ST Joseph’s star Joe Cordina was one of three Great Britain boxers to win gold medals at the Bocskai Tournament in Hungary.

GB Boxing secured three gold medals, two silvers and a bronze at the annual international in Debrecen.

Olympic hopeful and European champion Cordina, who trains at St Joes in Newport with Tony Borg as well as with Team GB in Sheffield, beat Sofiane Oumiha of France on a split decision in the 60kg final.

The Welsh lightweight had earlier outpointed Sulemani Violant of Kosovo and Enrico La Cruz of the Netherlands in the quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively.

Galal Yafai defeated a string of strong opponents to take gold at 49kg. The Birmingham-based boxer enjoyed unanimous points wins over Rufat Husseynov (Azerbaijan) in the quarters and Imad Ahayoun (Morocco) in the semi-finals to set up a tough final against Azerinaijan’s Salkar Aikhynbai, where the British boxer edged a split decision.

Joshua Buatsi beat Luka Plantic (Croatia), Arsen Rizun (Ukraine) and highly experienced London 2012 bronze medallist Teymur Mammadov (Azerbaijan) to earn a place in the 81kg final, where he finished with a flourish, beating Kazakhstan’s Ali Akhmedov by TKO in the final round.

Qais Ashfaq, who is battling with Newport’s Sean McGoldrick for an Olympic spot, returned with a silver medal following a unanimous points loss against Tayfur Aliyev (Azerbaijan).

Ashfaq boxed well in the earlier stages, winning a split decision against Chiladze Severiane (Georgia) in the 56kg preliminaries, followed by unanimous wins over Viaceslav Gojan (Moldova) and Norbert Herczeg (Hungary) in the quarters and semis.

There was disappointment for Cyrus Pattinson, who was unable to progress past the semi-finals, despite having beaten Frenchman Souleymane Cissokho on points when his 69kg bout was stopped in the second round due to a cut to the back of his head. Pattinson returns home with a well-deserved silver medal.

Antony Fowler’s winning run came to a halt when he sustained a cut to the back of the head in the second round of his 75kg semi-final clash against Azerbaijan’s Kamran Shakhsuvar. A disappointed Fowler was forced to settle for bronze.