World champion Magomedrasul Medzhidov of Azerbaijan won Olympic boxing bronze in the men's super heavyweight division on Friday, narrowly beaten in his semifinal with Italy's defending champion Roberto Cammarelle.
Cammarelle faces off with Anthony Joshua in Sunday's gold medal after the Briton consigned Ivan Dychko to bronze in the other semifinal.
Medzhidov came out strongly against Cammarelle and landed a fearsome right cross to help him to an early 6-4 lead.
But Cammarelle turned the tables in the second round, catching Medzhidov with a one-two combination for 10-10.
Both landed stinging single punches in the last round to set up a tense final decision, which sent Cammarelle's camp into celebrations.
In the division's other semifinal, world bronze medalist Dychko of Kazakhstan settled for bronze after a final-round thumping from second seed Joshua.
The fighters were inseparable in the first two rounds, tied at eight apeice going into the decider.
The final round saw Joshua draw blood from Dychko's nose, and used it to build up momentum that drove him to victory; the final score 13-11.
