Vallily delivers a knockout display to earn gold medal

While the other fights on finals day were close-fought guarded contests, Middlesbrough's Vallily took just over a minute to register his third knockout of the Games and seal top spot on the podium.

This time the victim was British rival Steven Ward with the Northern Ireland fighter already trailing 6-1 before a hefty right hook saw his knees buckle and his dream of gold disappear in a flash.

And Vallily, who received a bye in the semi-final, was delighted with claiming England's second gold of the night following the success of team captain Thomas Stalker.

"I have proved a lot of people wrong," said Vallily. "I have got a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games and a lot of people back home wouldn't think I am where I am now so I am over the moon. It mind sound a bit selfish but I have done this for myself.

"Boxing has kept me on the straight and narrow. All my friends and my family have given me loads of support.

"Where I come from I can show the younger lads the right way and if you are good at something then to stick at it and in the end it will pay off."

Jenny Wallwork will reset her sights on today's mixed doubles final after failing to land women's badminton doubles bronze.

Leeds-based Wallwork and partner Gabby White were just edged off the podium by Australia's Tang He Tian and Kate Wilson-Smith.

They won the first set before folding in the second and went down narrowly in the decider, eventually losing out 21-23, 21-12, 21-16.

Their cause wasn't helped when Wallwork accidentally hit her partner's hand during a frenetic rally – and the defeat left both players devastated.

"It's great to play for a medal but fourth is probably the worst position you can finish," said Wallwork.

"We are just devastated, especially as the match was so close in the end.

"I hit Gabby's hand and after that it affected the match, so we found it hard to attack.

"Unfortunately we couldn't play as well as we could have done, and we couldn't play to our best.

"We were tired and slow and we paid the price for that," she said.

White will now head home empty-handed but Wallwork is already guaranteed silver in the mixed doubles.

She partners former Olympic silver medallist Nathan Robertson in today's final showdown with Malaysia's Kien Keat Koo and Ee Hui Chin.