Middlesbrough amateur boxer Saudhul Zaman made it fourth time lucky when he won gold representing England at the latest Multi-Nations games.

On his debut in Germany almost two years ago Zaman returned home empty-handed and later in the year lost on the international when fighting against Italy. Three months ago in Hungary he won silver - pipped by a controversial decision but at the fourth time of asking he made no mistake.

Zaman took gold in Greece against Marios Kaperonis which made up for the dissapointment in Hungary earlier in the year.

Zaman, 18, thought he had done enough to earn a victory when he reached the final of an earlier Multi-Nations tournament against a Hungarian in his opponent's homeland but the points decision went against him.

However, last month in Thessalonika Zaman beat Greek Kaperonis 10-3 at Under-60kgs level.

"I wanted to prove a point by winning in Greece and I did that so Hungary doesn't really matter now" said Zaman.

"I was robbed 4-3. After the third round the judges had the score at 0-0 and then 4-3 at the end.

"But I was scoring, getting points in before that but, I was fighting a Hungarian in Hungary so..."

On route to the final Zaman faced Russian Szymon Poorebski in the quarter finals where he won 4-2 in the first of the four, two minute bouts.

He then fought Norwegian Mohammed Massoudy and he admits his Scandinavian opponent - who he overcame by the odd point in seven - was tougher opposition than his Greek counterpart.

"The hardest fight was in the semi against the Norwegian.

"He was a bit bigger than me but not much. But he gave me a bit of a hard time.

Kaperonis reveled in the attention he received from his fellow countrymen in the final, lapping-up the strong vocal backing. But Zaman, who attends the Peterlee Boxing Academy, says he remained focused on the task ahead.

"He was a bit of a showboater, trying to be like Prince Naseem Hamed but once I whacked him that was it.

"You know what the English are like! There was a few of us there so we made some noise. There were five boxers picked to go and there was a coach, a manager and sponsor so we were okay."

Zaman was the only British boxer to claim a gold medal at the tournament as the other four had to settle for two bronzes and two silvers between them.

A member of the Middlesbrough ABC, Zaman has targeted the Olympics as a goal for the future.

"That's my ambition in life, to get to the Olympics or the Commonwealth Games. But I want to learn my trade first and eventually turn pro."