Saturday, 11 August 2012

Boxing: Slick Sotolongo ends Cuban gold drought (Reuters)

Cuba's Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo (R) talks with Ukraine's Denys Berinchyk after defeating him in their Men's Light Welter (64kg) gold medal boxing match at the London Olympics August 11, 2012. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

LONDON (Reuters) - Classy Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo won Cuba's first Olympics boxing gold in eight years on Saturday when he beat Ukraine's Denys Berinchyk in a battle which pitted the great amateur boxing nation against the rising force of the sport. Sotolongo, one of the most clinical boxers at the Games who beat world light-welterweight champion Everton dos Santos Lopes of Brazil on his way to the final, caught the aggressive Ukrainian with one left upper cut too many to win 22-15. "Today is the day which is the most important in my whole career," Sotolongo told reporters. ...




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