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Nathan McEwen won a silver medal at the Oceania boxing championships in Samoa today after losing his middleweight final to Australian Jarrod Fletcher on points.
The experienced Fletcher won 17-3.
New Zealand team manager John McKay said the contest was even until the end of the second round, but Fletcher uppped the tempo in the third.
Australia finished the championships with nine gold medals and Papua New Guinea and Samoa a gold each.
New Zealand came away with one silver and four bronze.
- NZPA
