Gold for Frankie Gavin by Kevin Taylor Nov 3rd 2007

Birmingham's Frankie Gavin became the first British boxer to ever win a gold medal at the World Championships tonight. Fighting at lightweight (60kg) he beat Italian Domenico Valentino 18-10 in the final in Chicago. Gavin who is a double ABA champion and won the Commonwealth gold medal in 2006, won every round by two points, the first 3-1 and the other three rounds all 5-3. Frankie will now go to Beijing in August, as one of the favourites to win a medal, and will try to go one better than Amir Khan did in 2004.

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