With a packed crowd getting fully behind the home nation, it was Campbell who was first to secure his spot in the gold medal match tomorrow as the 24-year-old from Hull completely outclassed Japan's Satoshi Shimizu 20-11.

The win set up what a mouthwatering bantamweight final clash against Ireland's John Joe Nevin, who booked the clash against Campbell with a stunning 19-14 win against Cuba's reigning world champion Lazaro Alvarez Estrada.

Nevin won all three rounds and the London 2012 gold medal match will be a repeat of the pair's thrilling semi-final fight at the World Championships last year, when Campbell claimed the narrowest of wins via countback before losing out to Estrada.

However, Campbell said he is confident of victory in the final after the win last year.

"He is the same fighter as he was back then when I beat him," he said.

"He hasn't changed but I feel as though I'm getting better."

Luke Campbell (in red) outfought Satoshi Shimizu in their bantamweight semi-final

With thousands of Irish fans expected to join the Britons at the ExCeL tomorrow evening it could be an electric atmosphere with Campbell looking to emulate the flyweight gold won by compatriot Nicola Adams earlier this week and Nevin hoping to equal the gold won by Irish team-mate Katie Taylor in the lightweight event, the nation's only gold of the Games so far.

Evans was the second Briton to book his spot in the final as the 21-year-old Welshman claimed a narrow 11-10 over Ukrainian Taras Shelestyuk, the top seed and reigning world champion.

He now faces second seed Serik Sapiyev of Kazakhstan in his final on Sunday

"Every time I come in here it just keeps getting bigger and better," said Evans, who has now bettered the only other Welshman to win an Olympic medal, Ralph Evans, who claimed bronze at Munich in 1972.

"I can adapt to different fighters.

"The Kazakh is more of a boxer so it's just a case of focusing on the game plan."

Ireland's John Joe Nevin will be hoping to silence British cheers in the bantamweight final

Meanwhile Joshua brought the house down by outpointing Ivan Dychko of Kazakhstan 13-11 in a thrilling super heavyweight semi-final.

The 22-year-old Londoner was up against a man three inches taller than him, and after going in level after the first two rounds the home favourite and reigning World Championship silver medallist dominated the third to take the win.

Joshua will now fight defending Olympic gold medallist Roberto Cammarelle of Italy, who beat world champion Magomedrasul Medzhidov of Azerbaijan 13-12, in the final.

It should be a thrilling clash on Sunday after Joshua defeated the 32-year-old 15-13 at last year's World Championships before losing to Medzhidov in the final by a point.

"I saw Lennox Lewis on Thursday and he told me to back him up with the jab so that it what I did," said Joshua.

"I always put my coaches first, but Lennox owns the T-shirt and he gave me some advice that I took with me into this fight.

"Cammarelle is talented and an Olympic champion but if I grow as a fighter again, I'll hopefully get the win."

Welterweight Fred Evans is now Wales' most successful Olympic boxer

The only slight note of disappointment was a bronze medal for middleweight Anthony Ogogo who lost his semi-final 16-9 to Brazil's Esquiva Falcão.

But after the results today and the gold won by Adams, Britain remain on course for their best showing in an Olympic boxing ring since the Melbourne 1956 Games when they won two golds, a silver and three bronzes.

Meanwhile, there were mixed results for Ireland as Nevin's win was countered by losses for light flyweight Paddy Barnes and flyweight Michael Conlan.

Barnes, the only Irish boxer to win two Olympic medals, lost his last-four encounter against defending champion Zou Shiming of China on countback after the scores were tied at 15-15 while Conlan went down 20-10 to Cuba's Robeisy Ramirez Carrazana.

Despite the losses at the semi-final stage, both fighters pick up bronze medals for Ireland.

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