One of the big stories in the light heavyweight division of the 2016 Olympics is Teymur Mammadov of Azerbaijan. Mammadov won the bronze medal in the 2012 Olympics as a heavyweight and is one win away from guaranteeing another medal in his Olympic career. Great Britain, Cuba, France, Azerbaijan, Morocco had big days, with two of their fighters having their hands raised, but it was Kazakhstan who came out as the big winner on this day, going 3-1 in fights.
Here is your Olympic results for Day 6:
Men’s bantamweight (56kg) - Round of 32
Sangmyeong Ham (South Korea) def. Victor Rodríguez (Venezuela) 2-1. Scores: 28-29, 30-27, 30-27
Mohamed Hamout (Morocco) def. Mykola Butsenko (Ukraine) 3-0. Scores: 29-27, 28-28, 30-26
Robeisy Ramírez (Cuba) def. Shiva Thapa (India) 3-0. Scores: 30-25, 30-27, 30-27
Alberto Melián (Argentina) def. Abdul Omar (Ghana) 3-0. Scores: 29-28, 29-28, 29-28
Bilel M’hamdi (Tunisia) def. Inkululeko Suntele (Lesotho) 3-0. Scores: 30-25, 30-27, 30-27
Kairat Yeraliyev (Kazakhstan) def. Javid Chalabiyev (Azerbaijan) 2-1. Scores: 28-29, 29-28, 29-28
Men’s light welterweight (64kg) - Round of 32
Artur Biyarslanov (Canada) def. Obada Al-Kasbeh (Jordan) 3-0. Scores: 29-28, 30-27, 29-28
Batuhan Gözgeç (Turkey) def. Mahaman Smaila (Cameroon) 3-0. Scores: 30-27, 30-27, 30-27
Joedson Teixeira (Brazil) def. Abdelkader Chadi (Algeria) 2-1. Scores: 30-27, 29-28, 28-29
Lorenzo Sotomayor Collazo (Azerbaijan) def. Volodymyr Matviichuk (Ukraine)
Hassan Amzile (France) def. Junius Jonas (Namibia) 3-0. Scores: 29-28, 29-28, 29-28
Pat McCormack (Great Britain) def. Ablaikhan Zhussupov (Kazakhstan) 2-1. Scores: 30-27, 28-29, 30-27
Men’s welterweight (69kg) - Round of 16
Mohammed Rabii (Morocco) def. Rayton Okwiri (Kenya) 3-0. Scores: 29-28, 30-27, 29-28
Steven Donnelly (Ireland) def. Tüvshinbat Byamba (Mongolia) 2-1. Scores: 29-28, 28-29, 30-27
Shakhram Giyasov (Uzbekistan) def. Eimantas Stanionis (Lithuania) 2-0-1. Scores: 29-29, 30-27, 30-28
Roniel Iglesias (Cuba) def. Vladimir Margaryan (Armenia) via TKO, Round 1
Souleymane Cissokho (France) def. Parviz Baghirov (Azerbaijan) 3-0. Scores: 29-28, 29-28, 29-28
Saylom Ardee (Thailand) def. Simeon Chamov (Bulgaria) 3-0. Scores: 29-28, 29-28, 29-28
Gabriel Maestre (Venezuela) def. Vincenczo Mangiacapre (Italy) due to Mangiacapre having a broken jaw prior to the fight.
Daniyar Yeleussinov (Kazakhstan) def. Josh Kelly (Great Britain) 3-0. Scores: 30-27, 30-27, 30-27
Men’s light heavyweight (81kg) - Round of 16
Joshua Buatsi (Great Britain) def. Elshod Rasulov (Uzbekistan) via TKO, Round 3
Abdelhafid Benchabla (Algeria) def. Albert Ramirez (Venezuela)
Teymur Mammadov (Azerbaijan) def. Peter Müllenberg (Netherlands) 3-0. Scores: 29-28, 29-28, 29-28
Adilbek Niyazymbetov (Kazakhstan) def. Mikhail Dauhaliavets (Belarus) 3-0. Scores: 30-27, 30-27, 29-28
