Mongolia's Badar-Uugan Enkhbat won the gold medal in the Olympic Boxing competition's bantamweight class by pulling off an impressive 16-5 win over Yankiel Leon Alarcon of Cuba.
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Enkhbat,the runner-up at last year's World Championships, cruised to the gold medal match after winning his first four bouts convincingly before stepping onto the highest podium.
Enkhbat did most of the early attacking and the score was 4-1 in his favor at the end of the first round. The Cuban boxer came back in the second round, with the score tied on 4-4 at the end of the round.
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