Australian light-heavyweight Paul Trainor has scraped through to the Commonwealth Games quarter-finals after a tight bout with Namibian Gebhard Ipinge.
Trainor won in a 3-2 split decision early on Tuesday morning (AEST) and four of the five judges had only one point separating the two boxers.
The other judge scored 30-27 in favour of Ipinge.
After the Australian was 3-2 down in the first two rounds, the third was scored 3-2 in his favour and that was enough to take the bout.
"It was super-close - he was very slippery, very hard to catch," Trainor said.
"I felt like we had a similar style, so we were waiting for each other to go first, so we could counter.
"But it made for a good fight, an exciting last round, especially, it was very tit-for-tat."
The tight win was in contrast to Trainor's first bout in Glasgow against local Alan Perrie, which was called off in the second round because of injury.
Perrie and the home crowd were furious when the fight was ended early.
All eight Australian boxers in Glasgow are making their Commonwealth Games debuts and Trainor is aiming big.
"It would mean the world to bring home a medal for Australia and my team back home," he said.
"It's a pretty exclusive list of Australian fighters who have won Comm Games medals - I'm looking forward to joining that list and hopefully bringing home gold."
Trainor's parents grew up in Northern Ireland before moving to Australia, meaning he has a solid group of fans following him.
"They're geeing up for me and I love it, it helps me push that extra edge," he said.
"I could definitely perform better than I did today, but we'll see in the next one."
This AAP article was made possible by support from Commonwealth Games Australia.
