Olympic-Boxing-Cuba's La Cruz wins light-heavyweight gold
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Julio Cesar La Cruz out-pointed Kazakhstan's Adilbek Niyazymbetov on Thursday to become the first Cuban to win a light-heavyweight Olympic boxing gold medal.
France's Mathieu Bauderlique and Britain's Joshua Buatsi took bronze as losing semi-finalists.
The gold was Cuba's first in the ring at the Rio Games and the light-heavyweight division was the only one without a previous Cuban winner. (Reporting by Alan Baldwin Editing by Alison Williams)
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