He may have changed divisions, but the result was still the same for Arlen López…
The 28-year-old Cuban boxer defeated Great Britain’s Benjamin Whittaker to claim boxing gold in the men’s light heavyweight division at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
Lopez outclassed the defense-minded Whittaker to win the fight on four of the five judges’ scorecards.
Cuba had never won gold at light heavyweight in its decorated Olympic boxing history until Julio Cesar La Cruz claimed the title at the 2016 Rio Games.
Lopez is the second Cuban boxer in two days to win a second gold medal in a different weight class by beating a British fighter after Roniel Iglesias achieved the same feat Tuesday.
Arlen Lopez Cardona has given Cuba its first medal of the 2024 Paris Games. The 31-year-old Cuban boxer, a two-time Olympic champion, had to settle for bronze at the 2024 Summer Olympics after losing to Ukraine’s Oleksandr Khyzhniak in the Men’s 80KG boxing semifinal, ending his quest for a record-equalling…
It’s new weight class, same result for Julio César La Cruz. The 31-year-old Cuban amateur boxer soundly defeated the Russian Olympic Committee’s Muslim Gadzhimagomedov to claim the heavyweight boxing title at the 2020 Tokyo Games. La Cruz put on a defensive masterclass in his 5:0 win to add the gold medal…
It’s a golden moment for Arlen Lopez… The 23-year-old Cuban boxer, the current world champion, beat Uzbekistan's Bektemir Melikuziev on a unanimous points decision to win the Olympic middleweight title on Saturday, Cuba's third boxing gold medal of the 2016 Rio Games. Azerbaijan's Kamran Shakhsuvarly and Mexico's Misael Rodriguez, his…
