LONDON (AP) — Bantamweight Luke Campbell clinched the dominant British team's first boxing medal of the London Olympics on Sunday night in a session marred by a series of unsightly heavyweight fights that probably will be decided outside the ring. Heavyweights Teymur Mammadov of Azerbaijan and Clemente Russo of Italy both clutched, grabbed and held their way through their quarterfinal bouts at ExCel arena, yet both highly ranked amateurs won narrow scoring decisions that surprised fans and enraged their opponents. The fighters from Belarus and Cuba said they'll protest the decisions in an Olympics already featuring two overturned results. Amateur boxing's governing body confirmed Belarus has protested Siarhei Karneyeu's loss to Mammadov. Jose Larduet's Cuban coach says they'll protest his loss to Russo.
Campbell sets off British boxing's medal rush
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Great Britain's Luke Campbell, left, fights Bulgaria's Detelin Dalakliev, during a bantamweight 56-kg quarterfinal boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Great Britain's Luke Campbell, right, fights Bulgaria's Detelin Dalakliev, during a bantamweight 56-kg quarterfinal boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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John Joe Nevin of Ireland, reacts during this fight against Oscar Valdez Fierro of Mexico, during the men's quarterfinal bantamweight 56-kg boxing competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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John Joe Nevin of Ireland, right, and Oscar Valdez Fierro of Mexico, reacts after their men's quarterfinal bantamweight 56-kg boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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John Joe Nevin of Ireland, gets a standing eight count against Oscar Valdez Fierro of Mexico, during a bantamweight 56-kg quarterfinal boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Robenilson Vieira de Jesus of Brazil, left, and Lazaro Alvarez Estrada of Cuba, fight during a bantamweight 56-kg quarterfinal boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, in London.(AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk, left, fights Russia's Artur Beterbiev, during the men's quarterfinal heavyweight 91-kg boxing competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk, left, fights Russia's Artur Beterbiev, during the men's quarterfinal heavyweight 91-kg boxing competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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Satoshi Shimizu of Japan, left, and Mohamed Amine Ouadahi of Algeria, react after a bantamweight 56-kg quarterfinal boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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Satoshi Shimizu of Japan, left, and Mohamed Amine Ouadahi of Algeria, react after a bantamweight 56-kg quarterfinal boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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