Carlisle boxer Ike Ogbo will bring a bronze medal back from his first tournament fighting for Great Britain.
The former Border City Amateur Boxing Club fighter was defeated in the semi-finals in the Bocskai Tournament in Hungary.
Ogbo went down to Ukraine's Dmytro Lovchynskyi in a unanimous points decision in their last-four bout.
It followed his quarter-final victory over French opponent Moindze Djamili Aboudou in his first fight for GB.
That guaranteed him a medal on his debut in the national set-up.
The super-heavyweight, who is also a doctor, said on Instagram that he was "disappointed but never disheartened," by his semi-final defeat.
RESULT: Dmytro Lovchynskyi 🇺🇦 BEATS Ike Ogbo 🏴 via unanimous points decision.
— GB Boxing (@gbboxing) February 10, 2023
Ike ends his first competition as a GB Boxer with a bronze medal. 🥉 pic.twitter.com/vcAEV8tFQE
Ogbo added that he would look to learn from the experience.
The event in Debrecen was a major step in Ogbo's exciting progress in the boxing world.
Whilst in Carlisle he won the national amateur super-heavyweight championship in December 2020.
That earned him the chance to impress Great Britain coaches, with Ogbo going on to win a place on the GB emerging talent programme.
Ogbo, who worked as an accident and emergency doctor at the Cumberland Infirmary during his time in Carlisle, is part of an 11-strong GB squad for the Bocskai Tournament, with Commonwealth champion Sam Hickey among the others representing GB.
Ogbo has since relocated to Birmingham but often speaks of his debt of gratitude to the Carlisle club.
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