By Mark Staniforth, PA Sport

David Dolan and Darren Barker grabbed boxing golds for England but the host nation failed to match the four victories they had achieved in Kuala Lumpur four years ago.

Sunderland's Dolan rounded off a day of mixed fortunes for his team by following in the footsteps of Audley Harrison and claiming super-heavyweight gold.

Earlier light-welterweight Darren Barker had sunk to his knees in celebration after beating Uganda's Mohammed Kayongo in a packed MEN Arena.

And Welshman Jamie Arthur made history by scooping lightweight gold and raising the red dragon for the first time in a Commonwealth boxing tournament since the great Howard Winstone took bantamweight gold in Cardiff 44 years ago.

But Darran Langley, Paul Smith and Steven Birch all had to settle for silver.

Dolan admitted he was nervy before his 27-20 win over Canada's David Cadieux, but that was never going to derail him in the biggest fight of his career.

"It was my biggest fight ever and the nerves got to me a bit when I woke up this morning," said the 22-year-old fine arts student.

"I thought I would be ecstatic when I won gold but I'm not yet because it hasn't sunk in at all."

Dolan was a three-times ABA champion at heavyweight but moved up to secure his Commonwealth Games place.

He had a stroke of fortune in his semi-final when Welshman Kevin Evans was ruled out with a bloody nose when he was 7-2 ahead.

But Dolan thoroughly deserved his victory.

He added: "I just wanted to get off to a good start because I knew how strong I was and that my fitness would make a difference in the end."

Meanwhile Barker had a very special person in the crowd cheering him on to his excellent victory.

Jackie Barker has never been persuaded to attend any of her son's fights before, but the new champion said: "She came up to this one.

"I didn't see her before the fight but I saw her afterwards and she was crying her eyes out."

Barker led by six points at the half-way stage, but the Ugandan hit back well and landed a couple of strong right-hands in the second round.

However, Barker coped well with Kayongo's longer reach and awkward style and was good value for his win.

He said: "I wish I could have performed a bit better because that was below par in my eyes - but if I've got more to come then that must be saying something.

"Since I was a little kid I always dreamed of winning Olympic gold so I'll go back to the gym and that's what I'll work for now.

"I won't even think about whether to turn professional or not until I've hopefully been to Athens."

Arthur rolled back the years and paid tribute to his predecessor as Welsh boxing champion.

After outpointing Zambian Dennis Zimba 37-35 in a gruelling contest, the 22-year-old scaffolder admitted: "I'll never be able to walk in Howard Winstone's shoes but if I can follow in his footsteps that would be great.

"He is a man who I always loved and respected. I said all along I only wanted gold but this is a dream come true."

London light-flyweight Langley was beaten 27-25 by Indian Qamar Ali.

Langley blew a five-point lead going into the final round but had every good reason to be satisfied with silver.

He revealed: "I was in bed with a cold for two days and the only time I got up was to fight.

"Then I twisted my ankle during my second fight and that was giving me some problems.

"I knew I was up going into the last round but I was too negative because I didn't want to mix it up. That cost me the fight."

Liverpool's Smith put up a brave performance but had to settle for light-middleweight silver against accomplished Canadian Jean Pascal.

Smith, in his first year as a senior boxer, had surprised many by getting to the final and he got off to a slow start.

Pascal picked him off at will in the opening round to take a 6-1 lead, but Smith stormed back to win the next two rounds before dropping an 18-16 decision.

Smith said: "I don't believe the hype about that guy and if I'd have fought him in the first or second bout in the tournament I think I'd have beaten him.

"This was my first major tournament and it was the fittest I've ever been. But I'm looking to Athens now and you haven't seen the best of me yet."

St Helens middleweight Birch also went down 20-14 to counter-punching Australian Paul Miller.

The pair were locked together after the third round but Miller's extra accuracy won him the bout as it drew to its conclusion.

Birch said: "I came here expecting to win gold but this is a good stepping-stone for me. Next year's World Championships are also a good stepping stone for me before my main goal which is the Olympics."

The Australians stole the show by claiming three golds.

Along with Miller, there were victories for bantamweight Justin Kane and welterweight Daniel Geale.