Anthony Fowler Olympic dream is over after defeat
Liverpool boxer Anthony Fowler's Olympic dream is over after losing all three rounds against Kazakhstan fighter Zhanibek Alimkhanuly.
Liverpool boxer Anthony Fowler's Olympic dream is over after losing all three rounds against Kazakhstan fighter Zhanibek Alimkhanuly.
The cousin of Robbie Fowler was floored in the second round with a vicious left hook. He lost all three rounds.
It was a tough encounter for the Team GB star - after he lost a unanimous decision after nine brutal minutes, 30-27, 30-26, 30-26.
Alimkhanuly showed he was the better fighed on the night, with powerful left hooks. Fowler knew he needed a knockdown in the third to have a chance to change the judges mind.
The result leaves Fowler the first Team GB fighter to bid farewell after his opening fight and the second to head home from Rio