Roniel Iglesias joins elite Olympic group after beating Pat McCormack to gold

Cuban welterweight has won medals at three Olympics
Gold still eludes well-beaten McCormack in final

Roniel Iglesias, the brilliant Cuban veteran, became a two-time Olympic champion when he beat Britain’s Pat McCormack on a wide and unanimous decision on Tuesday in the final of the welterweight division. The 32-year-old boxer won bronze at the 2008 Games in Beijing before becoming the Olympic light-welterweight champion at London 2012.

Iglesias is now one of only 10 boxers to have won medals at three Olympic Games and the Cuban sealed his place in the pantheon with a sumptuous performance which showcased so much of the slick skill and fighting grit of the greatest amateur boxing country in the world.