MO Nasir faces Darran Langley in his Commonwealth Games semi-final tomorrow in a good old fashioned Wales v England battle.

And the light flyweight boxer from Newport is determined not to let the Welsh fans back home down in what promises to be a classic affair.

Tomorrow's battle between the pair is the most talked about fight at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne with the bout a sell-out.

Both boxers are talking up their chances and are desperate to make Saturday's final.

Nasir said: "It is Wales v England so I'm sure the Australian fans will be behind me, I know can beat him and if I put in a performance like my last then I don't think anyone can beat me.

"I've got a chance to make the final now, I want to beat Langley and make it. Langley is a good boy, he's been around for few years and he is the Commonwealth Games silver medallist.

"I've seen him box before. He is every experience and is a counter puncher, but I'm not going to change my style and it should be a good fight."

Nasir was watched by injured Newport sprinter Christian Malcolm in Tuesday's quarter-final. And as he admits seeing the Welsh sprinter game, inspired him to victory.

He said: "It means so much that he came here. I met Christian in the village and he came over and shook my hand and he said he would come and watch me a fight because he was injured.

"It means a lot to have these Welsh guys watching me and it gives me so much confidence." Langley himself is quite dismissive of Nasir's chances and is more than confident he will beat the Newport boxer.

He said: "Mo is a nice guy, but I am going to beat him.

"I came so close to winning gold in Manchester and I'm not going home with any other than a gold medal hanging around my neck."

Earlier today Nasir's stable-mate Matthew Edmunds lost 21-8 to Louis Julie from Mauritius in the quarter-finals, ending his medal hopes.

Bantamweight Edmunds failed to get going and was always trailing against an awkward opponent.

He said: "I don't know what to say, I am absolutely gutted. I tried to get to him, but I just couldn't track him down, I wanted this so much and have worked so hard to try and win a medal so I am devastated."

Port Talbot's featherweight Darren Edwards became the fourth Welshman to make the semi-finals joining Nasir, Kevin Evans and Jamie Crees.

He stopped Malaysia's Eddey Kalai 36-14 in a comprehensive victory and now faces England's Stephen Smith.

He said: "This means the world to me, this is my Olympics and to win a medal is just amazing.

"To know that I am coming home with a medal around my neck is an amazing feeling, although I don't know what colour it is yet.

"I've got a tough fight in the semi's, I lost to him 11-12 the last time I fought him so this will be a cracking re-match and I'm determined to come out as the winner".

l Welsh sprinter Matt Elias this morning collapsed at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, but is still expected to be fit for the men's relay later this week.

Elias collapsed in the MCG's media mixed zone in front of amazed reporters immediately after crashing out of the men's semi-final 400m hurdles.

Elias came sixth in his heat, failing to qualify, and ran a poor time of 49.89 and looked a shadow of the man who yesterday cruised through his heat to make today's semi-final.

The 26-year-old Commonwealth Games silver medallist staggered off the track following his race and stumbled in to the MCG's mixed zone where post-race interviews are conducted.

He stumbled towards reporters before collapsing and vomiting and was then put in the recovery position by medics.

Several minutes later he was then wheelchaired away from the mixed zone to the medical centre at the stadium.

He was attended to for an hour before being driven by medics to the athletes village.

But Team Wales doctor Gareth Jones is confident Elias will be able to compete in the relay.

Jones said: "Matt suffered what is commonly known as 'venous pooling' (blood pooling in his his legs with prolonged standing in the heat), a not infrequent occurrence under such environmental conditions.

"He made a rapid recovery and is fully expected to participate in the 4x400m relay as planned."

The relay team's preparations have already been badly affected by the withdrawal of Tim Benjamin and Iwan Thomas and the retirement of Jamie Baulch.

Malcolm was expected to run a leg of the quartet also, but pulled out of the Games with a hamstring injury earlier this week.