Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Boxing - Men's Flyweight - Semifinal - Kokugikan Arena - Tokyo, Japan - August 5, 2021. Galal Yafai of Britain reacts after winning his fight against Saken Bibossinov of Kazakhstan REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) - In 2015 British boxer Galal Yafai was working on the factory floor for a car manufacturer and dreaming of being an Olympic champion - on Sunday that dream could come true when he faces Carlo Paalam of the Philippines in the Olympic flyweight final.
Having lost in the last 16 at the Rio Games, the 28-year-old Brit came back and out-pointed Kazakhstan's Saken Bibossinov to book his spot in the gold-medal bout in Tokyo, a step closer to fulfilling the dreams he had back in 2015.
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