Akbar claims European gold in Armenia as Brits take home eight medals
Harris Akbar's gold was the highlight of a tremendous European Championships for GB Boxing which saw the team collect eight medals. Akbar beat Ukraine's world champion Yurii Zakharieiev to set up a final against Wales' Garan Croft which he won by unanimous decision with the 23-year-old light-middleweight becoming just England's third European champion since 1961. Ad/> Along with Croft, flyweight Kiaran MacDonald and middleweight Lewis Richards had to settle for silver after final defeats on Monday while welterweight Ioan Croft, middleweight Sam Hickey, heavyweight Lewis Williams and super heavyweight Delicious Orie brought back bronze medals from Armenia.


