Pat McCormack moves into quarter-finals with unanimous points victory against Belarus’ Radzionau

Pat McCormack qualified for the quarter-finals of the welterweight boxing after beating Aliaksandr ‘Sasha’ Radzionau with a unanimous points win. 

The 26-year-old Team GB star won against the 21-year-old Belarussian on all five scorecards (30-27 on four, 29-28 on one) in the first round of the boxing competition at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo.

The Sunderland-born medal hopeful will now face Uzbekistan’s Bobo Usman Baturo in the last eight on Friday following his majority decision win over Rohan Polanco from the Dominican Republic. 

The 26-year-old Team GB star won on all five scorecards in the first round at the Kokugikan Arena

McCormack has also joined twin brother Luke McCormack in the quarter-finals, with the latter advancing in the lightweight competition with a win on Monday against India’s Manish Kaushik.

Luke McCormack will now clash with Cuba’s Andy Cruz for a chance to reach the semi-finals.  

His brother Pat however is the number one seed having won silver at the 2019 World Championship following his defeat by Andrey Zamkovoy in the final and gold at the Olympic qualifier in June after claiming his revenge against the Russian.

The Sunderland-born medal hopeful won 30-27 on four scorecards and 29-28 on the other

The McCormack brothers have also been joined in winning their opening round matches by Charley Davison and Ben Whittaker in a strong start to the boxing in Tokyo from Team GB .

Olympic debutant Davison sealed a unanimous points decision victory against Morocco’s Rabab Cheddarin in the women’s flyweight. 

Whittaker meanwhile had to rely on a split decision in the men’s light-heavyweight to get past Colombia’s Jorge Luis Vivas.

He will now Uzbekistan’s Bobo Usman Baturo (R) on Friday following his majority decision win over Rohan Polanco (L)