London, England – The United States had three boxers fall out of the Olympic tournament Wednesday night, when three weight class competitions were underway.
Bantamweight Joseph Diaz Jr. dropped a 21-15 decision to Cuban Lazaro Alvarez Estrada, the reigning world champion and top seed in the draw. Alvarez Estrada moved into the quarterfinals along with third-seeded Luke Campbell of Great Britain.
In a preliminary heavyweight fight, American Michael Hunter II lost to Russian Artur Beterbiev. Three of the four seeded fighters are in the quarterfinals, except No. 3 Teymur Mammadov of Azerbaijan.
Additionally, U.S. superheavyweight Dominic Breazeale came up short against Russia's Magomed Omarov.
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