Beijing Olympic Games

James DeGale triumphed over Cuban Emilio Correa Bayeaux to secure a gold medal for Team GB.

The middleweight from Dale Youth Amateur Boxing Cub in London was 6 - 1 up at the end of the first round, showing an exceptional amount of skill and a cool composure against an opponent who was ken to emulate his father, who won Gold in the 1972 Munich Olympics.

A tense three rounds followed, with the Cuban having two points deducted after biting DeGale in desperation, but the Londoner held on to his lead until the end, when he collapsed on the canvass in emotion.  The final score was 16 - 14 to DeGale and a Gold to go with the Bronze Medals awarded to team mates Tony Jeffries and David Price.

An ecstatic DeGale summed up his feelings "all the boxing greats have won it - Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard - and now that's me.  I have won Olympic Gold and made history and it feels unbelievable".

The team have now returned home to enjoy their moment in the media spotlight, as well as a well earned rest.

This success of the British Boxing Team hasn't been this prolific for 52 years and attention now shifts to the London 2012 Olympics.

The Roll of Honour Medal is as follows:

Boxer	Weight	Honour
James DeGale	75kg	Olympic Champion
Tony Jeffries	81kg	Bronze Medalist
David Price	+91kg	Bronze Medalist

The GB Team consisted of the following:

Boxer	Weight	Club
Khalid Yafai	48kg	Birmingham City Police
Joe Murray	54kg	Boarshaw ABC
Bradley Saunders	64kg	Spennymoor ABC
Billy Joe Saunders	69kg	Hoddesdon ABC
James DeGale	75kg	Dale Youth ABC
Tony Jeffries	81kg	Sunderland ABC
David Price	+91kg	Salisbury ABC