The United States’ Claressa Shields will try to win her second women’s middleweight gold medal on Sunday against the Netherlands’ Nouchka Fontijn. Shields won gold four years ago in London and is considered the heavy favorite to bring home the hardware again in Rio. She beat Fontijn just three months ago at the World Championships.
Olympic boxing 2016 schedule: Time, TV coverage, live stream for women’s middleweight final and more
Claressa Shields will go for her second consecutive gold on Sunday.
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NBCSN will carry the boxing finals live on television, while NBC Sports will have streams of all Sunday's bouts.
Shields clinched at least a silver medal when she took down Dariga Shakimova of Kazakhstan in the semifinals, giving Shakimova the bronze medal in the division. But a silver won’t be enough for Shields, who has all the confidence in the world going into a match against Fontijin.
Following the bout between Shields and Fontijn, Uzbekistan’s Shakhobidin Zoirov will take on Russia’s Misha Aloian in the men’s flyweight gold medal match. Uzbekistan will get a chance to win in back-to-back matches as Fazliddin Gaibnazarov goes for lightweight gold against Azerbaijan’s Lorenzo Sotomayor Collazo.
The final boxing event on the final day of competition will see France’s Tony Victor James Yoka attempt to avenge his Round of 16 exit in London with a gold medal match against Great Britain’s Joe Joyce in the super heavyweight division.
2016 Rio Olympics boxing coverage for Sunday, August 21
Time: 1 p.m.
TV: NBCSN (live)
Online Streaming Links via NBC Sports Below
1:00 p.m. - Women’s middle (69-75kg) final bout
1:15 p.m. - Men’s fly (52kg) final bout
2:00 p.m. - Men’s light welter (64 kg) final bout
2:15 p.m. - Men’s super heavy (+91 kg) final bout
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