Keyshawn Davis will fight for gold.
The U.S. lightweight advanced past Armenian Hovhannes Bachkov, using superior hand speed and movement to counter Bachkov's attempts to impose his strength on the fight.
Though Davis had a point deducted in the second round, the decision was unanimous. Davis won the first and third round on all five judges' cards. The second went 3-2 to Bachkov, leaving the fighters tied 28-28 on three judges' cards, but all three voted to give the fight to the American.
Twice in the first round, the two fighters locked up and fell to the canvas. With the first, Davis got up first and glared down at his opponent.
Davis faces a difficult task in the final against Cuba's Andy Cruz, the 2019 world champion, who had little trouble with Australia's Harry Garside. Cruz won every round on all five judges' cards, including a couple of 10-8 decisions in the third, when the referee gave Garside a standing-eight count.
Cruz, the third seed, is the only seeded fighter remaining. Davis forced a referee stoppage against top seed Sofiane Oumiha of France in the Round of 16.
No American man has won an Olympic gold medal since Andre Ward did it in 2004. Duke Ragan had a chance to break the drought but lost his gold medal bout at featherweight. Davis and super heavyweight Richard Torrez will each have a shot as well.
Officiating continues to be puzzling in the boxing competitions, with "head up" and "no holding" warnings issued seemingly at random. The first two bouts of the session, the women's middleweight semifinals, included three deducted points. Davis was once warned to keep his head up while Bachkov held it down.
The women's middleweight division will feature a battle of the top two seeds, though referee interventions made both semifinals interesting.
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