The boxing continues with Frazer Clarke involved for GB in the Kokugikan Arena.
The business end of the boxing continues, beginning with number one seed Buse Naz Cakiroglu of Turkey taking on Chinese Taipei's Huang Hsiao-Wen, who is ranked four. The pair meet in the semi-finals of the women's flyweight division with the winner getting the chance to fight for gold. In boxing, semi-final athletes who are defeated receive a bronze medal. Watch the conclusion of this match.
Super-heavyweight Brit, Frazer Clarke, was looking to secure a place in the final of his discipline. Clarke would fight Uzbekistan鈥檚 Bakhodir Jalolov for a spot in the gold medal match. His quarter-final bout with Mourad Aliev ended in disqualification for the Frenchman for excessive use of his head, and left Clarke with cuts above each of his eyes.
There were other bouts on Day 12 of Tokyo 2020. Tsukimi Namiki of host country Japan and Stoyka Zhelyazkova Krasteva of Bulgaria were contesting the women's flyweight semi-final, the winner would face either Buse Naz Cakiroglu of Turkey or Chinese Taipei's Huang Hsiao-Wen. Turkey's number two ranked women's welterweight, Busenaz Surmeneli, would fight Lovlina Borgohain of India for a place in the gold medal match. The Turkish fighter is ranked number one in her weight division and will fight either the number two or number seeded athlete in the final should she beat the Indian. In the other women's welterweight semi-final, Oshae Jones of the US fights Gu Hong of China. The Chinese athlete is ranked one place above the American and both will be looking for a spot in the coveted gold medal match. Another American, Richard Torrez Jr, fights Kamshybek Kunkabayev of Kazakhstan in the men's super heavyweight division, with the winner fighting Clarke or Jalolov in the final.
