Americans go 0-3 in tough Olympic boxing matchups
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Russia's Artur Beterbiev is declared the winner over the United States' Michael Hunter II during a heavyweight 91-kg preliminary boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Russia's Artur Beterbiev, left, fights Michael Hunter II, of the United States, during their men's bantam 56-kg boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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Russia's Sergey Vodopiyanov, right, fights Brazil's Robenilson Vieira de Jesus, during their men's bantam 56-kg boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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Cuba's Lazaro Alvarez Estrada of Cuba, right, wins his bout against Joseph Diaz Jr, of the United States, after their men's bantam 56-kg boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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Cuba's Lazaro Alvarez Estrada of Cuba, left, gets congratulated by Joseph Diaz Jr, of the United States, after winning their men's bantam 56-kg boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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Cuba's Lazaro Alvarez Estrada, left, fights Joseph Diaz Jr, of the United States, during their men's bantam 56-kg boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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Cuba's Lazaro Alvarez Estrada, right, fights Joseph Diaz Jr, of the United States, during their men's bantam 56-kg boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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Azerbaijan's Magomedrasul Medzhidov, left, knocks the headgear off of Meji Mwanba of Congo, during their men's superheavy over 91-kg boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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Ireland's John Joe Nevin reacts after being declared the winner against Kazakhstan's Kanat Abutalipov during a bantamweight 56-kg preliminary boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
LONDON (AP) — The U.S. Olympic boxing team realized it faced a brutal slate of matchups Wednesday, taking on a Cuban world champion and two hulking Russian heavyweights.
None of the three Americans could beat the odds to advance in London.
Top-seeded bantamweight Lazaro Alvarez of Cuba beat Joseph Diaz Jr. 21-15, and U.S. heavyweight Michael Hunter tired badly in the third round of a narrow loss to Russia's Artur Beterbiev.
Super heavyweight Dominic Breazeale then fell far behind early in a 19-8 loss to Russia's Magomed Omarov. The defeats abruptly reduced the American men's team to four remaining boxers after beginning the Olympics with four straight victories last weekend.
Russian bantamweight Sergey Vodopyanov also lost at ExCel arena.
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