TWENTY-TWO-year-old Cwmbran lightweight Jamie Arthur guaranteed himself, and Wales, at least a bronze medal after stopping Malaysian Adnan Jusoh at the end of the second round of their boxing quarter-final last night.

Arthur, a scaffolder who boxes out of the Coed Eva club, signalled his intent from the first bell as he found his opponent's ribs with two short hooks and he ended a busy opener with a big left to the head to send Jusoh back to the corner trailing on points.

The early second round action saw Arthur having to score with counter shots as the Malaysian pushed him back on to the ropes but after some toe-to-toe trading in centre ring Arthur landed his best shot of the fight, a left hook to the chin which rocked back Jusoh's head.

The end, when it came, was a little unexpected, the bell sounded to end the round and both fighters returned to their stools before a ring side official informed the Zimbabwean referee that Arthur was in fact the winner after moving 15 points clear on the computer scoring system, which earns an immediate stoppage victory in amateur bouts.

The result was maybe a little unfair on the Malaysian, who still had plenty to offer and had been coming on stronger as the fight wore on, but there were no complaints from the Welsh camp.

Arthur was happy to have saved his energy for tomorrow's semi at the MEN Arena saying: "My confidence is growing all the time and I'll be giving 110 per cent all the time." He admitted: "I'm going for gold, but if it's silver or bronze it doesn't matter, the whole team is buzzing at the moment."

Definitely not buzzing was Jamie's Cwmbran team mate Lee Milsjen, who earlier in the day exited the games a disappointed man after being stopped in the first round of his heavyweight contest by old adversary Andy Young of Inverness.

Jamie Arthur now meets Botswana's Gilbert Khunwane in tomorrow evening's semi-final where he is hoping to be joined by Pontypool welterweight Tony Doherty who takes on Namibia's Ali Nuumbembe in this afternoon's quarter final.