Marie Al-Ahmadieh takes boxing silver after losing by split decision in Commonwealth Games final

this is the final of the women's lightweight 60 kilo division our judges at ringside judge number one judge number two maybe as we did in the first session earlier today judge with the possibility of two straight indian gold medals from turkey in charge of the action inside the ring a referee from this one would you please give a warm welcome from ireland mr ben going to the ring first from canada at the age of 21 making her way to ringside to face an indian opponent just as the other canadian through to the finals did earlier today in her case beaten fairly comfortably the ring from india it's bria well scarlet delgado beaten by breezy and now bria looks to inflict double defeat on canada in this women's lightweight final and as the indian flags are held aloft we're going to be seeing a lot of those during the course of this final session of boxing because india represented in all seven of these finals one of them completed gold already so this is about number one eight two three three minute rounds of boxing a final to decide the women's lightweight champion introducing in the red corner representing canada marie batool and in the blue corner representing india it's bria round one well sachi chowdhury could barely have been more impressive in that first final of the evening session in beating england's ruby white and now her cousin priya gangas known here as is looking to make it an indian double at the beginning of this second session from the blue corner against maria al ahmadia from canada at the age of 21 whose brother kioma was beaten earlier in the competition and again by an indian in his case sachin sachin who's here tonight in the final of the men's lightweight division right hand over the top the first really solid punch of the contest landed by priya back comes out my dear she's going to be looking to get close to land that body work as well and come over the top of the lead hand of priya priya came into the commonwealth games ranked number four in the world in this division as she lands there with a superb backhand right hand and then the semi-finals had a very tight one against england's lucy king's weekly there was someone here who felt king's weekly could have got the nod as alahmadia tries to open up when she gets the opportunity in close the shorter of the two boxers even the backhand there from alahmadia just while she's trying to get a flow going good shot to the body as well from the backhand from alahmadia she's looking to come down to the body and go over the top not let priya get back into a rhythm alahmadia looking to have the faster hand speed here so she can get inside she can make it count we're just stepping back and giving space waiting for alahmadia to come in hoping to counter go straight one two priya won gold in the asian championships earlier this year as did her cousin preety who we saw win in the very first final being staged here and that is the very best form on display coming into the games living up to her billing as favorite on the way through here to the final but alahmadia is making this competitive at least last few seconds of the opening round pushing priya and having success with that right hook of hers for the southpaw stance by catching shots for the canadian in the last few seconds of this opening round just calling the end of the straight punches of priya in the last exchange good round from the canadian finding good success with that right hook but priya coming back with straight shots of her own both fighters having success in for those exchanges and the busy frenetic style of alahmadia has been rewarded by three of the five judges the other two going for the more upright work of priya secured this fight fight fight the women's lightweight final priya the asian champion representing india looking for india's fourth gold medal of the games in boxing but alahmadia leading on three of the five judges cards coming into this second three minutes there's that cutting weight hook from alahmadia which is having success because priya likes to keep that lead hand low that's what she's looking for we've seen from the indians how superb they are when controlling and protecting a lead but now priya has to recover and rally and come back from a deficit how does she respond this is sometimes the making of a boxer it's better work there from priya just previously while she was wearing straight punches as alahmadia went down with the head down targeting better waiting for her to come in trying to counter the canadian's movement lady in corner cheering those successes with the left hand one to the head and one to the body a bit of a flow here in and out boxing the sharper of the two trying to get that back hand feels a lovely straight one two from her coming through the garden just caught her again with that right hook putting the pressure on priya constantly pushing her back to the ropes get inside and work that body representing a nation who are second in the all-time medals list in boxing at the commonwealth and she will have seen defeat for scarlet delgado in the very first final but again landing with those really sharp right hooks from the southpaw stance 45 seconds to go in a very close second round the left to the body of priya there and again caught upstairs here is with that loopy throws well timed by alahmadia waits for priya to do her work and then pings in that right hand over the top but priya is having success repeated success with that backhand alahmadia trying to push priya back to the ropes to give her less space and priya trying to counter off the movement good left hook from priya in that exchange good finish to the round by the indians there's that right hook that alahmad is really dominated with the first one too but priya having her success with the backhand as well and so there's been a turnaround priya has rallied leading now on two of the cards one judge the turkish judge has alahmadia in front and the other two have it all squared 19 points apiece going into the final round it's been the case in so many bouts here at the games but one strong last round could turn this either way third and final round it's been so so close will it come down simply to who wants it more to who can impose their style on the other for the majority of this third and final round a win in this round for either of them is highly likely to give them the overall verdict very animated canadian corner they're firing up alahmadia has come out she's come out swinging if we are picking those punches in between the guards maybe just feeding the pace here a little bit priya canadian set a very fast pace which is turned around the corner just powering the that might well have been in the game plan of alahmadia to take priya into territory she's not used to the kind of pressure she hasn't had to deal with at these games so far alahmadia looking to get pushed by the corners to go for two phases good solid right hook from alahmadia and a good movement to get herself out of the corner out of trouble from priya that was a good backhand by alahmadia not the head back of priya who comes back with straight punches indian supporters in the crowd cheering every success for priya the 20 year old world number four who's being made to work really really hard and is still a long way from certain to be taking this on the back foot into the final minute and 20 seconds of the third and final round dropping a really beautiful backhand into the body of priya which is going to be tiring her out good punch picking from priya as alahmadia came with the head low she dropped that backhand down on top of the head guard into the final minute this is the kind of battle you want for the final alahmadia can't afford to wait priya has done the better scoring across the first couple of minutes still the canadian drives forward there's a roar from her corner as a body shot lands good work from priya she dropped that chopping right hand down in the chin of alahmadia and her supporters are getting into full voice priya priya is the chant from towards the back of the arena as we look on last few seconds third and final round commonwealth games gold is at stake here will it go to canada does it go to india that's priya the world number four found enough of her in this final round it looks like it finishing very very strongly terrific final round terrific contest canada and india and there are many standing around here in particular the india contingent to applaud they are convinced that priya has done enough narrowly ahead after the second round but two of the judges scorecards still had them all level so even though we can see smiles on the faces of the supporters they're already celebrating has priya done enough in that final three minutes to nail down the gold medal well i always used to say in a professional game when there's a delay well after three fantastic rounds of boxing we go to the score totals we have a split decision in favor of the winner who is now commonwealth games champion in the blue corner from india is priya and it's gone to india once again the fourth gold medal for the south asian nation quickly becoming the powerhouse of commonwealth games boxing a success for priya the winner on points on four of the judges scorecards and that's the success that takes india to the top of the medals table with those two successes at the beginning of this afternoon stroke evening session the asian champion is now the commonwealth games champion and now i have madia whose brother kiyoma was beaten earlier in the competition is all smiles as well because she's she knows that she's done herself proud here in taking silver for canada canada's second silver of the games medal ceremony this evening one absolutely fantastic bout of boxing between india and canada you can see the scores there four of the judges then going for priya and the judge from turkey who liked the work of al at madia in the opening round continued in that frame of mind but it wasn't enough priya the winner by four judges to one and it's gold again for india