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RIO DE JANEIRO - With a sweep of his feet, super heavyweight boxer Joe Joyce tried to charm the locals as he closed in on Olympic gold.The British fighter - and one-time cheerleader -- usually celebrates with a backflip but he wanted to acknowledge the Brazilian culture and his end-of-fight Ginga move, a fundamental feature of capoeira, the Afro-Brazilian martial art, showed how much thought he had put into his Games adventure.Joyce had just beaten Uzbekistans Bakhodir Jalolov by a unanimous decision, winning all three rounds and securing a guaranteed bronze medal in the process.The 30-year-old has his sights firmly set on gold, though, as the late starter seeks to follow in the path of former sparring partner Anthony Joshua and make it big as a professional after the Games.I have got the full set of medals now, said Joyce, who is Commonwealth and European champion, and took bronze at last years world championships. Its just about turning that to gold now.People look to the gold medallist, its the highest thing you can achieve in open boxing.Joyce is not an average boxer; he has a fine art degree and has led a colourful life. Joshua calls him a beast but his post-fight dance showed how much more there is to him.Its a cultural celebration, capoeira, and in Rio its good to broadcast another of my talents, he said. I added the Ginga to make sure everyone knew what it was.What if he won gold - would the backflip return? Yes. Save the best fireworks for the end.Joyce was the leading male fighter among Britains 12-strong squad when it was named and his two wins will have buoyed the camp after a tricky start to the competition.His quarterfinal victory meant a third medal success for Team GB after Nicola Adams had won at the same stage in the womens flyweight division earlier on Tuesday.Joshua Buatsis bronze was the third British medal, meaning the sports minimum pre-Olympics target has been met. However, he lost the chance to upgrade his light heavyweight bronze before Joshua went on at Rio Centro 6 and the only other British medal hope is Savannah Marshall, who could secure a middleweight bronze against the Netherlands Nouchka Fontijn on Wednesday.For boxing to really join the Team GB medal party, Joyce and Adams need to make their finals. Even then, the success of other sports would cast a shadow over anything less than gold and the outside chance of Marshall joining them with a first or second place might be needed.Im disappointed but a bronze medal surpasses all expectations, light-heavyweight Buatsi said. I was aiming for gold and nothing else but coming out no one expected a medal. I did the hard work and I gave it my best shot.Britains boxers have had some tough draws and building momentum and a feelgood factor was difficult with the marquee fighters, Joyce and Adams, being given late starts in their competitions.Adams said she felt a bit of ring rust going into her quarterfinal, having been given a bye to that stage. And Joyce said he had been running around the Olympic Village like a madman, and even balancing his 6-feet-5-inch frame on a folding Brompton bike to get around.Time in the athletes village has followed a period at the Team GB training camp in Belo Horizonte for the boxers and if the squads remaining stars dont shine a little more brightly, the wisdom of their early arrival in Brazil may come in for questioning.Jamal Adams Jersey . According to a report from the Winnipeg Free Press, the Bombers will name Acting GM Kyle Walters to the post full time. 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Now, with Game 6 set for Fenway Park and an 8:07 p.m. ET first pitch, the Detroit Tigers face the unenviable task of having to beat the Boston Red Sox twice, on the road, to advance to the World Series.Cristiano Ronaldo is more important for Portugal than Real Madrid, says national team coach Fernando Santos and is counting on him to use his impressive season as a springboard for a strong Euro 2016 campaign.Ronaldo joined his national team in training on Sunday, eight days after scoring the winning penalty against Atletico Madrid for Real to lift the Champions League trophy.His presence is a boost for Portugal, who lost 1-0 to England in a friendly last week and take on Estonia on Wednesday in Lisbon in their final warm-up game. Santos had wanted to give Ronaldo and Real defender Pepe a chance to a catch their breath before they joined the team. Portugal coach Fernando Santos thinks Ronaldo is more important for his country than his club They needed to rest, Santos told Spanish sports magazine Marca. Its better for everyone that they arrive happy and with that extra bounce after achieving their aims.Ronaldo scored 51 goals in 48 games in all competitions for Real this season.If he is so important for Real, you can only imagine how significant he is for Portugal. Certainly the same or even more.When you have players that score 50 to 60 goals per season, and who can always score, they are of vital importance. Its impossible to quantify.Ronaldos fitness is a concern, with tendinittis preventing him from being at his best at the 2014 World Cup when Portugal crashed out in the group stages.dddddddddddd Ronaldo was left in tears after losing the Euro 2004 final to Greece Theres always talk that all the players must arrive 100 per cent, but that is never the reality, Santos said.Obviously, it would be ideal if he was at his best but I would never stop calling Cristiano even if he was at 80 per cent.Ronaldo came close to winning a trophy with Portugal at Euro 2004 but Greece beat them in the final and reached the semi-finals four years ago, where Spain eliminated them on penalties.If we think of the generation of players we have had, its about time, Santos said.Portugal should have already won a European title but just like Spain, they took their time and now they have managed to win several trophies. 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