Thomas into super-heavyweight final as GB secure five European medals

London super-heavyweight Damar Thomas beat Mahammad Abdullayev to reach the final of the European Boxing Championships in Bulgaria; Five GB boxers have guaranteed themselves European medals with Chantelle Reid winning through to the light-middleweight final

>Damar Thomas reached the super-heavyweight final as GB secured five medals at the European Boxing Championships in Bulgaria.

>Thomas won his 90+kg semi-final against Azerbaijan's highly experienced Mahammad Abdullayev. The Londoner dominated all three rounds to win a unanimous decision.

>Russia has returned to World Boxing competition and Thomas is due to box a Russian, David Surov, in Friday's final.

>"Absolutely great. I'm just becoming who I thought I'd become and it would be great to win this," Thomas said.

>"It's like a to-do list. I managed to tick off the Commonwealths and now the Europeans. And hopefully I can tick off Olympic gold as well."

>Paris Olympian Chantelle Reid has also reached the final after beating Serbia's Milena Matovic in a fiercely contested bout.

>The Serbian took a 3-2 lead at the end of the first round, but Reid responded with a 5-0 second round before edging the third to seal a 3-2 victory and reach the light-middleweight final.

>She will face Turkish amateur boxing star Busenaz Surmeneli in the gold medal match.

>"I was behind after the first round, but I just listened to my coaches, stuck to the game plan and got over the line," Reid said.

>"Each bout has got better and so has the opponent. I'll be boxing one of the very best at my weight on Friday and I'm looking forward to it.

>Dimeji Shittu (80kg), Callum Makin (75kg) and Abdul Burton (55kg) join them as GB boxers who have guaranteed themselves medals in Europe.