USA TODAY Sports
RIO DE JANEIRO — The jabs were still flying after American boxer Shakur Stevenson lost to Cuba’s Robeisy Ramirez Saturday in the gold medal match of the bantamweight division.
In assessing the fight between Stevenson, the 19-year-old American, and Ramirez, the 22-year-old Cuban, that ended in a split decision, Team USA coach Billy Walsh said, “It was a boy against a man today.’’
When told of the comment, Stevenson retorted, “What did Billy win when he was an amateur and went to the Olympics?