Golden boy Burnett sets the record straight

IRISH boxer Ryan Burnett threw down the gauntlet for London 2012 when he claimed the gold medal in the light flyweight division at the World Youth Olympics in Singapore yesterday.

The 18-year-old Belfast club-mate of Olympic bronze medallist and European senior champion Paddy Barnes won every round to beat Salman Alizida (Azerbaijan) 13-6.

That reversed the decision that favoured Alizida when they met in the finals of the World Youth Championships in Baku earlier this year. When they met in the President’s Cup in Azerbaijan last December Alizida won on a controversial count-back.