As we're approaching the medal rounds for some of these divisions, we already have one big medal story and that is the United States' Nico Hernandez guaranteeing a medal for the country in boxing for the first time since Deontay Wilder won the bronze medal in the heavyweight division in the 2008 Olympics. Uzbekistan also had an extremely impressive day, having two boxers reach the medal rounds in both light flyweight and heavyweight.
Here is your Olympic results for Day 5:
Men’s light flyweight (49kg) - Quarterfinals
Joahnys Argilagos (Cuba) def. Peter Mungai Warui (Kenya)
Yurberjen Martinez (Colombia) def. Samuel Carmona (Spain)
Hasanboy Dusmatov (Uzbekistan) def. Birzhan Zhakypov (Kazakhstan)
Nico Hernandez (United States) def. Carlos Quipo (Ecuador)
Men’s bantamweight (56kg) - Round of 32
Aram Avagyan (Armenia) def. Arashi Morisaka (Japan)
Chatchai Butdee (Thailand) def. Qais Ashfaq (Great Britain)
Vitali Nikitin (Russia) def. Boe Warawara (Vanuatu)
Dzmitry Asanau (Belarus) def. Hector Garcia (Dominican Republic)
Tsendbaatar Erdenbat (Mongolia) def. Benson Gicharu Njangiru (Kenya)
Robenílson de Jesus (Brazil) def. Fahem Hammachi (Algeria)
Men’s light welterweight (64kg) - Round of 32
Chinzorig Baatarsukh (Mongolia) def. Thulasi Tharumalingam (Qatar)
Hovhannes Bachkov (Armenia) def. Luis Arcon (Venezuela)
Hu Qianxun (China) def. Raúl Curiel (México) (walkover, Curiel failed medical)
Fazliddin Gaibnazarov (Uzbekistan) vs Dival Malonga Dzalamou (Congo)
Manoj Kumar (India) def. Evaldas Petrauskas (Lithuania)
Gary Antuanne Russell (United States) def. Richardson Hitchins (Haiti)
Men’s light heavyweight (81kg) - Round of 16
Julio Cesar la Cruz (Cuba) def. Mehmet Nadir Ünal (Turkey)
Michel Borges (Brazil) def. Hrvoje Sep (Croatia)
Mathieu Bauderlique (France) def. Juan Carlos Carrillo (Colombia)
Carlos Mina (Ecuador) def. Joe Ward (Ireland)
Men’s heavyweight (91kg) - Quarterfinals
Evgeny Tishchenko (Russia) def. Clementine Russo (Italy)
Rustam Tulaganov (Uzbekistan) def. Abdulkadir Abdullayev (Azerbaijan)
Vassiliy Levit (Kazakhstan) vs Kennedy St-Pierre (Mauritius)
Erislandy Savón (Cuba) def. Yamil Peralta (Argentina)
