SAVANNAH Marshall must be fed up to the back teeth of losing to Nouchka Fontijn after the Dutchwoman crushed her Olympic dream at the quarter-final stage on Wednesday.

The 25-year-old from Hartlepool has now lost three times in a row on the big stage to her nemesis – at the European Games in Baku last year, earlier this year at the Worlds and now here on the biggest stage of them all in Rio.

Much has been made of the dubious officiating of the boxing here in Brazil – Michael Conlan from Ireland called AIBA the most corrupt organisation in the world after his shock defeat on Tuesday.

But while this was a close fight, Marshall was not robbed - indeed she was soundly beaten by a fighter whose style clearly does not match-up well with hers.

Time after time in this quarter-final, Marshall would come clumsily lunging forward only to be picked off by the world silver medallist.

The Hartlepool middleweight did look to have won the second round with a couple of heavy shots that rocked Fontijn and the the judges confusingly gave that one to the Dutchwoman.

But in the end this final eight bout was given to Fontijn on a split decision. And after losing her first fight at London 2012, Marshall’s Olympic dream has ended without a medal for the second Games in a row.

A shy character at the best of times, Marshall was barely mono-syllabic after the defeat as the disappointment welled up inside of her.

"I thought it was close, really close. I was surprised I didn't get awarded any rounds,” she said.

“I thought I'd won the second round and the last round. She's a good fighter. I don't know what I like (admire) about her, she annoys me (she's annoying to fight)."

"I'll go home and have a rest now. Maybe have a cry.

“She’s a brilliant fighter so she deserves the medal. What can I say, I haven’t got one.”

Leading into Rio, Rob McCracken, performance director of GB Boxing had told anyone that would listen that this was Marshall’s time to shine.

After the disappointment of London 2012 where she lost in the first round, she appeared to have found a new maturity in the ring and won Commonwealth gold and world bronze in the last two years.

But all that counted for little against a boxer who clearly has Marshall’s number.

Marshall admitted she will need some time to weigh up her future but in all likelihood will fight on with the aim of righting the wrongs in Tokyo 2020.

And Fontijn – who secured an Olympic bronze medal at the very least for Holland with victory – sympathised with her defeat opponent after the result.

"We've fought each other before, a lot of times actually last year. So I knew I could win but I knew it would be a hard and difficult fight,” she said.

“I knew she's a good fighter. I don't actually like to fight each other all the time because I know she could have go on to the final if she was on the other side of the draw. But it has to be done and I did it.

"Yeah I think it's causes motivational problems because you know each other already and it's not like a nice new puzzle you know. I like to fight new people and you have to discover how to win and find a plan. But when you fight the same person it doesn't change.

"We don't know each other that well but I wish her all the best. I don't like to fight her in the early rounds."

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