COLCHESTER boxer Lewis Richardson struck gold for Great Britain at Serbia's Golden Glove competition.

The talented middleweight was crowned champion at Finals Day after his opponent, Israel's Miroslav Kapuler, withdrew due to injury.

Despite not being able to compete in his final, Richardson had done more than enough to secure the title in his 75kg division.

The former Thomas Lord Audley School pupil won three bouts in as many days to reach the final stage and earn his second gold of 2021.

It followed his magnificent gold-medal success at the Bocskai Memorial Tournament in Hungary, in February.

Richardson missed out on Tokyo Olympics qualification in June, despite a valiant performance against Ukraine’s Oleksandr Kyzhniak.

The 24-year-old was later joined at the top of the podium by Great Britain team-mate Delicious Orie.

Orie sealed his first-ever gold medal for GB Boxing against the host nation’s Vladan Babic in yet another dominant points victory.

He had unanimously won on two occasions, prior to his super-heavyweight final.

Shona Whitwell had to settle for silver after suffering defeat to Serbia’s Natalia Shadrina in her lightweight final.

Whitwell had earlier won her semi-final against Moldova’s Cristina Ciper unanimously, two days earlier.

Boxing for the first time in the tournament due to limited participation numbers, Kiaran MacDonald sealed the team’s fourth and final medal at the Golden Glove.

He suffered a narrow defeat via split to Timur Galanov.

In Tenerife, lightweight Gemma Richardson capped off a memorable year by sealing her second gold of 2021.

The 20-year-old was crowned EUBC U22 European Champion earlier this year as well as claiming bronze at the Bocskai.

Boxing for the first time in the contest due to a low number of competitors, Gemma sealed her victory and gold medal with a convincing, unanimous win over Denmark’s Melissa Mortensen.

Competing in her first tournament since joining GB Boxing, Helen Jones ended the tournament with silver after being on the wrong end of a tight, split decision against Spain’s Laura Fuertes.

It was also Fuertes who beat fellow GB flyweight Tori-Ellis Willetts in the semi-finals via unanimous decision to leave Willetts with bronze.