| Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8 |
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Britain’s Galal Yafai is Olympic flyweight champion after an impressive victory over Carlo Paalam of the Philippines in Tokyo.
Yafai, 28, gained a 4-1 points decision at the Kokugikan Arena to secure Britain’s 19th gold medal of the Games.
In a thrilling start, the Briton knocked his opponent down after only 90 seconds on his way to victory.
Britain have won 59 medals – 19 gold, 20 silver, 20 bronze – compared with 65 at London 2012 and 67 at Rio 2016.
Paalam, 23, was aiming to become the first Filipino to win Olympic boxing gold, but was outclassed early on and was caught by two lefts in the opening round to send him down.
All five judges gave the opening round to Yafai and four of the five also gave him the second as he impressed with his speed and movement and also landed superb uppercuts and left hooks, as well as shots to the body.
Paalam won the third round on all five judges’ cards, but it was not enough as Yafai gained a 29-28 victory on four of the cards, with the other one in favour of the Filipino by the same margin.
Before the final, Yafai, the younger brother of professional boxers Kal and Gamal, had said having the chance to fight for gold was “something I’ve dreamed of and could never see happening”, but added that he was reaping the rewards for years of hard work.
More to follow.
