The 19-year-old has won Open level events in Alexandria, Luxor and Doha this year, as well as a silver medal at last month's All-African Games in Brazzaville.

He was ranked only 18th in the Olympic rankings, however, and was not considered a serious threat at this event. 

Oueslati first triumphed in a thrilling semi-final with Ivory Coast's Cheick Sallah Cisse, the man who beat him in the All-African Games final, winning an unpredictable contest, despite being only one penalty away from disqualification.

Drama was even greater on the other side of the draw, with Olympic bronze medallist Muhammad overcoming world silver medal winning compatriot Damon Sansum in an all-British quarter-final.

That was as far as he was expected to get, however, with his last-four opponent being the formidable Iranian Mahdi Khodabakhshi, winner of the Asian Games and World Championships titles in the last year, as well as Grand Prix legs in Moscow and Sansum.

The Iranian was hampered, however, by a leg injury sustained in the first round, and Muhammad took the lead and refused to surrender the initiative.

Khodabakhshi, who twice ignored medical advice to withdraw from the contest, still managed to reduce the arrears in the middle stages, before being picked off by his opponent, who has struggled with injuries himself at times this season.

It was always going to be hard for Muhammad to top that in the final, and, with his opponent using his leading left leg to pick him off, he struggled to assert himself in the early stages as he had in other bouts. 

He recovered from 6-0 down to trail by three points at the end of the second, but got ambushed by two superb head-shots in the closing stages as his teenage opponent proved too strong in a 16-6 victory.

After receiving his medal, Muhammad grabbed the microphone from the announcer, before turning to his opponent and vowing to "get him next time".

Khodabakhshi was not able to attend his medals ceremony due to his injury, but did win with of the two bronze medals by virtue of losing his semi-final, while Cisse was awarded the other.

There had been no surprises in the earlier women's under 48 kilograms competition as China's dominant champion Wu Jingyu continued to dominate the division. 

Considered pound-for-pound the best fighter in the sport, the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympic gold medallist, a winner at last month's event in Sansum, was far too strong against her Thailand opponent Chanatip Sonkham, the top-seed due to Wu having competed in less ranking events.

Wu took the lead from the outset, pressing home her advantage for a 12-0 victory, with the contest being brought to a halt after two rounds due to her complete dominance.

Serbia's Tijana Bogdanovic and Azerbaijan's Patimat Abakarova won the two bronze medals.

The next major WTF event is Grand Prix Series Final in Mexico City, due to take place on December 5 and 6.

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