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Martinez Takes Home the Silver in Men’s Light-Flyweight at the 2016 Rio Games

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2016 Rio Games

It wasn’t the color he’d hoped, but Yuberjen Martinez still has an Olympic medal…

Uzbekistan’s Hasanboy Dusmatov out-boxed the 24-year-old Colombian boxer to win the Men’s Light-Flyweight gold medal at the 2016 Rio Games, with Martinez having to settle for the silver.

Yuberjen Martinez

In a much-anticipated bout on Sunday, Dusmatov moved around the ring quickly and well, kept his guard up in the face of Martinez’s punches and earned a unanimous favorable decision by the three judges.

Dusmatov, who had won the gold at the Asian Championships in 2015, was the more active of the pair in the first round as he probed Martinez’s defenses, while the Colombian seemed to be a little tentative, despite the roars of the huge South American contingent of fans who were on hand for the match.

Martinez, an elegant boxer, picked up his tempo in the second round but the Uzbek was better on the counterattack, setting the pace for the fight, which was not a slugfest but rather a calculating and careful affair.  Sensing a victory, Dusmatov often danced away from Martinez in the third round, and although the Colombian knew he needed a telling round to get the win, he was not able to manufacture the combinations needed and had to settle for the silver.

Yuberjen Martinez

Cuba’s Joahnys Argilagos and US boxer Nico Hernandez, both of whom had lost in the semifinals, won the bronze medals.

Meanwhile, the Colombian government will present Martinez with “the house Yuberjen has dreamed of” in light of his silver-medal win at the 2016 Summer Olympics, according to what Housing, Urban and Territorial Minister Elsa Noguera said on Twitter.  Local television showed Martinez weeping and speechless after being informed that Bogota will give him the home for his mother, as per a wish that he had always expressed before each of his bouts.

Hernandez Ends U.S.’s Eight-Year Medal Drought in Boxing at the 2016 Rio Games

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2016 Rio Games

Nico Hernandez won’t be leaving Brazil with an Olympic gold medal, but he will still be remembered for making history.

Despite his loss to Uzbekistan’s Hassanboy Dusmatov in the semifinals of the Men’s Light Fly 49 kg, the 20-year-old Latino boxer will bring home a bronze medal alongside Cuba’s Joahnys Argilagos.

Nico Hernandez

He’ll standing on the medal podium as the US’s first light flyweight medalist in nearly 30 years. He’s also earned the U.S. its first medal in men’s boxing in eight years

Hernandez had enjoyed an unexpected run to the semifinals, following his unexpected defeat of the top seeded Vasilii Egorov of Russia.

The light fly final, on Sunday, will face Colombia’s Yurberjen Martinez against Dusmatov for Olympic gold. Hernandez has no more matchups, but he will join the two on the podium later in the day to be awarded bronze.

That Hernandez made it to the 2016 Summer Olympics is almost as miraculous as the run he’s been on since arriving here. He failed in his first two attempts at making the Olympic team before qualifying in March.

“His transition between October and now has been amazing,” said Coach Billy Walsh, who joined U.S. Boxing last fall, about the time Hernandez caught fire.

Argilagos Gives Cuba Its First Olympic Medal at the 2016 Rio Games

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He may not have advanced to the finals, but Joahnys Argilagos is still an Olympic medalist.

The 19-year-old Cuban boxer and reigning world amateur boxong champion, lost to Colombia’s Yuberjen Martinez in the boxing semifinals of the Men’s Light Fly 49kg at the 2016 Rio Games.

Joahnys Argilagos

Argilagos lost in a split decision by a score of 2-1.

Despite the devastating loss, the Cuban boxing sensation has plenty of reason to celebrate. He has won the first medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics for his home country, and its 67th Olympic medal in boxing.

In his young career, Argilagos has won the has won the 2013 AIBA Junior World Championships, the 2015 AMBC American Confederation Boxing Championships, and the 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships at light flyweight.

Meanwhile, Martinez will next face Uzbekistan’s Hasanboy Dusmatov in the finals.