Olympic Boxing 2016: Medal Winners and Scores After Sunday's Results

Claressa Shields successfully retained her gold medal on Sunday after defeating Nouchka Fontijn of the Netherlands in the women's middleweight final at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Shields became the first American boxer to successfully defend her Olympic gold medal, per the Guardian's Bryan Armen Graham:

Joe Joyce of Great Britain fell in controversial fashion to France's Tony Yoka in the men's super heavyweight final, failing to join compatriot Nicola Adams as a gold-medal champion.

Shortly after Shields' victory, Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan clinched the second of four boxing gold medals on offer on Sunday, beating Russia's Misha Aloian in the men's flyweight final.

Uzbekistan took another chance at gold when Fazliddin Gaibnazarov snatched a marginal victory over Azerbaijan's Lorenzo Sotomayor Collazo in the men's light welterweight showdown.

Read on for a breakdown of Sunday's boxing finals and a roundup of all of the latest medal winners.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's Middleweight	Claressa Shields (USA)	Nouchka Fontijn (NED)	Li Qian (CHN) and Dariga Shakimova (KAZ)
Men's Flyweight	Shakhobidin Zoirov (UZB)	Misha Aloian (RUS)	Jianguan Hu (CHN) and Yoel Segundo Finol (VEN)
Men's Light Welterweight	Fazliddin Gaibnazarov (UZB)	Lorenzo Sotomayor Collazo (AZE)	Vitaly Dunaytsev (RUS) and Artem Harutyunyan (GER)
Men's Super Heavyweight	Tony Yoka (FRA)	Joe Joyce (GBR)	Filip Hrgovic (CRO) and Ivan Dychko (KAZ)

Recap 

There was major controversy at Pavilion 6 of Riocentro after Joyce was denied a gold medal in the dying stages of Rio 2016, losing to Yoka via split decision.

Boos rang around the venue after the judges' decision, and professional boxer Warren Baister argued Yoke didn't deserve to win:

Not only that, but Joyce spoke to BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Conor McNamara after the fight, and he too felt he was in control for much of the fixture:

Commentator Steve Bunce felt the judges were spot on in their assessment of the match, however, and denied Joyce the victory despite his strong finish to the proceedings:

British middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr. also felt Joyce was worthy of clinching the top prize with former team-mate Anthony Joshua watching from ringside:

The Briton may not have landed as many shots as Yoka, but there was perhaps no doubting it was Joyce who made a meatier impact on his opponent.

Following Zoirov's win earlier on Sunday, Gaibnazarov joined his team-mate in gold-medal ecstasy, slipping past Sotomayor Collazo to hand his nation a second gold in as many hours:

Despite having already clinched gold in London in 2012, Shields nevertheless had a heavy burden to bear in attempting to put together back-to-back golds on Sunday against Fontijn. However, the women's middleweight favourite came out guns blazing in the final.

Boxing writer Bob Velin couldn't help but admire her technical supremacy:

The fight became easier for Shields as she progressed against Fontijn. But Greg Beacham of the Associated Press noted the opponents ended their bout on amicable terms:

Attention will now turn toward what lies ahead for the 21-year-old Shields and whether we'll see her on another Olympic stage.

Zoirov emerged from an agonisingly close final against Aloian, and kickboxing podcaster Steven Wright testified to the slim margins by which the two men were separated:

The Uzbek caught the judges' eyes just enough to become the first fighter from his country to clinch gold in the men's 52-kilogram class.