Rio Olympic Games Boxing: Day 8 Results
The heavyweight final is set as it is Evgeny Tishchenko of Russia facing off against Vassiliy Levit of Kazakhstan for the gold. Speaking of Kazakhastan, the country also secured a medal when Daniyar Yeleussinov won his quarterfinal matchup to guarantee a welterweight medal. Two more fighters from the country won to continue its impressive run through these Olympics. The super heavyweight division continued with all of its round of 16 matches and slowly we’re finding out who is a medal contender. Guys like Tony Yoka and Ivan Dychko figure to be pretty good favorites to medal in these games.
Here is the Olympic boxing results after Day 8:
Men’s flyweight (52kg) – Round of 32
Olzhas Sattibayev (Kazakhstan) def. Jeyvier Cintrón (Puerto Rico)
Shakhobidin Zoirov (Uzbekistan) def. Brendan Irvine (Ireland)
Antonio Vargas (United States) def. Julião Neto (Brazil)
Yoel Finol (Venezuela) def. Luis de los Santos (Dominican Republic)
Daniel Asenov (Bulgaria) def. Fernando Martínez (Argentina)
Elie Konki (France) def. Hamza Touba (Germany)
Elias Emigdio (México) def. Enkh-Amar Kharkhuu (Mongolia)
Jinguan Hu (China) def. Selçuk Eker (Armenia)
Narek Abgaryan (Armenia) def. Ronald Serugo (Uganda)
Achraf Kharroubi (Morocco) vs Moroke Mokhotho (Lesotho)
Men’s welterweight (69kg) – Quarterfinals
Mohammed Rabii (Morocco) def. Steven Donnelly (Ireland)
Shakhram Giyasov (Uzbekistan) def. Roniel Iglesias (Cuba)
Souleymane Cissokho (France) def. Saylom Ardee (Thailand)
Daniyar Yeleussinov (Kazakhstan) def. Gabriel Maestre (Venezuela)
Men’s heavyweight (91kg) – Semifinal
Evgeny Tishchenko (Russia) def. Rustam Tulaganov (Uzbekistan)
Vassiliy Levit (Kazakhstan) def. Erislandy Savón (Cuba)
Men’s super heavyweight (91+kg) – Round of 16
Tony Yoka (France) def. Clayton Laurent Jr (Virgin Islands)
Hussein Iashaish (Jordan) def. Mihai Nistor (Romania)
Lenier Pero (Cuba) def. Guido Vianello (Italy)
Filip Hrgović (Croatia) def. Ali Eren Demirezen (Turkey)
Joe Joyce (Great Britain) def. Davilson Morais (Cape Verde)
Bakhodir Jalolov (Uzbekistan) def. Edgar Muñoz (Venezuela)
Efe Ajagba (Nigeria) def. Nigel Paul (Trinidad & Tobago)
Ivan Dychko (Kazakhstan) def. Magomedrasul Majidov (Azerbaijan)
