RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — France’s Tony Yoka completed a romantic Olympic double yesterday, winning the super-heavyweight title just days after his fiancee had secured her own boxing gold medal.

The 24-year-old from Paris — the first Frenchman ever to win the Olympic super-heavyweight division — outfoxed Britain’s Joe Joyce to claim a split-points decision.

After the victory Yoka sought out his fiancee Estelle Mossely, who won France’s first women’s Olympic boxing crown on Friday.

The couple embraced ringside after he got the narrow win before wrapping themselves in a French Tricolor.

“It’s incredible, this story,” Yoka said. “We dreamed about competing in the Olympics as a couple. And we dreamed about winning medals, or even gold medals. And now we’ve done it. Incredible.”

Yoka revealed he’d received a simple instruction before the bout from Mossely.

“Estelle just said: ‘I’ve done my job, you do yours’. It was my turn. I couldn’t fail,'” Yoka said.

Yoka meanwhile said he was surprised that Joyce had not sought to vary his approach.

“He’s not intelligent. Look at my face,” Yoka said.

“He hit me a lot on the arms, in my gloves. And every time I struck him I hit him in the head.

“Look at the guys on the podium — they are black and blue everywhere. Look at my face, I’m pretty good.”