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shakur stevenson has yet to lose a round in rio. bruce beck joins us from rio with more on this young boxing sensation. he's fantastic. >> reporter: yes, he is. he's got johnson and the talent of floyd mayweather. well, maybe that's taking it a bit too far, but there's no question that shakur stevenson is taking rio by storm and getting noticed by one of boxing's all-time greats. the 19-year-old newark native has won two fights here in in the crowd. floyd "money" mayweather, the 12th time world champion, who is now retired owns a record of 49-0. he's here in rio to cheer on usa boxers. mayweather, who won a bronze medal in the 96 games, sees a lot of talent in shakur. >> unbelievable fighter. he was in my boxing another top fighter. i thought he was a professional. >> i saw floyd mayweather. i have to turn up. i got hyped and i got it done. >> the future of boxing, they have so many young stars on the rise. the ultimate goal is to find the next floyd mayweather. >> reporter: the future is bright indeed for shakur. for now, he fights

in boxing, shakur stevenson advanced to the finals. to baseball, mets are prepared to lose neil walker for a few days. he is about to become a dad. he has wife is due any day. the mets look to get back on track in arizona. baseball history without drawing a walk. it's baseball. you have these odd stats. the diamondbacks were too much, so the 10-6 loss dropped the mets three games back in the wild card. the yankees will be without nathan eovaldi for the rest of the season, who surgeries. the flexor tendon was torn completely away from the bone. then he tore his aacl. the yankees have set their sights on the blue jays. they're hosting them tonight. they have a chance to really get back into it over this final stretch. >> let's hope so. news," a shocking turn of events in the california wildfire that has forced hundreds to flee their homes. why police say this was no accident. >> we'll see you back here at 11:00. have a great night. >>> tonight, racing to escape. a frantic turn in the worst flood disaster since superstorm sandy. now 30,00

shakur stevenson is one of them. first things first, the 19-year-old wanter weight is here in rio making his olympic did he by. >> one of the many challenges is, it's fighting grown men now. it's a higher level and higher age level, but honestly, i'm to do and bringing the gold back to newark, bringing the gold back to my city and country. >> stevenson, the oldest of nine children calls newark home. it's the lessons learned in that tough city which molded him into the man he is today. what about the fact you hail from newark? how proud are you that you're a newark guy? >> very proud. my city made me who i am. growing up with eight younger brothers and sisters, i have my mother there. she didn't have much help. i guess all that made me who i am. >> this kid is not short on confidence. he hopes to follow his idol former world champion andre ward and earn the first gold medal by a male american boxer since 2004. are you confident? >> very confident. >> do you believe it's gold in your blood? >> of course. >> you can go

shakur stevenson is out to prove that in rio... the future is now. plus... what i did in london was miraculous. >> what paralympic gold medal... just a year after a bomb explosion took his sight while on patrol in afghanistan... but for former navy officer brad snyder... that was only the start of his road back. and... jill martin hits the streets of rio with international supermodel adriana lima... in search of the perfect outfit for copacabana beach.

american shakur stevenson punched his way to silver in bantamweight boxing. >> scores! >> but the only competition that seemed to matter in rio this weekend was soccer. the host country beat germany to win gold. and regain its national pride. after a humiliating loss in the 2014 world cup. now, all that is lis closing ceremony. four time gold medalist, simone biles will carry the flag for team usa. >> i'm very honored they got to select me. one of my biggest worries, i am afraid the flag is going to be too heavy for me. i am very short the i am a little worried about that part. i think they will guide me through it. >> reporter: biles was selected by fellow teammates and will be the first female gymnast to lead the u.s. team at the closing ceremony. once the olympic torch is out here in rio all the focus will go to 2020 games those will be elaine. >> ben tracy in rio. thank you. >>> coming up next, her mom says this is what happened when she ? music ? new k-y intense. a stimulating gel that takes her pleasure to new heights. >>> the infomercials are all over tv, now the

. >> in boxing shakur stevenson fights in the gold medal bout tomorrow. the 19-year-old newark native is oh so close to cpl life-long dream. you're one bout away from a gold medal. tell me what you're thinking right now? >> right now i'm kind of excited but i've been waiting to fight the cuban 2012 gold medal for a while and i'm hyped up. i can't wait. excited, competition. >> tomorrow the u.s. women's basketball team goes for the gold medal against spain. they've won 48 consecutive games and are gunning for a record six consecutive gold medal. news 4 new york. >>> and here is a medal count in rio. team usa has more than 100 medals, 38 are gold. china has more medals but fewer gold. russia rounds out the top four with 48 in all. we are your home for all the olympic coverage go to nbcnewyork.com and click on 4 to watch. >>> coming up on news 4 new york, a string of crimes where police say two men have been zapping people with a stun gun, then robbing them. >>> this dog has been reunited with his family after an amazing water rescue. coming up, we'll introd

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. >>> usain bolt will be back on the track looking to add a second gold to his meanwhile shakur stevenson in boxing. in basketball they quickly dominated the team. kevin durant led the charge with 27 points. they bead argentina, 105-78. they'll play spain on friday. the game is a rematch from the >>> a new jersey runner, nia ali from pleasantville, she won the silver. her two teammates took the gold and bronze respectively and it's the first time the women swept the podium in a track event at the olympics. it is being dubbed awesome hour. the track and field won six medals. and on copacabana beach volleyball team of kerri walsh-jennings and april ross. walsh-jennings had a pair of blocks to finish the game, so with the bronze and three gold medals, walsh jennings is now the most decorated beach volleyball player ever in history. >>> a runner who made headlines by helping another will not be in the final. she helped the other after they while both were moved into the final, dagg see know won't be running because she tore a ligament in her knee. we saw she was so hurt. the two runners are v

that set the stage for neymar and he blows the roof offs in the ring, shakur stevenson came out using his left hand effectively in the gold medal match. it came down to round three where ramirez, a 2012 olympic champion was the aggressor. and it was ramirez who earned the split decision victory and the gold medal. while an emotional stevenson settled for silver. medal? that you won the silver or lost the chance for the gold? >> i'm not really too proud about winning silver. i'm kind of disappointed in myself. i kind of feel better, i got a lot of tweets from people like "sugar" ray leonard and floyd mayeweather, and andre ward. i'm happy to see that. i got their respect. but, i'm kind of disappointed in myself still. >> not that there was ever any doubt, the u.s. women's basketball team won their sixth straight gold medal. ro over an over matched spain team, it's now 49 straight olympic wins and counting for coach geno and company. >> a fourth title. how amazing is that? a fourth gold medal. >> it's unbelievable. for women's basketball, there's only a handful that have done it and thr

newark's own shakur stevenson will be boxing. the u.s. hit the 100 mark. yes, 35 of those are gold. our totals double china's count in second with 58. great britain and russia in third and fourth. watch today. the highlights as we said include jordan burroughs going for the gold in freestyle wrestling. you can read up on the athletes, watch the highlights and get details on the match-ups ahead. the competition of basketball, it's a testimony of the global popularity. nba has a lot of foreign players, serbia, australia, france, all good teams. >> some of the american basketball players saying i know how they play because i played against them before. >>> the life saving lessons for students in new jersey. >>> and we're all excited about storm ranger 4, erica grow is out in the field with it right now. >> that's right. and this brand-new technology is going to make weather forecasting and weather preparation safety that much area. coming up, i'll take you inside this beautiful machine on "today in new york." ??? across new york state, from long island to buffalo, from rochester to the

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