RIO DE JANEIRO: Light-flyweight Hasanboy Dusmatov won Uzbekistan’s first gold medal of the Rio Olympics on Sunday when he beat Colombia’s Yurberjen Martinez on unanimous points. Bronze medals went to Cuba’s Joahnys Argilagos of Cuba and the American Nico Hernandez, who each lost in the semi-finals. The Uzbek, 23, whose biggest previous victory was gold at the Asian Championships in 2015, paraded around the 9,000-seat arena afterwards on the back of one of his trainers, a flag of Uzbekistan slung around his shoulders. Wearing blue, Dusmatov was slightly the busier boxer in the first round, trying to get inside Martinez at every opportunity. The Colombian — roared on by the Brazilians in the crowd and a strong contingent from his home country — looked a little stiff as the two men probed one another without really ever letting fly. Martinez, 24, was more aggressive in the even second round, but it was Dusmatov who was landing the telling shots on the counterattack. The referee twice had to warn Dusmatov to keep his punches above the belt, but he had the momentum and was dictating the tempo of a cagey fight. And in the third round Dusmatov was light on his feet to avoid any trouble, with Martinez appearing to acknowledge that he needed a big round. He never got it or got to grips with his foe.