Skip to content

Campbell strikes gold

Image: Tom Stalker: Gold

Hull bantamweight Luke Campbell beat home favourite Matti Koota 4-1 to win the GeeBee tournament in Finland on Sunday.

Latest Boxing Stories

Four golds for Great Britain's Olympic hopefuls in Finland

Hull bantamweight Luke Campbell beat home favourite Matti Koota 4-1 to win the GeeBee tournament in Finland on Sunday. Campbell, who maintained his unbeaten record for the year, was one of four Great Britain Olympic hopefuls to claim gold medals in continental competition at the weekend. He was joined on top of the podium by lightweight Tom Stalker and Scott Cardle, who was returning to the welterweight division. Earlier Kal Yafai had won gold at the Felix Stamm Memorial Tournament in Poland as the GB squad also clinched silver and four bronze medals in the two competitions. Ireland were more successful with Helsinki gold medals for Michael Conlon, David Oliver Joyce, Jason Quigley, Ken Egan and Tommy McCarthy, adding to golds for John Joe Nevin, Joe Ward and Darren O'Neill in Poland.

Around Sky