The final of the 69kg category was held on the morning of the second day. After resting for a night at the Bangkok resort hotel, Link followed his coaching team to the venue.
His opponent for this match was the British boxer Martin Murray, who was 28 years old, 183 cm tall, with an arm span of 187 cm, and weighed 68.5 kg.
Martin Murray started amateur boxing at 16, had won the Commonwealth Youth Championship, the ABAE Boxing Elite Championship, participated in the World Championships three times, reaching the semi-finals once, winning a World Championship gold medal on the second occasion, and this being his third time, he had represented Britain at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals.
His current amateur record stands at 92 fights, 83 wins, 7 losses, and 2 draws.
