Great Britain's Savannah Marshall has said that she expected the points verdict in her Olympic clash with Nouchka Fontijn to be "close", rather than a clear verdict in her opponent's favour.
Marshall had been bidding to guarantee at least a bronze medal in Rio de Janeiro but the middleweight lost out by scores of 40-36 and 39-37, with the other official scoring the contest 38-38.
The 25-year-old told reporters: "I thought it was close. I thought I'd won the second round and the last round but when I looked at the scores in the end it wasn't even close.
"I didn't win a round. I didn't even get a vote in the third. She's a brilliant fighter so she deserves the medal. What can I say, I haven't got one; I'll probably carry on after this though."
Marshall has won gold at the World Championships and Commonwealth Games but not at an Olympic Games.
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Darren Plant
Darren Plant
