{"id":136462,"date":"2026-02-24T19:25:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/congo-kinshasa\/politique\/tony-yoka-boxera-pour-la-republique-democratique-du-congo"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:20:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:20:57","slug":"tony-yoka-boxera-pour-la-republique-democratique-du-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/congo-kinshasa\/sports\/tony-yoka-boxera-pour-la-republique-democratique-du-congo","title":{"rendered":"Tony Yoka Boxera Pour La R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique Du Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Congo Kinshasa. <\/strong> <\/span><b>Sur ses re\u0301seaux sociaux, Tony Yoka a annonce\u0301 lundi 23 fe\u0301vrier 2026 son changement de nationalite\u0301 sportive. Le boxeur poids lourds repre\u0301sentera de\u0301sormais la Re\u0301publique de\u0301mocratique du Congo, le pays de naissance de son pe\u0300re. Le ministre des Sports, Didier Budimbu, a annonce\u0301 que Yoka viserait l&rsquo;or olympique, lui qui avait e\u0301te\u0301 titre\u0301 a\u0300 Rio en 2016, sous le drapeau franc\u0327ais.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Biento\u0302t dix ans apre\u0300s avoir fait re\u0301sonner la Marseillaise aux Jeux Olympiques de Rio, Tony Yoka change de drapeau. Le boxeur a annonce\u0301 lundi sur ses re\u0301seaux sociaux qu&rsquo;il combattrait de\u0301sormais pour la Re\u0301publique de\u0301mocratique du Congo, le pays de naissance son pe\u0300re, photo de sa nouvelle licence a\u0300 l&rsquo;appui. \u00ab Je suis fier de pouvoir faire rayonner la Re\u0301publique De\u0301mocratique du Congo aux yeux du monde ainsi que de pouvoir honorer ma parole et rendre hommage au ministre Didier Budimbu qui me fait confiance dans cette aventure \u00bb, a e\u0301crit le natif de Paris sur son compte X.<\/p>\n<p>Yoka a e\u0301galement partage\u0301 un post de Budimbu, annonc\u0327ant ses prochains objectifs parmi lesquels l&rsquo;ouverture d&rsquo;une acade\u0301mie de boxe pour former de jeunes talents et surtout \u00ab viser l&rsquo;or olympique \u00bb,. Un nouveau challenge qui ame\u0300nerait Yoka a\u0300 mettre en pause sa carrie\u0300re professionnelle pour viser les Jeux de Los Angeles, a\u0300 36 ans. Au point mort il y a dix-huit mois, en toute fin de son contrat avec Canal +cense\u0301 l&rsquo;amener au titre mondial des poids lourds, le boxeur s&rsquo;est relance\u0301 avec quatre victoires conse\u0301cutives.<\/p>\n<p>En visite re\u0301cente au Congo, il s&rsquo;e\u0301tait e\u0301galement chauffe\u0301 sur les re\u0301seaux sociaux avec le boxeur congolais Martin Bakole\u0301, qui l&rsquo;avait nettement battu en mai 2022 pour lui infliger la premie\u0300re de\u0301faite de sa carrie\u0300re. \u00ab Tu e\u0301tais la fierte\u0301 de la France, aujourd&rsquo;hui, tu es fini. Les Franc\u0327ais t&rsquo;ont abandonne\u0301 et tu te sens maintenant congolais \u00bb, lui avait lance\u0301 Bakole\u0301, jugeant son voyage au Congo opportuniste. Cornaque\u0301 par le promoteur Frank Warren, Yoka devait combattre en avril lors d&rsquo;un gala a\u0300 Paris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Retrouvez plus d\u2019actualit\u00e9s et d\u2019analyses sur <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Congo Kinshasa<\/span> sur le site <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Congo Kinshasa. Sur ses re\u0301seaux sociaux, Tony Yoka a annonce\u0301 lundi 23 fe\u0301vrier 2026 son changement de nationalite\u0301 sportive. Le boxeur poids lourds repre\u0301sentera de\u0301sormais la Re\u0301publique de\u0301mocratique du Congo, le pays de naissance de son pe\u0300re. 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