Sofiane Oumiha looks to win gold at home in France in one of two final round bouts on today’s schedule.
Olympic boxing resumes today, as we’re getting down to only medal fights. Today’s lone session will start at 3:30 pm ET. For those in the United States, you can stream all the action live with Peacock.
Today we’ll see semifinals in two weight classes, and then a pair of gold medal bouts at men’s 63.5kg (lightweight) and men’s 80kg (light heavyweight). In the first matchup, French Olympic veteran Sofiane Oumiha faces Cuba’s Erislandy Alvarez, with Oumiha looking to wow the home fans and top his 2016 silver medal from Rio. In the second bout, Ukraine star Oleksandr Khyzhniak also looks to upgrade from a silver in Tokyo, as he takes on Kazakhstan’s Nurbek Oralbay.
All live updates and results will come in this stream, and a full schedule of today’s fights is listed below:
Women’s 57kg (Featherweight) – Semifinal
- 3:30 pm ET: Lin Yu-ting (Chinese Taipei) vs Esra Yildiz (Turkey)
- 3:46 pm ET: Nesthy Petecio (Philippines) vs Julia Szeremeta (Poland)
Men’s +92kg (Super Heavyweight) – Semifinal
- 4:02 pm ET: Nelvie Tiafack (Germany) vs Bakhodir Jalolov (Uzbekistan)
- 4:18 pm ET: Djamili-Dini Aboudou (France) vs Ayoub Ghadfa (Spain)
Men’s 63.5kg (Lightweight) – FINAL
- 4:34 pm ET: Sofiane Oumiha (France) vs Erislandy Alvarez (Cuba)
Men’s 80kg (Light Heavyweight) – FINAL
- 4:51 pm ET: Nurbek Oralbay (Kazakhstan) vs Oleksandr Khyzhniak (Ukraine)
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