ATHENS, Aug. 29 (Xinhuanet) -- Cuba amounted its medals in the Olympic boxing competitions by five gold, two silver and one bronze Sunday to stamp its domination in the amateur boxing.

    The results have surpassed the four golds they won from the last two Games, as three out of six golds decided on Sunday went to Cubans.

    Yan Bhartelemy Varela claimed the first of the day after beating Atagun Yalcinkaya of Turkey 21-16 in the championships bout of the light flyweight class event.

    Defending champion Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz then took the country's second in the Bantam Weight (54kg) division by defeating Worapoj Petchkoom of Thailand 22-13.

    Mario Cesar Kindelan Mesa added the third as he nailed down British teenager Amir Khan 30-22 in the hype final of the lightweight (60kg) category.

    Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros missed the chance to clinch a fourth gold of the day for Cuba and a six in total, losing 36-26 to Bakhtiyar Artayev of Kazakstan.

    Yuriorkis Camboa Toledano has won the first boxing gold for Cuba in the Athens Olympics as he overcame former world champion Jerome Thomas of France 38-23 in Saturday's flyweight (51kg) final.

    Twice world champion Odlanier Solis Fonte then added a second to the Caribbean amateur boxing powerhouse in the heavyweight (91kg) division.

    Cuba, having been bringing their boxing Dream Teams to the Olympics since 1972 despite the economic hardships that ravage their country, has wrapped up 32 Olympic golds in total.

    The light heavyweight (81kg) gold was taken by Andre Ward, the only American to make the Olympic boxing finals here on Sunday, ashe edged Magomed Aripgadjiev of Belarus 20-13 to hold pride for the United States boxing team.

    With Ward's victory, the American boxing team advoid a repeat of the worst performance in the 1936 Berlin Games when they returned home with a silver and a bronze.

    It has also been the first Olympic boxing gold for Americans since the Atlanta Games in 1996.

    Russia's Alexander Povetkin has won the super heavyweight (over91kg) final without having to throw a punch as his opponent, Mohamed Aly of Egypt failed to pass Sunday morning's medical examination due to a shoulder injury suffered in training.

    Aly takes Egypt's first ever silver medal in Olympic boxing.

    The other three boxing finals in the Athens Olympics sees Manus Boonjumnong of Thailand, who defeated Yudel Johnson Cedeno of Cuba,Alexei Tichtchenko and Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov of Russia won respectively in the light welterweight (64kg), featherweight (57kg)and middleweight (75kg) finals.

    Success in Athens could breed more successes in future Olympicsfor Cuba.

    "I will continue boxing and my aim is to win more Olympic medals in the future," said Bhartelemy after winning the light flyweight final against Yalcinkaya.

    Bhartelemy trailed 4-2 in the first round, but came back with a series of combinations of left swings and hooks in the second, up to 11-8 after the second round.

    The Turk, who failed to show signs of the brilliance from his former bouts in Sunday's finals, couldn't catch up with the fast-paced Cuban southpaw, losing 5-4 in each of the following two rounds.

    "I'm sorry I lost, but it would be a good experience in the Olympics," said the youngest Olympic medalist of Turkey.

    "Yalcinkaya is a strong opponent but I proved to be better," said Bhartelemy. Enditem