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Roniel Iglesias defeats Pat McCormack, wins Cuba’s first boxing gold at Tokyo Games

[ad_1] Cuba started its gold march Tuesday, bringing dwelling the welterweight prize within the first males’s last on the Tokyo Video games. Roniel Iglesias gained his second Olympic gold medal, defeating Pat McCormack of Nice Britain by a 5-0 rating at Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. The 32-year-old from Pinar del Río, Cuba had gained the […]

Richard Torrez Jr outpoints Cuba’s Dainier Peró, becomes first US super heavyweight medalist since 1988

[ad_1] Richard Torrez Jr. turned the primary American tremendous heavyweight to medal on the Olympics in 33 years on Sunday as he defeated Cuba’s Dainier Peró to advance to the semifinals on the Tokyo Olympics. Torrez, 22, of Tulare, Calif. fell behind early within the bout and needed to overcome a lower over his left eye within […]

Cuba’s Andy Cruz opens with victory in Olympic boxing contest

[ad_1] Tokyo, Jul 31 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Andy Cruz beat Luke McCormack, from the UK, 5-0, and superior to the boxing quarterfinals within the 63- kilogram division on the thirty second Olympic Video games. Cruz, two-time world champion, dominated the three rounds with correct combos that lacerated the anatomy of his opponent, who was unable […]