Boxing: Buatsi banks at least a bronze for Britain (Reuters)

By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Floyd Mayweather told Joshua Buatsi he looked like a future world champion and the light-heavyweight responded by becoming Britain’s first boxing medalist of the Rio Olympics on Sunday. The first of a strong British contingent to reach a semi-final, where each of the losers is awarded a bronze, Buatsi pounded Algeria’s Abdelhafid Benchabla for a 3-0 points decision. Mayweather, who took a bronze medal for the United States at the 1996 Atlanta Games as a featherweight before turning professional, met the Briton on Saturday and was back to watch some of the earlier fights on Sunday.