The undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is in Liverpool watching the World Boxing Championships.

Usyk saw Teagn Stott from Sheffield win his semi-final bout against fellow Ukrainian Danylo Zhasan in the 85kg category.

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The Roscommon middleweight defeated the 2023 World champion Yang by a 4-0 split decision with one judge scoring the fight a draw.

The 28-year-old, who is a former world silver medallist and four-time European champion, will face Busra Isildar of Turkey in Sunday's 75kg division final.

Isildar came through against Emma Sue Greentree of Australia in the other semi-final.

Mullingar's Patsy Joyce, meanwhile, will leave Liverpool with a bronze medal from his first world championships.

The 19-year-old lost out to Spain's Rafael Lozano Serrano in his semi-final by way of a 3-2 split decision.

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Liverpudlian Odel Kamara is one of four other British fighters already guaranteed bronze before their semi-finals at the weekend. Kamara faces Torekhan Sabyrkhan of Kazakhstan on Saturday in the men's 70kg semi-final after his win over Mongolia's Byamba-Erdene Otgonbaatar.

Teagn Stott is through to the semi-finals in the men's 85kg following a second-round stoppage against Semion Boldirev of Bulgaria and will now take on Ukrainian Danylo Zhasan.

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Elsewhere, Chantelle Reid will square up against Natalya Bogdanova in the semi-finals of the women's 70kg after beating Mengge Zhang.

Emily Asquith beat Turkey's Elif Guneri in the women's 80kg to secure a last-four meeting with India's Pooja Rani.

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Callum Makin had to settle for a bronze medal at the World Boxing Championships after a semi-final defeat in the men's 75kg division.

The 21-year-old middleweight was beaten by Rami Kiwan at the M&S Arena in Liverpool on Friday - the judge scoring all five rounds to his Bulgarian opponent.

Sean Byrne
Journalism Researcher

The World Boxing Championships continues on Saturday 13th September in Liverpool, with Great Britain already matching their best ever performance at a boxing world championships.

More than 40 male and female boxers from Great Britain and Ireland have competed in the tournament which started on Thursday, 4th September.

Four medals have already been confirmed for Great Britain, with more potentially on the way.

It's the first Elite-level global championships to be hosted by World Boxing, the new International Federation for Olympic style boxing.

Over 500 boxers have competed at the event across 10 weight classes, and you can watch the conclusion of the quarter-finals, plus semi-final and final action across BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website.

BBC iPlayer

Saturday 13th September

Live on BBC Sport Website and BBC iPlayer: Semi-finals 12:00 - 16:15 & finals 18:00 - 22:25 BST

Sunday 14th September

Live on BBC Sport Website and BBC iPlayer: Finals 12:00 - 16:00 & 18:00 - 22:00 BST

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A low blow is when a boxer hits their opponent below the belt line, which is not allowed.

The belt line is defined by each boxer's hip line and is identified before a fight by the referee.

The hip line indicates where a boxer wears their belt, and a hit there is considered legal.

The rules state that if the low blow is intentional, the boxer who has been hit must continue before a reasonable time (five minutes) has passed, unless the referee disqualifies the offender.

A boxer who has been hit by an accidental low blow must continue within five minutes or they will lose the bout by abandonment.

If the boxer on the receiving end does not complain and the low blow was not hard or intentional, the referee should signal the foul without interrupting the bout.

The referee can deduct points or disqualify a boxer who hits their opponent with a low blow.

Earlier this year, Adam Azim was deducted two points for low blows in his win over Sergey Lipinets.