EGAN SETTLES FOR SILVER
Ireland's Kenny Egan was forced to settle for a silver medal on Sunday after losing his Olympic light-heavyweight final 11-7 to Chinese favourite Xiaoping Zhang.

Egan was always chasing the contest after Zhang edged into a two-point lead at the end of the first round.

He battled hard to stay in the fight but was never able to draw level as Zhang punished him with his quick jab.

Egan insisted he was not worried by the scoring system in the bout, but admitted it had been hard to adjust to the different points awarded throughout the Games.

He said: "The score's the score and I still get a medal. The whole games have been great and a silver is still brilliant.

"Over the past two weeks I don't think anyone's appreciated how hard it's been. Shoulder slaps get scored. All I could do was get in there and box," he added.



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