JANUARY
GREAT BRITAIN got the year off to a promising start. They sent eight boxers to the prestigious Tammer Tournament in Finland – and every one of them came home with a medal.
Welsh twins Ioan and Garan Croft both won gold, at welterweight and light-middleweight, respectively.
Garan had previously won gold as a junior at the Tammer Tournament in 2017.
In total, four GB boxers won gold, including Taylor Bevan. The Welshman was a 3-2 split decision winner over Great Britain teammate Aaron Bowen at light-heavyweight, and they would go on to meet at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham later in the year.
John O’Meara also won gold for Great Britain in Finland, at featherweight.
FEBRUARY
OLYMPIC champion Kellie Harrington [inset below] struck gold at the Strandja Tournament in Bulgaria at 60kgs, and there was also gold for Irish team-mate Aoife O’Rourke (75kgs).
, the mother of three from Lowestoft beaten on a split in the last eight of the Tokyo OIympics, returned to the ring in Sofia and made a quarter-final exit at
