Emmet Brennan's Olympic dream ends with defeat to highly-rated Dilshodbek Ruzmetov

Ireland's Emmet Brennan dejected after losing the fight. Picture: INPHO/James Crombie

Emmet Brennan's Olympic campaign came to a close this afternoon following defeat at the hands of Uzbekistan’s Dilshodbek Ruzmetov.

The Dublin light-heavyweight found himself on the losing side of a unanimous verdict, his decorated opponent triumphing on three ringside scores of 30-27 and two of 29-28 in what was the pair’s opening bout of Tokyo 2020.