Filipino Yafai wins gold in Boxing tokyo Olympics.
Key points:
- Galal Yafai won Britain’s first boxing gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics.
- Yafai is the first British boxing gold medal champion at Tokyo 2020 after Pat McCormack (welterweight) and Ben Whittaker (light-heavyweight) won silvers.
- Frazer Clarke (super-heavyweight) and Kariss Artingstall (women’s featherweight) received bronze medals.
- British brilliance in the ring
- Galal Yafai wins men’s flyweight boxing gold beating Carlo Paalam.
Yafai, the 23-year-old Filipino to the material in the first round with a furious pass on the snare to the jaw. Yet, Paalam recuperated rapidly and contended energetically for what might have been the Philippines’ first-historically speaking Olympic boxing gold decoration.
England’s Galal Yafai after his men’s flyweight 52-kg boxing gold decoration match against Carlo Paalam of the Philippines.
Yafai sent the 23-year-old Filipino to the material in the first round with a furious pass on the snare to the jaw. Yet, Paalam recuperated rapidly and contended energetically for what might have been the Philippines’ first-historically speaking Olympic boxing gold decoration.
Galal Yafai won Britain’s first boxing gold decoration of the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday after an amazing triumph over Filipino Carlo Paalam in the men’s flyweight last.
However, the 28-year-old ruling Commonwealth champion who won on a split choice was the more grounded fighter all through, taking the battle to Paalam on the front foot and beating him with precise punches and a composed presentation.
Yafai sent the 23-year-old Filipino to the material in the first round with a savage pass on the snare to the jaw; however, Paalam recuperated rapidly and contended energetically for what might have been the Philippines’ first-since forever Olympic boxing gold decoration.
The Briton, who once worked in a vehicle processing plant and has two proficient fighters siblings, kept his cool as Paalam came out doing combating in the following two rounds, blending roundhouses in with uppercuts through the centre. Yet, Yafai held a solid gatekeeper to battle off his rival.
Paalam’s silver was the fourth in 57 years in Olympic boxing for the Philippines.
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