Saturday's first day of finals features five bouts starting at 19:00 with 51kg final leading things off. Thailand and Cuba have two boxers in today's finals, including the opening bout while there is a repeat of the AIBA World Championships Chicago 2007 91kg final.

Schedule

Flyweight 51kg Andris Laffita Hernandez (CUB) v Somjit Jongjohor (THA)
Hernandez Career Record - 2008 Pan Am champion, 2005 World Championship silver medallist
2008 Olympic Games record:
Georgy Balahshin (RUS) 9:8 in semifinal
Arroyo McWilliams (PUR) 15:6 in quarterfinal
Khalid Yafai (GBR) 9:3
Bye
Jongjohor Career Record - 2008 AIBA President Cup 1st, AIBA World Championships Chicago 2007 2nd, 2006 Asian Games 2nd, 2004 Olympic Games quarterfinalist, 2003 World Championship 1st, 2001 World Championship 5th
2008 Olympic Games record:
Vincenzo Picardi (ITA) 7:1 in semifinal
Anvar Yunusov (TJK) 8:1 in quarterfinal
Samir Mammadov (AZE) 10:2
Eddie Valenzuela (GUA) 6:1

Featherweight 57kg Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR) v Khedafi Djelkhir (FRA)
Lomachenko Career Record: AIBA World Championships Chicago 2007 2nd
2008 Olympic Games record:
Yakup Kilic (TUR) 10:1 in semifinal
Yang Li (CHN) 12:3 in quarterfinal
Bahodirjon Sultonov (UZB) 13:1
Albert Selimov (RUS) (RUS) 14:7
Djelkhir Career Record: 2007 EU Union Championships 1st, 2004 EU Championships 2nd
2008 Olympic Games record:
Shanin Imranov (AZE) RET R2 in semifinal
Arturo Sanoto Reyes (MEX) 14:9 in quarterfinal
Raynell Williams (USA) 9:7
Paul Fleming (AUS) 13:9

Light Welterweight 64kg Manus Boonjumnong (THA) v Felix Diaz (DOM)
Boonjumnong Career Record: 2008 AIBA President Cup 3rd, 2006 Asian Games 1st, 2004 Olympic Games 1st, 2003 World Championship 3rd
Olympic Games Record:
Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo (CUB) 10:5 in semifinal
Serik Sapiyev (KAZ) 7:5 in quarterfinal
Masatsugu Kawachi (JPN) 8:1
Bye
Diaz Career Record: 2007 Pan Am Games quarterfinalist, 2003 Pan Am Games 3rd (60kg)
Olympic Games Record:
Alexis Vastine (FRA) 12:10 in semifinal
Morteza Sepahvand (IRI) 11:6 in quarterfinal
John Joe Joyce (IRE) +11:11
Eduard Ambartsumyan (ARM) 11:4

Middleweight 75kg James Degale (GBR) v Emilio Correa Bayeaux (CUB)
Degale Career Record: 2008 EU Union Championships 2nd, 2007 EU Union Championships 2nd, 2006 Commonwealth games 1st
Olympic Games Record:
Darren Sutherland (IRE) 10:3 in semifinal
Bakhtiyar Artayev (KAZ) 8:3 in quarterfinal
Shawn Estrada (USA) 11:5
Mohamed Hikal (EGY) 13:4
Correa Bayeaux Career Record: 2008 Pan Am Championships 1st, 2007 Pan Am Championships 1st, 2005 World Championship bronze medallist
Olympic Games Record:
Vijender Kumar (IND) 8:5 in semifinal
Elshod Rasulov (UZB) 9:7 in quarterfinal
Sergiy Derevyanchenko (UKR) 18:4
Jarrod Fletcher (AUS) 17:4    

Heavyweight 91kg Rakhim Chakhkiev (RUS) v  Clemente Russo (ITA)
Chakhkiev Career Record: AIBA World Championships Chicago 2007 2nd
Olympic Games Record:
Osmay Acosta Duarte (CUB) 10:5 in semifinal
John M'bumba (FRA) 18:9 in quarterfinal
Ali Mazaheri (IRI) 7:3
Russo Career Record: AIBA World Championships Chicago 2007 1st, 2007 EU Union Championships 2nd, 2006 EU Union Championships quarterfinalist 
Olympic Games Record:
Deontay Wilder (USA) 7:1 in semifinal
Oleksandr Usyk (UKR) 7:4 in quarterfinal
Viktor Zuyeu (BLR) 7:1

Finals Statistics:
Total boxers: 22
Total countries represented: 12 (China (III), Cuba (IV), Dominican Republic, France (II), Great Britain, Ireland, Italy (II), Kazakhstan, Mongolia (II), Russia (II), Thailand (II), Ukraine)