Olympics-Boxing-Russia's Tishchenko wins heavyweight gold
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Russia's Evgeny Tishchenko won the Olympic heavyweight boxing gold medal to a chorus of boos on Monday after beating Kazakhstan's Vasily Levit 3-0 on points.
Levit took the silver medal.
The bronze medals went to losing semi-finalists Rustam Tulaganov of Uzbekistan and Erislandy Savon of Cuba. (Reporting by Alan Baldwin Editing by Alison Williams)
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