Connor Coyle is up and running.

The St. Joseph's ABC fighter impressed this afternoon in Glasgow with a unanimous points victory over Lungile Dyamdeki of Lesotho.

The Derry man won all three rounds and scored highest in every judges' scorecard to cruise into the last 16 of the Commonwealth Games middleweight section.

Fellow Derry boxer Sean McGlinchey is up next on Sunday night when he takes on Jamacian Cheavan Clarke at 7.35pm.

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