Hasanboy Dusmatov (R) lands a proper hook in his gold medal match. Photograph from NBC Olympics feed
Eight years after his first gold medal, Hasanboy Dusmatov provides a second Olympic gold in as many weight courses.
The Uzbek boxer turned the most recent boxer to win a minimum of two golds on Thursday, defeating France’s Billal Bennama by a 5-0 resolution to win the 51 kilogram males’s gold medal at Roland Garros in Paris, France. One choose gave all three rounds to the 31-year-old southpaw Dusmatov, 30-27, whereas the opposite 4 had it 29-28 for Dusmatov.
Bennama, maybe nonetheless leery from his 64-second knockout loss tom Dusmatov 15 months in the past, was cautious within the opening spherical, trying to field and flurry towards the a lot smaller Dusmatov. Dusmatov made his first huge impression within the bout close to the top of the primary, rocking Bennama with an overhand left that despatched him into the ropes.
Dusmatov picked up his aggression one other degree within the second, as he looped overhand lefts on to the taller opponent that stored Bennama on the defensive. Although Bennama by no means stopped attempting, the cagey Uzbek couldn’t miss together with his quick punches in shut, incomes him the win.
Dusmatov, who sat out the Tokyo Olympics to get his skilled profession going, joins an inventory of two-time Olympic gold medal winners that features Guillermo Rigondeaux and Vasiliy Lomachenko.
On the Rio Olympics in 2016, Dusmatov received the 49kg males’s gold.
“After Rio, I took a bit break in my Olympic profession. However I needed to get that second gold medal, which is why I got here again. I’ve given all the pieces to do that. All of the onerous work has paid off,” stated Dusmatov, a 6-0 (5 knockouts) professional, in accordance with the Related Press.
Within the day’s different gold medal match, China’s Chang Yuan defeated Turkey’s Hatice Akbas by a 5-0 resolution within the girls’s 54kg remaining, serving to China end the day inside a single gold of the USA’ whole tally on the Paris Video games, 30 to 29.
Full Outcomes
Males’s 57kg – semifinals
Abdumalik Khalokov (UZB) 5-0 Charlie Senior (AUS)
Munarbek Seiitbek Uulu (KGZ) 4-1 Javier Ibanez Diaz (BUL)
Ladies’s 75kg – semifinals
Li Qian (CHN) 5-0 Caitlin Parker (AUS)
Atheyna Bibeichi Bylon (PAN) 4-1 Cindy Winner Djankeu Ngamba (EOR)
Males’s 51kg – remaining
Hasanboy Dusmatov (UZB) 5-0 Billal Bennama (FRA)
Ladies’s 54kg – remaining
Chang Yuan (CHN) 5-0 Hatice Akbas (TUR)
