Boxing for England and Scotland respectively, Maxwell and Taylor each stand one more victory away from qualification - unless both win, in which case they will have to fight off at a later date for the single GB berth at 60kg.

Maxwell's major international debut continued in style with a fine 20-10 success over Moldova's Piotr Apostol, despite having to clamber up from a flash knockdown in the final round.

Lochend youngster Taylor kept his side of the bargain, beating Latvia's Artjoms Ramlavs 14-4. Maxwell faces the tallest order on Wednesday, against home favourite and European champion Fatih Keles.

There was disappointment for London light-flyweight Charlie Edwards, whose hopes of starring in his home Olympics were shattered by a 17-12 defeat to Bulgaria's Aleksander Aleksandrov.