Three-time world champion Alvarez beat US Balderas in boxing

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug 12 (acn) Cuban Lazaro Alvarez (60 kg) secured the bronze medal in the boxing tournament of Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Alvarez, three-time world champion and London 2012 bronze medalist, beat 3-0 the young American boxer Carlos Balderas at Rio Centro Complex, in this Brazilian city.
The also twice Pan American monarch will now have a tough opponent in semifinals in Brazilian Robson Conceiçao, who defeated Uzbek Hurshid Tujibaev.
This was Cuba´s ninth win in the tournament against only one loss, as Joahnys Argilagos (49) surprisingly lost 1-2 to Colombian Yuberjen Martinez.
Argilagos had already secured the bronze medal, along with Erislandy Savon (91) in these 31st Olympic Games.