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Team GB boxer Savannah Marshall marches on in Rio

Sweden's Anna Laurell Nash (R) fights Great Britain's Savannah Marshall during the Women's Middle (69-75kg) match at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Image: Savannah Marshall (left) outboxed her Swedish opponent to claim victory

Savannah Marshall claimed victory in her round-of-16 middleweight fight against Anna Laurell Nash of Sweden.

Marshall - who claimed Britain's first  women's boxing world title in 2012 - started brightly but slipped at one stage during the first round and Nash took it 3-0 with the judges.

The British fighter, however, responded well in the second and landed some good body shots.

She landed a big right late and took the round, setting up the third perfectly. 

Sweden's Anna Laurell Nash (right) fights Great Britain's Savannah Marshall at the Rio Olympics
Image: Marshall (left) claimed a unanimous points victory in Rio

Her work rate was superb for the next two minutes, both on the attack and as a counter-puncher, and she won that round too, to lead 2-1.

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The final round went the same way as the others, and the victory was duly sealed.

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