This fighter couldn't bring himself to put on his Olympic silver.
A Great Britain boxer has refused to wear his silver medal after being beaten in the gold medal match atMen's light-heavyweight fighter Ben Whittaker was shattered when he lost a split decision to Cuba's Arlen Lopez, though the result seemed fair; even flattering to the Briton, given that his opponent was the perpetual aggressor.
"I did not want silver, I lost the gold. So to me it's failure, so I am not going to celebrate silver at the moment."Benjamin Whittaker looks away from his silver medal, while Arlen Lopez celebrates gold.
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