Frazer Clarke picked up Team GB’s second boxing bronze medal of Tokyo 2020 after a semi-final defeat to Uzbekistan’s Bakhodir Jalolov.
The super-heavyweight bout was stopped in the third round after a nasty cut above Clarke’s right eye opened up, leaving him unable to continue.
Clarke lost the first round unanimously but one
judge awarded him the second round after a right hook wobbled Jalolov, before the referee intervened in the third.Clarke joins women’s featherweight Karriss Artingstall in winning Olympic bronze, while Pat McCormack picked up men’s welterweight silver.
Other boxers have already guaranteed themselves medals, meaning Team GB will leave Tokyo with their biggest haul of boxing medals at one Games since 1908.
Clarke, 29, from Burton, said: "It's not the fairy-tale that I wanted but I'm proud of myself, it's a great effort.
"The last six months of my life, I've made more sacrifices than I have done over the past 18 years when it comes to boxing.
"To get in there with one of the best, it's a pleasure and an honour for me. I'm proud of myself and the whole team.
"I'm an Olympic bronze medallist, I never saw that happening for me.
"Congratulations to Jalolov, he's a great fighter - I gave my best and I'll able to sleep at night.
"I'm healthy, my family is healthy, I made the Olympic Games - I couldn't ask for anything more.
"I wanted the Olympic final but my picture is on the wall in Sheffield, I've done myself proud and my town proud."
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