- Cuban welterweight has won medals at three Olympics
- Gold still eludes well-beaten McCormack in final
Roniel Iglesias, the brilliant Cuban veteran, became a two-times Olympic champion when he beat Britain’s Pat McCormack on a wide and unanimous decision on Tuesday in the final of the welterweight division. The 32-year-old won bronze at the 2008 Games in Beijing before becoming the light-welterweight champion at London 2012.
Iglesias is now one of 10 boxers to have won medals at three Olympic Games and the Cuban sealed his place in the pantheon with a sumptuous performance that showcased so much of the slick skill and fighting grit of the greatest amateur boxing country in the world.
