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San Jose Mercury News
| 10 months ago
With a low rumble and high-pitched screams, Anthony Joshua's hometown fans stood in unison before the final round of the final bout of the Olympics. Joshua faced a three-point deficit to the defending super heavyweight champ, a daunting deficit in...
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The independent
| 10 months ago
Suggested Topics Great Britain's Anthony Joshua is the Olympic super-heavyweight champion after just 43 fights and four years in the boxing game. In the ring yesterday he won the gold, deposing Italy's Roberto Cammarelle, the reigning champion, and...
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The independent
| 10 months ago
Suggested Topics It was simply a fight too far for Fred Evans in the welterweight final on the 16th and final day of the truly remarkable boxing tournament at the ExCeL, which was once again deserving of its bear-pit nickname. Evans won four times,...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
Evans struggled with Sapiyev`s longer reach throughout the fight, missing with many of his counter-punches as the Kazakhstani fighter picked him off from range. Sapiyev, the world championship silver medallist last year, won the first round 4-2,...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
Joshua was awarded the win on count back after recovering a three-point deficit while going into the last round for an 18-18 final score. The 22-year-old world silver medallist threw caution to the wind in round three, cornering his experienced...
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United Press International
| 10 months ago
Anthony Joshua gave Britain its final gold medal of the London Games Sunday by winning the super-heavyweight boxing title. Joshua won a narrow decision over Roberto Cammarelle of Italy and claimed the 29th victory for British athletes at these...
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Wellington Dominion
| 10 months ago
Britain's Anthony Joshua produced a big comeback to beat Italian Olympic champion Roberto Cammarelle to the super-heavyweight title today, capping an impressive performance by the host nation in the ring. Joshua, ten years Cammarelle's junior and...
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The independent
| 10 months ago
Suggested Topics Anthony Joshua rounded off Great Britain's most successful boxing performance at an Olympic Games for over 100 years in dramatic fashion as he made up a three-point deficit in the final round to claim super-heavyweight gold on...
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Mail Online UK
| 10 months ago
12 August 2012 Britain had a new boxing hero today after Anthony Joshua punched his way to glory with an Olympic gold. London boy Joshua turned round a three-point deficit to level it after all three rounds and won on count back of the number of...
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BBC
| 10 months ago
Joshua, 22, was unlucky to be trailing by three points going into the final round against the defending champion. But needing a grandstand finish, and urged on by a raucous crowd, Joshua came on strong down the stretch. The judges scored the fight 18-...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
Anthony Joshua followed in the footsteps of some of the all-time great boxers as he beat Roberto Cammarelle of Italy to win the gold medal in the super heavyweight division at the Excel Arena. The Watford fighter went into the final round trailing by...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 10 months ago
Anthony Joshua won the Olympic super heavyweight gold medal in thrilling fashion Sunday, rallying from a third-round deficit to beat defending champion Roberto Cammarelle of Italy in a tiebreaker. Joshua trailed 13-10 entering the third round, but...
