Bolton's Amir Khan clinched his place in the quarter-finals of the Olympic boxing competition today with a massive 37-21 points win over the dangerous Dimitar Stilianov.

Khan, who admitted to feeling nervous before his first-round win over Greece's Marios Kaperonis, made a positive start and took the fight to his experienced opponent.

Stilianov is a respected counter-puncher who caught Khan with a couple of decent shots in the first minute of the opening round.

However, Khan was a lot quicker than the Bulgarian and landed a couple of decent right hands himself.

He held a narrow 8-7 advantage at the first bell, but turned on the style in the second round and nailed his opponent with some brilliant combinations.

Spurred on by the British fans at ringside, he dominated the next two rounds to open up a seven-point lead going into the last.

Stilianov had no answer to the speed and movement of his young opponent and Khan caught him with a number of hurtful shots to secure a deserved victory.

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