Fowler, Brown into last 16

Last Updated: October 19, 2013 7:00pm

Anthony Fowler: Englishman joined Scotland’s Aston Brown in last 16 of middleweight division at World Amateur ChampionshipsLiverpool middleweight Anthony Fowler advanced to the last 16 at the World Championships in Almaty on Saturday with a dominant victory over Abdelmalek Rahou of Algeria.

Fowler floored his opponent in the opening round and produced a controlled performance for the remainder of the bout to score a unanimous points decision on the judges’ cards.

Scotland’s Aston Brown was another middleweight winner against South Korea’s Jae-min Jeong, while Welsh light-flyweight Ashley Williams recovered from an early knockdown to beat Malith Muthikarage of Sri Lanka.

London super-heavyweight Joe Joyce was floored and stopped in the first round of his bout against Algerian Hamza Beguerni, while English light-flyweight Jack Bateson also went out via a split decision to Costa Rica’s David Rodriguez.

Ireland middleweight Jason Quigley scored an impressive majority decision win over vastly experienced Indian Vijender Singh to move through to the next round, despite suffering a cut in the first round.

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Fowler, Brown into last 16