Eat this!: Britain’s Benjamin Whittaker is punched in the face by Cuba’s Arlen Lopez. — Reuters
TOKYO: Cuba’s Arlen Lopez won his second Olympic gold medal as he taught Britain’s Ben Whittaker a boxing lesson in the final of the men’s light-heavyweight in Tokyo.
The 28-year-old Lopez, who won middleweight gold at the Rio 2016 Olympics, was surprisingly only a split-points winner, having been the aggressor and clearly better boxer throughout the three rounds.
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