Lynch joy
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BELGRADE, SERBIA
NOVEMBER 1-6
IN a generally disappointing World Championships for British boxers, Scotland’s Reese Lynch produced an unexpected bright spot by capturing a brilliant bronze medal at 63.5kgs.
The 20-year-old southpaw from the Springhill club in Fauldhouse has never even been his nation’s champion in the elite age group, but he rose to the occasion superbly at a two-week-long event dominated by the Cubans and Kazakhs.
Lynch was part of a six-strong Scottish team, separate from the nine English boxers that formed the GB entry. And he made it all the way to the semi-finals, where he lost unanimously to Turkey’s Kerem Özmen. Three judges had him losing only 29-28, alongside two 30-27 scores for Özmen.
The tall, long-armed Lynch made a bad start, getting hurt by a right for a standing count
