YOG 2010: Davies cuts forlorn figure after losing bronze medal bout

From Tom Reynolds, Sportsbeat, in Singapore

 BANTAMWEIGHT Zack Davies crashed to defeat in his bronze-medal clash at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore - and admitted he had hit rock bottom.

BOWING OUT: Zack Davies crashes to defeat in his bronze medal bout at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore (Singapore Press Holdings)

Davies headed into the bronze medal bout with Poland's Dawid Michelus with his confidence battered following a heavy semi-final defeat to Shiva Thapa from India.

But the 18-year-old looked to have put that semi-final heartache firmly to the back of his mind early on in the bronze medal fight - leading 5-4 after the first round.

However with the bronze medal in his sights the wheels then came off for Davies, losing the next two rounds to eventually go down 12-7.

"I'm really down at the minute because I would have loved to have come away with a bronze medal," said Davies. 

"If I could have got the bronze medal it would have been amazing, so I am really disappointed.

"It has been hard out in Singapore because I have really struggled with my weight because of the weather and so that has made it difficult.

"But I am just absolutely gutted. I came here really wanting to win a medal and I thought I could do it but it doesn't always pan out like that."

Davies ultimately paid the price for a poor second round performance which saw Michelus turn a one-point deficit into a four-point advantage going into the final round.

He fought manfully to try and overturn the advantage but his Polish opponent won the round to secure victory.

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