Wednesday saw the men’s lightweight (63.5kg) and middleweight (80kg) final bouts at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Cuba’s lightweight Erislandy Alvarez, a former gymnast, defeated France’s Sofiane Oumiha for gold in his Olympic debut. Alvarez’s win extends Cuba’s record of at least one boxing gold per last four Games, dating back to flyweight Robeisy Eloy Ramírez‘s victory at the 2012 London Olympics.
The men’s middleweight Gold Medal Match featured Ukraine’s Oleksandr Khyzhniak downing Kazakhstan’s Nurbek Oralbay for the top spot on the podium. In order to fight in the finals, Khyzhniak had to best two-time Olympic gold medalist Arlen Lopez, who earned bronze.
Podium placements
Boxing – Men Lightweight (63.5 kg/139lbs) Results
GOLD Erislandy Alvarez (CUB)
SILVER Sofiane Oumiha (FRA)
BRONZE Wyatt Sanford (CAN)
BRONZE Lasha Guruli (GEO)
Boxing – Men’s Middleweight (80kg/176lbs)
GOLD Oleksandr Khyzhniak (UKR)
SILVER Nurbek Oralbay (KAZ)
BRONZE Cristian Pinales (DOM)
BRONZE Arlen Lopez (CUB)
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