Saturday, 11 August 2012

Boxing: Ukraine's Usyk wins heavyweight gold (Reuters)

Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk celebrates after being declared the winner over Italy's Clemente Russo during their Men's Heavy (91kg) gold medal boxing match at the London Olympics August 11, 2012. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

LONDON (Reuters) - Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk beat Italy's Clemente Russo to win the men's Olympic heavyweight boxing gold medal on Saturday. Usyk claimed a 14-11 victory at the Excel Arena in south east London. Losing semi-finalists Tervel Pulev of Bulgaria and Teymur Mammadov of Azerbaijan took bronze. (Reporting by Patrick Johnston)




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