Cuba dominates at the Tokyo 2020 boxing tournament

Cuba has once again proved that nobody comes close to them when we talk about amateur boxing. The proud Caribbean country captured 4 gold medals and a single bronze from the Tokyo 2020 boxing tournament.

Nobody claimed more golden medals than the Cubans – USA got 0, Great Britan got 2 and the Russians won 1.

Andy Cruz (57-63 kg), Roniel Iglesias (63-69 kg), Arlen Lopez (75-81 kg), and Julio la Cruz (81-91 kg) all took the Olympic Boxing gold medals and beamed on the podium in Japan. Lazaro Alvarez added a bronze in the men’s featherweight division for good measure. Cuba didn’t take any women to the competition.

Men’s Fly (48-52kg)

1 YAFAI Galal GBR
2 PAALAM Carlo PHI
3 BIBOSSINOV Saken KAZ
3 TANAKA Ryomei JPN

Men’s Feather (52-57kg)

1 BATYRGAZIEV Albert ROC
2 RAGAN Duke the USA
3 ALVAREZ Lazaro CUB
3 TAKYI Samuel GHA

Men’s Light (57-63kg)

1 CRUZ Andy CUB
2 DAVIS Keyshawn USA
3 GARSIDE Harry AUS
3 BACHKOV Hovhannes ARM

Men’s Welter (63-69kg)

1 IGLESIAS Roniel CUB
2 McCORMACK Pat GBR
3 ZAMKOVOI Andrei ROC
3 WALSH Aidan IRL

Men’s Middle (69-75kg)

1 SOUSA Hebert BRA
2 KHYZHNIAK Oleksandr UKR
3 BAKSHI Gleb ROC
3 MARCIAL Eumir PHI

Men’s Light Heavy (75-81kg)

1 LOPEZ Arlen CUB
2 WHITTAKER Benjamin GBR
3 ALFONSO DOMINGUEZ Loren Berto AZE
3 KHATAEV Imam ROC

Men’s Heavy (81-91kg)

1 la CRUZ Julio CUB
2 GADZHIMAGOMEDOV Muslim ROC
3 TEIXEIRA Abner BRA
3 NYIKA David NZL

Men’s Super Heavy (+91kg)

1 JALOLOV Bakhodir UZB
2 TORREZ JR Richard USA
3 CLARKE Frazer GBR
3 KUNKABAYEV Kamshybek KAZ

Women’s Fly (48-51kg)

1 KRASTEVA Stoyka Zhelyazkova BUL
2 CAKIROGLU Buse Naz TUR
3 NAMIKI Tsukimi JPN
3 HUANG Hsiao-Wen TPE

Women’s Feather (54-57kg)

1 IRIE Sena JPN
2 PETECIO Nesthy PHI
3 ARTINGSTALL Karriss GBR
3 TESTA Irma ITA

Women’s Light (57-60kg)

1 HARRINGTON Kellie Anne IRL
2 FERREIRA Beatriz BRA
3 SEESONDEE Sudaporn THA
3 POTKONEN Mira Marjut Johanna FIN

Women’s Welter (64-69kg)

1 SURMENELI Busenaz TUR
2 GU Hong CHN
3 BORGOHAIN Lovlina IND
3 JONES Oshae USA

Women’s Middle (69-75kg)

1 PRICE Lauren GBR
2 LI Qian CHN
3 FONTIJN Nouchka NED
3 MAGOMEDALIEVA Zenfira ROC

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