Niall Adams is just the second Guernsey boxer to win a Commonwealth Games fight, after Billy Le Poullain won in the last 16 in 2022
Guernsey boxer Niall Adams overcame a point deduction to win his last-16 bout at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
The 28-year-old lightweight won a split decision over Sri Lanka's Ravindu Jayanath after winning on a judges vote 4-1 following a majority draw.
Adams won the first round with all five judges as his good work rate impressed.
But he was docked a point in the second following a clash of heads as the smaller Adams tried to get inside his taller opponent.
Jayanath - who reached the last 16 in last year's IBA World Cup - had the better of the final round, but it was not enough to overturn the result.
Adams will guarantee himself a medal should he win his quarter-final bout against Namibia's Tryagain Morning Ndevelo on Wednesday night.
"I'm feeling great. I'm just buzzing to get back in there again," Adams told BBC Guernsey.
"I've boxed better than I boxed then. It was quite a hard match because he was a tall, lanky fighter, he waits for the counters and I like to come in.
"So I really had to just concentrate on countering him, I ended up winning on the counters, so I feel good about that.
"On to the quarter finals and I'm just desperate to win that one."
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