Updated at 16.37
PADDY BARNES HAS been beaten at the Rio Olympics today by Spain’s Samuel Carmona Heredia the men’s light fly (49kg) last 16.
Barnes, who won a bronze medal at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, narrowly lost the first round with two judges voting 10-9 in the Spaniard’s favour.
However, the Belfast native improved in the second round, as he levelled the fight, with the score 19-19 on all three of the judges’ cards.
However, his loss via split decision was confirmed after the third round, with two judges awarding the fight 29-28 against Barnes and one in his favour (28-29).
Barnes looked sluggish and tired quickly, and speaking to RTÉ after the fight, he indicated that fatigue had been a factor in the defeat.
“Even if I had won the fight there, next fight I would have got hammered again, I’ve no energy,” he said.
“Just as well I got beaten because I would be embarrassed next fight.”
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