Competition at the boxing venue continues Saturday, with two sessions in the men’s flyweight, welterweight, heavyweight and super heavyweight divisions. After having three fighters in action Friday, with Mikaela Mayer winning her bout, USA Boxing has another fighter making his Rio Olympics debut Saturday.
Antonio Vargas, who won gold at last summer’s Pan American Games and was USA Boxing’s Elite Male Athlete of the Year as well, opens up in the flyweight division against Brazil’s Juliao Neto. At 34 years of age Neto is fighting in his second Summer Olympics, and it’s safe to say that the home crowd will be rooting him on.