Olympic Boxing 2016: Medal Winners and Scores After Sunday's Results

Claressa Shields successfully retained her gold medal on Sunday after defeatingNouchka Fontijn of the Netherlands in the women's middleweight final at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.Shields became the first American boxer in history to successfully defend her Olympic gold medal, per theGuardian's Bryan Armen Graham:Shortly after her victory,Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistanclinched the second of four boxing gold medals on offer on Sunday, beatingRussia'sMisha Aloian in the men's flyweight final.Uzbekistan will have another chance at gold, too, whenFazliddin Gaibnazarov takes on Azerbaijan'sLorenzo Sotomayor in the men's light welterweight showdown.That decider comes before Joe Joyce of Great Britain faces off against France's Tony Victor James Yoka in an attempt to follow compatriot and team-mate Nicola Adams into the Rio medal books.Read on for a breakdown of Sunday's boxing finals and a roundup of all the latest medal winners. RecapDespite already clinching gold at London in 2012, Shields nevertheless had a heavy burden to bear in attempting to put back-to-back golds together on Sunday againstFontijn.However, the women's middleweight favourite ultimately came out guns blazing in the final.Boxing writer Bob Velin couldn't help but admire her technical supremacy as she lived up to the expectations set ahead of her:The fight became visiblyeasier for Shields as she progressed againstFontijn, although Greg Beacham of the Associated Press noted the two opponents ended their bout on amicable terms:Shields, 21, became the proud owner of a second Olympic gold medal, and attention will now inevitably turn toward what lies in future for the youngster and whether we'll see her on another Olympic stage.Zoirov later edged an agonisingly close men's flyweight final againstAloian of Russia, where kickboxing podcaster Steven Wright testified to the slim margins by which the two men were separated:The Uzbek ultimately caught the judges' eyes just enough to become the first fighter from his country ever to clinch gold in the men's 52-kilogram category against a capable opponent.At the other end of the spectrum, Sunday evening's super heavyweight clash between Joyce and Yoka promises to give boxing a Rio send-off to remember.
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