Great Britain’s trio of finalists all lost their bouts at the European Boxing Championships as they claimed three silver medals.<\/p>\n
Both Chantelle Reid and Abdul Burton suffered 5-0 defeats in their categories. <\/p>\n
Commonwealth Games silver medallist Reid was beaten by Turkey’s Busenaz Surmeneli in the light-middleweight final.<\/p>\n
“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.<\/p>\n
“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.” <\/p>\n
Meanwhile 20-year-old Burton lost to Russian Viacheslav Rogozin in the men’s super-bantamweight and was emotional in his post-fight interview.<\/p>\n
“It’s not the gold I aimed for, but silver in my first major, I’m still happy,” Burton said. <\/p>\n
“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.” <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n