Kazakhstan’s Serik Sapiyev won the men’s Olympic welterweight gold on Sunday with a crushing 17-9 win over Britain’s Freddie Evans, making up for his shattering quarter-final loss four years ago. Evans, the European champion, failed to cope with the impressive workrate of Sapiyev, who worked his jab throughout the three rounds and never let the Briton find his range. Having taken the first round 4-2, Sapiyev consolidated his lead by winning the second 6-3. At 10-5 down going into the third round, Evans started taking risks looking for a big punch, but Sapiyev’s guard was solid and he underlined his domination of the Welshman by taking the third round 7-4 to earn the gold.
