Boxing: Will Tony Yoka, who hit rock bottom with his new defeat, be able to bounce back?

2023-12-10 01:42:19

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Mistreated, wait-and-see, seemingly overtaken by fear, Tony Yoka failed, a third time. One more, one too many. The Belgian Ryad Merhy, lighter, smaller but robust and stubborn, thwarted all his plans and cast a thick veil over his ambitions. He had no intention of doing so but he did not offer the Rio Olympic champion in 2016 what he had come to seek at the center of Roland-Garros: a little confidence and the taste of newfound victory .