Referee Kheira Sidi Yakoub, left, announces Claressa Shields of the United States as the winner in the women’s middleweight championship bout, giving her the historic first gold in the sport’s Olympic debut. (Scott Heavey /Getty Images)
Team USA’s Claressa Shields wins the first Olympic gold medal for the sport.
Seventeen-year-old Claressa Shields of the United States, right, exchanges punches with Nadezda Torlopova of Russia. (Scott Heavey / Getty Images)
Gold medalist Claressa Shields of the United States celebrates on the podium after winning the first-ever Olympic middleweight division of women’s boxing. The high school junior from Flint, Mich., beat Russia’s Nadezda Torlopova on points, 19-12. (Alberto Pizzoli / AFP/Getty Images)
China’s Ren Cancan is knocked to the canvas by Great Britain’s Nicola Adams during their women’s flyweight boxing final. Adams won the bout to take the gold medal. (Mark Duncan / Associated Press)
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Ireland’s Katie Taylor, left, fights Russia’s Sofya Ochigava, in the women’s lightweight gold-medal bout. (Patrick Semansky/ Associated Press)
Irish gold medalist Katie Taylor tosses her flowers to the crowd after the medal ceremony for women’s lightweight boxing. (Patrick Semansky/ Associated Press)
