Olympic Boxing 2016: Medal Winners, Scores and Saturday's Results

Nicola Adams retained her women's flyweight gold on Saturday after boxing her way to victory againstSarah Ourahmoune of France on the penultimate day of the 2016 Olympics.Adams' victory made her the first British boxer since 1924 to successfully defend an Olympic gold medal, and BBC Radio 5live host Conor McNamara called it a crowning piece of boxing history:Later on Saturday,Robeisy Ramirez of Cuba became just the third boxer in history to win Olympic medals in flyweight and bantamweight following his defeat of the United States' Shakur Stevenson.Ramirez secured his victory via an edgy decision from the judges, joining an elite list of Cubans who also claimed gold at the Summer Games in years gone by.Arlen Lopez joined his compatriot in the Olympic history books after beating Uzbekistan'sBektemir Melikuziev in the final of the men's middleweight contest to also bag gold for Cuba on Saturday.Read on for a recap of Saturday's boxing finals and a breakdown of the latest results from Pavilion 6 in Rio de Janeiro.RecapBritain's boxing pride was dented on a few occasions and bruised and battered along the way, but Adams finally realised her dream of securing back-to-back Olympic gold medals.The country has produced a wealth of prestigious Olympic fighters in the past, including Amir Khan and Anthony Joshua. BBC Sport confirmed Saturday's win put Adams in front of them all:Ourahmoune hardly laid back and accepted the silver medal willingly, however, and a tense third round even went in favour of the Frenchwoman, but Adams was deserving of her win.Ex-England rugby international-turned-commentator Brian Moore suggested Adams' win runs much deeper than gold alone and might have an impact on inspiring Britain's next big thing:It was an even closer call in the men's bantamweight final, where the American Stevenson could afford to feel downtrodden after losing to Ramirez via majority decision.That being said, his opponent was no slouch, and Ron Lewis of theTimes was quick to talk up the talents of the Cuban, who has shown prodigious form at the last two Olympics:Clinching the top prize at London 2012 at just 18 years of age was a tremendous achievement for Ramirez, but securing two in succession four years on may well trump that accolade.Lopez became the second Cuban in the space of an hour to bag Olympic gold at Pavilion 6, and British boxer Troy Williamson attested to the credentials of the newly crowned middleweight champion:The 23-year-old cast an emotional figure after learning his quest for gold had ended in success, although the unanimous decision method of victory was indicative of just how deserved his medal was.Melikuziev had to settle for silver on the night, whileKamran Shakhsuvarly of Azerbaijan and MexicanMisael Uziel Rodriguez accounted for the bronze-medal places on the podium.
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