Teenage Carlisle boxer John Joe Carrigan has become world champion.
The 17-year-old Cumbrian won the 70kg final at the Under-19 World Championships in Colorado.
Carrigan, from Border City Amateur Boxing Club, got the better of Brazil’s Gabriel Dias Dos Santos.
He won by a unanimous judges’ decision after the three-round contest in the USA.
Carrigan’s victory for England at the prestigious event is the biggest achievement yet in his highly promising progress in the sport.
Watch the full fight below:
He was already a double European champion at youth and junior levels and a multiple national champion before representing England in America.
The Cumbrian, from Todhills, saw off opponents from Latvia, Italy and India in the first round, quarter-final and semi-final respectively before meeting Brazilian boxer Dos Santos in the final.
Carrigan, in blue, showed his skill and discipline in evading Dos Santos’ early shots in the first round.
The Carlisle teenager then went on the attack with a strong left hand as he began to exert control.
An increasingly confident Carrigan was ahead on all five judges’ cards at the end of the first round.
Carrigan absorbed Dos Santos’ jab in the second round before some strong combinations saw the Cumbrian land more blows before weaving skilfully away from the Brazilian’s punching.
The judges again came down unanimously for Carrigan with the second round scoring, and the third round saw the Carlisle boxer keep Dos Santos at bay.
Carrigan’s composed performance earned him the judges’ unanimous favour in the third round and it proved a convincing victory as he won England's eighth gold medal of the championships.
The young Cumbrian showed his delight as his arm was raised after the fight before he bowed to all sides of the audience.
Carrigan later received his medal and stood on top of the podium as the national anthem was played to mark his victory for England. Watch the medal ceremony below:
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