By Mark Staniforth, PA Sport

Andy Morris' family travelled one mile up the road from home to roar him to victory at the Wythenshawe Forum.

Darren Barker and Paul Smith, whose mothers both refuse to watch them fight, had a little less support.

But the trio contributed equally to the continued success of the home nation's boxing team with victories at lightweight, light-welterweight and light-middleweight respectively.

Nineteen-year-old Morris is the youngest member of England's 10-strong squad and it is no surprise that in Wythenshawe he is the most popular.

This year's ABA champion still lives just down the street with his mum and dad and boxes for the West Wythenshawe amateur club.

He stopped Jamaican Courtney Harvey 19 seconds into round three on the 15-point rule after his controlled aggression swept him into a 19-4 lead.

Despite his proximity to the venue it was only the second time Morris has ever boxed at the Forum Centre. So great was the demand for tickets that his father and friends considered joining the ranks of Games volunteers in order to see him box.

Morris said: "In the end we didn't have any problems getting the tickets because we managed to get a few more out of Sport England.

"My family and friends were all there but I don't feel the pressure because I always box in front of a big crowd. They follow me everywhere and they just boost me even more."

If Morris were to go on and reach the lightweight final, he will fulfill a long-standing dream and box at the MEN Arena - where he would have less problem getting enough tickets.

He said: "Boxing there has been an ambition of mine since it opened. It would be amazing. But I can't go jumping the gun."

Some of Barker's friends from the famous Repton club he represents fitted in alongside the Morris clan. But his mother Jackie was absent.

"She never comes to watch me fight," Barker said after his 20-15 win over Northern Ireland's Paul McCloskey.

"They terrify her. The first thing she knows is when I call to tell her. Even if I reached the final and boxed for Commonwealth Games gold, she wouldn't come."

Smith's mother Margaret was also absent. But he got enough tickets for those family members who wanted to watch him stop Welshman Lee Jones with seven seconds left in round three via the 15-point system.

The Liverpool 23-year-old, who works in the post room at Bootle tax office, said: "I used to look up to people like Audley Harrison and I never thought I'd be up there with them.

"I was aiming for the next Olympics and I didn't expect this at all. It has been great to be a part of such a good team."

Another Liverpudlian, bantamweight Mark Moran, was given a great test by lanky Kenyan David Munyasia, who looked astonished by the judges' 22-18 decision in Moran's favour.

Moran admitted: "I thought I won it but I thought it could have been even closer than that."

Belfast student Martin Lindsay finally kick-started Northern Ireland's challenge after they had started with four defeats on the opening day.

Bantam Lindsay outpointed Sri Lanka's Manju Wanniarachchi 28-20 and now faces Moran at the next stage.

Lindsay said: "I thought my defence could have been better today and got caught by a few stupid shots. I could have done a bit more but I was never really under that much pressure."

But promising light-middle Gerard McAuley suffered the agony of a single-point defeat to Cameroon's Foster Nkodo. McAuley faded in the last round and went down 19-18. He said: "It's all my own fault. I didn't get my work-rate going. He just kept swinging and I didn't get my shots off."

Cwmbran's Jamie Arthur got the better of Scot Mark Hastie in an all-British lightweight duel.

Each fighter took a standing count before the Welshman took the verdict 21-12. He said: "I've got to pick my workrate up a bit more and I felt a little nervous."

Cwmavon bantamweight Darren Edwards was beaten 53-48 on the countback system after a 12-12 draw with South African Ludumo Galada.

But the lanky Welshman was fortunate to have gone so close after a bout which the South African largely dictated.

Edwards had breezed through his first round fight on Friday against Botswana's Khumino Ikgopoleng and accepted that Galada had posed a much more difficult test.

He said: "It was a good bout and I knew it was very close. It could have gone either way. I'm going to take a couple of weeks off and decide where I go from there."

Bow welterweight Daniel Happe produced a magnificent performance to overwhelm three-times Canadian champion Ryan Savage and preserve England's unbeaten record.

Happe, having only recently moved up in weight, started a slight underdog but the southpaw eased to a 23-6 victory.

He forced Savage to take a standing eight count with a left-right combination in the final round and floored Savage with another left which the referee contentiously ruled a slip.

Happy Happe said: "I thought I could have started a bit faster but in the last two rounds I was cruising.

"I can be a much better fighter than I was out there but I've put the training in and I'm very happy. Since I moved up in weight I've felt 100 stronger and it's all come together a lot more.

"Lots of people said I couldn't move up in weight and come to a Games like this, so I'm here to prove a lot of people wrong."

Fife's Kevin Anderson got Scotland's Games up and running with a light-welterweight win over Pakistan's Asghar Ali Shah.

Anderson picked up a 29-18 verdict after an explosive contest to become his nation's first boxing winner of the Games.

And despite his team beginning with two defeats Anderson predicted a successful tournament.

He saisd: "We've got a really good team here and there's no reason why we can't get quite a few medals.

"I've put in so much time that for me it's a gold medal or nothing. The first fight is always the hardest so it was a good win for me to start the week."