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Team GB boxer Galal Yafai "gutted" to exit Rio Olympics in second round

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Team GB boxer Galal Yafai admits that he is "gutted" to have lost in the second round of the men's light flyweight division at the Rio Olympics.

Team GB boxer Galal Yafai has admitted that he is "gutted" to have lost his second-round fight by split decision at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

The 23-year-old was beaten by Cuba's Joahnys Argilagos on a split decision in the men's light flyweight division.

"I am gutted to have lost," Yafai told reporters. "Obviously you never want to lose at the Olympic Games and I thought I won but it is boxing and you live and you learn.

"I thought he was going to get a point [in the third round], he was putting his head down and he looked knackered, I don't know what everyone else thought.

"I have got to take some positives as well. Obviously I have lost so I am gutted but, when I look back at it, 12 months ago I was working for Land Rover and now I have just lost out to the world champion in the Olympic Games on a split decision when I thought I'd won.

"It is boxing and have you got to live with it. I am pleased with how I fought, he is a world champion, so sometimes you don't get everything your own way. That is just the way it is. I would like to thank everyone who has supported me. The National Lottery, everyone back home and Team GB. I will support the other boys now."

Meanwhile, Ireland suffered an upset in the boxing when flagbearer Paddy Barnes lost on split decision to Spain's Samuel Carmona Heredia.

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