![]() Nevertheless, an Olympic silver medal is a long way from being sacked from a host of jobs in his youth - including a matchday role at football club Wolves, where he was caught eating a pie in the toilet.Ĭlarke was unable to follow Whittaker into a gold-medal bout after his semi-final was stopped by the referee in the third and final round because of a heavy cut around the Briton's right eye. That did not not look like coming and although Whittaker edged the round it was not enough as Lopez added the title to the middleweight gold he won at Rio 2016. Whittaker was told by his corner to go for his shots in the second round, but landed little on the classy Cuban until a late left hook gave him hope.īut he still trailed on four of the five cards and needed a stoppage in the final round to win gold. The Briton exuded confidence as he danced his way into the ring and started quickly, trying to upset the rhythm of the Cuban southpaw with his quick jab.īut Lopez stepped forward more as the first round progressed, leading to him winning the opener on all of the judges' scorecards. I'm going to put this to the back of my mind. I'm very disappointed - I feel like a failure," he said. Whittaker was crying on the podium after receiving his medal, before stuffing the silver into his pocket. The devastation of the defeat by Lopez was evident. He drew attention after saying he wants to become the mayor of his home town of Wolverhampton after the Games, although his primary target was getting an Olympic medal around his neck rather than the mayoral chains. Whittaker has emerged as one of the British stars in Tokyo after impressing with both his talent in the ring and his chirpy personality in the post-bout interviews. ![]() I might be the captain on paper, but there are 11 captains in this team," he said. "It's been an absolute pleasure to captain this team. On Tuesday, Pat McCormack claimed a silver medal after losing a hard-fought men's welterweight contest to Cuba's Roniel Iglesias, while Karriss Artingstall took bronze in the women's featherweight earlier in the week.Ĭlarke, who is the captain of GB's boxing squad in Tokyo, said he was proud of their performance. The colour of two more medals will be determined when Galal Yafai goes in the flyweight semi-finals on Thursday before Lauren Price's middleweight semi-final bout on Friday. Team GB have won a record six medals in the boxing events at Tokyo 2020. ![]() Whittaker, 24, was left in tears on the podium after losing on a split decision to the classy Lopez.Įarlier on Wednesday, Frazer Clarke won bronze in the men's super-heavyweight class after losing his semi-final to Uzbekistan's Bakhodir Jalolov. Ben Whittaker won Great Britain's second boxing silver of Tokyo 2020 after defeat by Cuba's Arlen Lopez in the light-heavyweight gold-medal bout.
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