USA lightweight Keyshawn Davis defeated Armenian Hovhannes Bachkov by unanimous decision in an ugly wrestling match on Friday in the Kokugikan Arena at the Tokyo Olympics. Davis won round one, but was deducted a point in round two. He then swept round three to move on to the gold medal match.
Davis will face Cuban Andy Cruz in Sunday’s final. Cruz defeated Australian Harry Garside by unanimous decision. Garside took an eight count in round three.
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In the men’s heavyweight final, Cuban Julio la Cruz outboxed Russian Muslim Gadzhimagomedov. The Rio light heavy gold medalist la Cruz was in command all the way. This was Cuba’s third gold medal.
The odds are, it will be 3 silver medals & 1 female bronze. However, I am very proud of Team USA.
Davis has a shot of pulling off the upset against Andy Cruz. I doubt it.
Speaketh … Mort.
la Cruz boxed really well. Really frustrated the world champ. It’s a shame he may not go pro.
Sadly, we all know what is happening on that little island, and how the Delaware rapist is allowing this crap to perpetuate. Andy Cruz should move to a nation with a great leader, since the USA does not have one at the moment. Andy needs to be given the freedom to box and earn money. I hope Bob Arum can help. Andy can make a huge impact in the pros.
Speaketh … Mort.
Jason, where are you seeing these fights? I’ve seen some early round action, but can’t find the listing for the gold medal rounds.
I watch them on the NBC Sports App. They come on now around 1am because there’re so few fights left. So tonight and tomorrow night they have only 4 fights, all finals.
Cuban boxing has always puzzled me. Its consistently produced some of the best amateur boxers ever. But doesn’t always translate well to pro style. Still some great Cuban pros but mostly awkward sometimes awful.
That is because Cuba is a modern day slave state. The Cuban boxers are essentially slaves. They do what they are told.
When the slavery ends, they lose the concept of discipline, because they did not have free will discipline.
This is the answer.
Speaketh … Mort.
According to boxrec, Davis has lost to Cruz three times, so I imagine he’ll have a hard time beating him this time, but I’m hoping he can pull it off. He has looked really good in the tournament and I think he can be an excellent pro. Cruz looked fantastic as well, had a nasty uppercut going against Garside.
Davis has a tough task ahead of him, but I hope he can win the gold because I am deeply disappointed in the U.S.A. men’s track and field.
Davis had 80 amateur wins according to boxrec and not one of them was a KO or TKO…amazing.