France’s Yoka follows fiancée to boxing gold

Author: Agencies

RIO DE JANEIRO: France’s Tony Yoka completed a romantic Olympic double on Sunday, winning the super-heavyweight title just days after his fiancee had secured her own boxing gold medal. The 24-year-old from Paris – the first Frenchman ever to win the Olympic super-heavyweight division – outfoxed Britain’s Joe Joyce to claim a split-points decision. After the victory Yoka sought out his fiancee Estelle Mossely, who won France’s first women’s Olympic boxing crown on Friday. The couple embraced ringside after he got the narrow win before wrapping themselves in a French Tricolor. “It’s incredible, this story,” Yoka said.

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