US boxing medal drought ends with Nico Hernandez's bronze

(Photo: The Associated Press)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Nico Hernandez had a gnarly gash over his left eye that left him bloodied, with blurred vision and in need of stitches.

He has a better look in mind for Sunday.

Hernandez will leave the Rio Games with a bronze medal in the light flyweight division, ending a medal drought for the U.S. that stretched to 2008. He's also the first American light flyweight to medal since Michael Carbajal won silver in 1988.

Hernandez's chance for a gold medal ended Friday when he lost to Uzbekistan's Hasanboy Dusmatov by unanimous decision. He'll stay through Sunday's final and will then be decorated in bronze on the medal stand.

"We said when we get there, we're…