Tony Yoka
Yoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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| Full name | Tony Victor James Yoka |
| Nationality |
 France
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| Born |
28 April 1992 Paris, France |
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | +91 kg (201 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Boxing |
| Rated at | Super heavyweight |
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Medal record
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Tony Victor James Yoka (born 28 April 1992) is a French super heavyweight amateur boxer.
Yoka won the gold medal in the super heavyweight division at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. At the 2010 Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships he lost the final to Filip Hrgović. In 2011 he lost at the European (Senior) Championships to Olympic Champion Roberto Cammarelle. At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he outpointed Jasem Delavari from Iran but was knocked out by Cuban Erislandy Savón. At the 2012 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament he beat three opponents before getting stopped by Magomed Omarov.
Yoka won a split decision over British boxer Joe Joyce, in the super heavyweight division, at the 2016 Olympic Games, to take the gold medal for France, having beaten Hussein Ishaish in the quarter-final, and Filip Hrgović in the semi-final.
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