European-Gold-hungry Adams makes confident start but old adversary looms (Reuters)
By Justin Palmer BAKU, June 19 (Reuters) – Britain’s Olympic boxing champion Nicola Adams said she feels back to her best following shoulder surgery last year after the flyweight set up a quarter-final meeting with old adversary Stoyka Petrova at the European Games on Friday. Adams went through the motions in taking a unanimous verdict over Hungarian Katalin Ancsin straight after Bulgarian Petrova had also eased through against Frenchwoman Wassila Lkhadiri. Shame it’s not going to be a final (against Petrova) but that’s how the draw goes,” Adams told reporters at the Crystal Hall by the shores of the Caspian Sea.