McCracken already a proud man

Victories for England's Harvey Horn (light-flyweight), Qais Ashfaq (bantamweight), Pat McCormack (light-welterweight) and Muhammed Ali (flyweight) along with Wales' Joe Cordina marked a triumphant day for the GB Boxing squad as all five guaranteed at least a silver medal.

Joshua Buatsi leaves with bronze after losing out to Holland's vastly experienced, Peter Mullenburg in the light-heavyweight contest.

All six boxers have guaranteed place at the World Championships in Doha in October which is an Olympic qualifying event.

It is also the best performance by a team of boxers from the three home nations (England, Scotland and Wales) in the 90 year history of the European Championships.

McCracken said: "The European Championships is one of the toughest events in the boxing calendar so to come away with six medals and five boxers in the final is a tremendous achievement and an important step on the Road to Rio for a very talented but relatively inexperienced group of boxers."

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