Team GB’s Joyce goes for gold

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Joe Joyce has the opportunity to emulate Anthony Joshua by winning an Olympic gold medal as a super-heavyweight on Sunday evening.

Joshua won gold at London 2012 and immediately went pro afterwards, forging an unbeaten record and winning the IBF heavyweight title. Is Joyce the next on the production line from Team GB’s amateur ranks?

The 30-year-old from London is boxing an old rival, France’s Tony Yoka, in Rio 2016’s gold medal match on Sunday – an opponent he is familiar with.

Yoka won the gold medal in last year’s World Amateur Boxing …

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