Teymour Mammadov wins light-heavyweight boxing gold

Azerbaijani Mammadov wins boxing gold

Azerbaijan's Teymour Mammadov has won light-heavyweight boxing gold after defeating Italian Valentino Manfredonia by a unanimous points decision.

Oleksander Khyzniak of Ukraine and Russia's Pavel Silyagin have taken the bronze medals.

Mammadov, 22, had beaten Britain's Joshua Buatsi in the last 32.

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