GLORY:
Pat McCormack
celebrates a key
triumph in the
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REAT BRITAIN’S Pat
McCormack was
superb as he won
the welterweight
gold medal at the
European Games at
the Sports Palace
Uruchie in Minsk, Belarus.
He met Russia’s Khariton Agrba in
the final on Saturday ( June 29). Sliding
on to the back foot he at once marked
out the Russian with a long right hook.
McCormack worried the southpaw with
tapping jabs and a left hook, before
darting a straight one-two through. He
got into a rhythm with those long straight
shots, landing his right to the body thenhitting the head with another one-two.
Agrba waded into him with hooks but
didn’t manage to unsettle
the Birtley boxer. Pat
waited, then landed a hard
left hook as he brought
the Russian on to the shot.
Agrba managed to burst
through occasionally, but
Pat was in control in the
first round.
The Russian started
the second with solid
hooks breaking through.
McCormack though
hammered an excellent right uppercut
through Agrba’s defences, leaving theRussian less willing to charge forward.
McCormack snapped his right cross
through the middle
and he remained sharp
and focused in the last
round, jabbing over the
Russian’s right lead and
shaking him with a left
hook. He knocked Agrba
back from the inside
and sent that right cross
blasting through again. A
unanimous decision and
the gold medal went to
McCormack.
He was equally sensational in the
semi-final when he knocked downSUPERB GOLDS
FOR McCORMACK
AND PRICE
Pat
McCormack
and Lauren
Price triumph
at the
European
Games in
Minsk
G ‘I CAME HERE
FOR THE
GOLD AND
I’VE GOT
IT. SO I’M A
HAPPY MAN’