Anthony Fowler hails "special" gold medal-winning performance by Joe Joyce

Anthony Fowler has congratulated fellow Team GB boxer Joe Joyce for his gold medal success in Baku.

The 29-year-old battled past Russian Federation's Gasan Gimbatov at Crystal Hall to be crowned European Games super-heavyweight champion this afternoon.

Fowler, who saw his Baku 2015 campaign come to an end at the last-16 stage earlier this week, took to Twitter to hail his countryman's "special performance".

"So happy for @JoeJoyce_1 what a special performance of determination and will to win that was, take a bow big man," he said.

Joyce also won gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.