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By Jake Donovan - A rematch to the 2008 Olympic heavyweight quarterfinals serves as this year's finals. Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine seeks revenge on Saturday against Italy's Clemente Russo, who earned the Silver medal in the 2008 Beijing Games and is the division's lone returning medalist.
Their paths to the Gold medal round were far different tales. Usyk pulverized Bulgaria's Tervel Pulev, scoring a true knockdown early and dominating every round in a 21-5 romp. Russo's journey required the mother of all final round rallies to pull off a 15-13 come-from-behind win over Teymur Mammadov of Azerbaijan. [Click Here To Read More]
Their paths to the Gold medal round were far different tales. Usyk pulverized Bulgaria's Tervel Pulev, scoring a true knockdown early and dominating every round in a 21-5 romp. Russo's journey required the mother of all final round rallies to pull off a 15-13 come-from-behind win over Teymur Mammadov of Azerbaijan. [Click Here To Read More]