CWG 2018: Gaurav Solanki wins gold, Amit Panghal, Manish Kaushik settle for silver

Gaurav Solanki on Saturday won India's first gold in the men's boxing event at this edition after an emphatic performance against Northern Ireland's Brendan Irvine in the 52 kg category as his all-out aggression proved too hot to handle for Irvine. 

Solanki won the final 4-1 on a split decision.

Solanki used his long reach to good effect and pushed Irvine to be on the defensive from the outset as high block meant that Irvine struggled to land his punches whenever he tried to be aggressive.

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Meanwhile, Amit Panghal won silver in his maiden Games after losing to England' Yafai Galal in the final of the 46-49 kg category. 

Amit looked visibly tired in the second and third round after dominating the first round. Galal eventually won the bout 3-1 by a split decision in what was an extremely close contest.

The 22-year-old had won bronze at the Asian Championships last year and also took part in the world championships, where he lost in the quarterfinals.

The legend of MC Mary Kom grew bigger as she became the first Indian woman boxer to claim a Commonwealth Games gold and was joined by Gaurav Solanki (52kg) and Vikas Krishan (75kg) in the top-finishers' group for India's best ever haul at the mega-event here on Saturday.

Apart from Amit Panghal, settling for silver medal Manish Kaushik (60kg) after losing closely-contested bouts here. 

India will be going back with eight boxing medals from the current edition, one more than their previous best at the 2010 Delhi Games.

The star of the day was without a shred of doubt Mary Kom (48kg) -- a 35-year-old five-time world champion and Olympic bronze-medallist. 

She was competing in her debut Commonwealth Games, also perhaps her last, and made it a memorable one with yet another dominating performance to claim a unanimous verdict of 5-0 over Northern Ireland's Kristina O'Hara in the final.