Great Britain’s Abdul Burton joined team-mates Chantelle Reid and Damar Thomas in reaching finals at the European Boxing Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Burton, 20, comfortably beat Turkey’s Semih Gumus 4-1 in the men’s super-bantamweight semi-final.
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He will face Russia’s Viacheslav Rogozin in Friday’s final, when Reid and Thomas will be contesting for the women’s light-middleweight and men’s super-heavyweight titles respectively.
“I’m happy, it was a good performance against a tricky kid,” said Burton.
“I had to stay disciplined. I’ve really enjoyed the week, it’s good to secure silver but I’m going to be pushing for gold…
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