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Olympics-Boxing-Yoka wins super-heavy gold for France

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 21 (Reuters) - France's Tony Yoka beat Britain's Joe Joyce to win the men's Olympic super-heavyweight title on Sunday and match the lightweight gold medal won by girlfriend Estelle Mossely earlier in the week. Now half of a golden couple, Yoka becomes the first Frenchman to win gold in the heaviest division. Croatia's Filip Hrgovic and Kazakhstan's Ivan Dychko took the bronze medals as losing semi-finalists. Britain's Anthony Joshua, the 2012 champion, turned professional after the London Games. (Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Rex Gowar)