For the first time since Beijing in 2008, the USA men’s boxing team will leave the Olympics with a medal.
After being shut out in London for the first time in modern Olympic history, light flyweight Nico Hernandez clinched a bronze medal Wednesday with his third unanimous decision victory of the Rio Games.
Hernandez’s win advances him to the semifinals and secures his berth on the podium.
Light welterweight Gary Antuanne Russell made it another undefeated night for the U.S. squad with a unanimous decision victory in his Olympic debut.
One of the many changes in the boxing competition this year is that the light flyweight bracket will be completed in the first eight days.