Tarona Taafaki was given a bye to the last four of the women’s 75kg division after only five fighters entered the competition. She lost to India’s Lovlina Borgohain in the semi-final in Glasgow on Friday, losing every round on all three of the judges’ cards. But, under Commonwealth Games rules, every semi-finalist boxer receives a bronze medal, meaning that Taafaki, 20, had made history. Speaking after the medal was confirmed, she said she was “…
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