Billy was up against Georgia in his next preliminary contest, battling for a place in the quarter finals. In what was to be a close to a master class performance as you could get, the Scotsman certainly sent out a message to the rest of the 54kg campaigners in still in the competition.
With a great display of universal boxing, Billy applied pressure on the front foot, stringing together fast and ferocious combination punching, switching the attack to both head and body. Then, adapting to the tactical situation, the Scotsman would then take a back foot approach, setting traps for his opponent to walk into and unleash mouth-watering counter punching with both hands.
Drawing the attention of the other countries in the crowd, Billy simply got better as the bout went on. With great use of provoking feints and dummies, Billy triggered the reaction he required before exploding the response with an electric speed of punch. As was now becoming habit for the Team Scotland warriors, Billy forced a standing 8 count on his opponent much to the delight of the supports the Scots were now gaining.
Billy dominated proceedings to the final bell, ticking every tactical box in the process. There would be absolutely no doubting the winner of this contest, with Billy up to face Moldova next in the quarter final stages, now boxing for a medal.
Winner by Unanimous Decision: Billy Stuart SCO
