London 2012 Olympics: Freddie Evans through to welterweight final and will fight for gold

Britain's Freddie Evans has continued his magnificent run in the welterweight division, reaching the Olympic final with a superbly composed performance to see off Ukraine's No 1 and reigning world champion Taras Shelestyuk 11-10.

Roared on by a capacity crowd who have taken the Welshman's no-holds-barred style to their hearts, Evans started in composed fashion, keeping the Ukrainian at range and darting in behind a flicking right jab.

Shelestyuk was equally active, but it was Evans who was producing the cleaner work, with a nice right hook towards the end of the first giving him a three-point advantage on the Olympic judges' cards.
Evans, who has veered from kamikaze attacking to reluctance to engage in his three bouts in the Games so far, was looking far more composed as he worked over the Ukrainian, digging loose shots to the body and another right as Shelestyuk seemed shorn of ideas.

When the Ukrainian did land, with a looping right hand, Evans fired back a split second later with a cracking straight left, and although he finished the round with another right, the judges scored the round a draw, so Evans took his three-point lead into the last.

Covering up well to deflect the majority of the Ukrainian's big shots, Evans found his target with a right through the middle, but the Ukrainian scored with enough shots of his own to make it an anxious wait for the verdict.

Joshua's golden chance

Bout was level heading into the final round

Britain's Anthony Joshua battled his way into the final of the Olympic super-heavyweight boxing tournament with a 13-11 win over giant Kazakh Ivan Dychko.

Joshua was giving away height, weight and reach to the 6ft 9in Dychko, but he always looked to be on top despite the scores only separating in the final three minutes.

The Finchley-based fighter appeared to land the crisper blows in the first and second rounds, but they were scored an identical 4-4 leaving the bout up for grabs in the final three minutes.

But Joshua bloodied Dychko's nose with a big right and clearly had the best of the final round in front of a vociferous crowd that got louder by the second.

The two-point decision went in favour of the 22-year-old and he will be back in action on Sunday when Italy's Roberto Cammarelle stands in his way - Joshua defeated defending champion Cammarelle in the 2011 World Championships in Azerbaijan.

"I'm learning in every fight and I just hope I can go out and do this thing on Sunday," he said. "I can improve on my defence, my confidence and my self-belief.

"If I can become Olympic champion with so many errors, who knows what the future holds."

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