By Allan Fox: Cuba’s Robeisy Ramírez captured his second gold medal in defeated Shakur Stevenson in the men’s finals in the bantamweight division in beating him by a three-round split decision in the 2016 Olympics in Rio, Brazil.
The taller, more powerful 19-year-old Stevenson landed the cleaner and hard shots in the fight, but the judges were more impressed with aggressiveness and combination punching from the 22-year-old Ramírez, who was constantly coming forward looking to turn the fight into a brawl on the inside.
After the judges’ scores were announced, Stevenson started crying and he was pretty emotional about losing.