light-middleweight final.

"I'm happy to come away with a silver, obviously would've preferred a gold but I shared the ring with a really good opponent," said Reid. "I feel like I performed the best I could but I'm looking forward to fighting her again. It's been an amazing tournament, four really good fights and getting these medals at major competitions, I'm really grateful."

Meanwhile 20-year-old Burton lost to Russian Viacheslav Rogozin in the men's super-bantamweight and was emotional in his post-fight interview. "It's not the gold I aimed for, but silver in my first major, I'm still happy," Burton said. "I'll learn from it and come back. Five fights out here against top kids, it's been a great experience. To step up to seniors from the under-23s, I'm happy, it's never nice to lose but I will move on."

In the final fight of the day, Damar Thomas, the 21-year-old Commonwealth gold-medal winner, lost 3-2 in a close contest with Russia's David Surov in the men's super-heavyweight. GB took 15 boxers to the championships and have claimed five medals but no gold, after Callum Makin and Dimeji Shittu earned bronzes on Thursday - when Irish boxer Lisa O'Rourke won gold in the women's 80kg final.