After the withdrawal of Joe Ham through injury and both Aston Brown and Brian Peacock unable to overcome strong opponents, despite good performances, Scotland will have a representative in the Quarter Finals of the European Championships in Ankara, Turkey.
Josh Taylor progresses after overcoming Georgia’s Koba Pkhakadze on a countback after a 12:12 score.
Josh found himself 5:4 down after round one. Both boxers landed a number of scoring blows in the second round but the Georgian picked up an additional point to take a two point lead into the last. A fantastic final round saw Josh pull the bout back to take the scores to 12:12 at the final bell and the man from Prestonpans took a fully deserved win on countback.
Josh will compete against Domenico Valentino, the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Champion, in the evening session (17:30 local time) later today.
