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The split-decision loss in the action-packed Olympic bantamweight gold-medal fight was so crushing to the U.S.s Shakur Stevenson on Saturday afternoon in Rio de Janeiro that he could barely speak in the minutes afterward.During his live interview on NBC right after he left the ring following his loss to Cubas brilliant Robeisy Ramirez -- who won his second gold medal in a row following his 2012 flyweight championship at the 2012 London Olympics -- Stevenson broke down. After choking up while barely answering a couple of questions, he began sobbing almost uncontrollably before putting his head in a towel and walking away.The raw emotion was a stark change from the joyful, smiling Stevenson the world had seen during his run to the Olympic final in the 123-pound weight division.The 19-year-old Stevenson, of Newark, New Jersey, was consoled in the dressing room by family members, as well as middleweight teammate Claressa Shields, who won her second consecutive Olympic gold medal on Sunday afternoon.Stevenson took a few minutes to compose himself, changed and headed back out to the ring for the medal ceremony, where he received a silver. It is the best finish by a male boxer from the United States since Andre Ward, who happens to be Stevensons favorite fighter, won the light heavyweight gold medal at the 2004 Athens Games.When Stevenson, who showed class by not disputing the decision, collected himself as he spoke about his postfight emotion and in more detail about the loss.When I came through (the interview area near ringside), I was crushed, I was hurt, Stevenson said. I hate losing more than anything. Im disappointed in myself. Much respect to Cubas Robeisy Ramirez. He did what he to do and I took my loss. I feel like a let a lot of people down. Im disappointed in myself but Im going to come back stronger.The fight was fought at an extremely high level. Ramirez won the first round on all three scorecards, Stevenson got the second round on all three and Ramirez edged the third. Overall, Ramirez landed slightly more punches and threw slightly more punches. It was the recipe for his victory.I knew it was a close fight, Stevenson said. I didnt feel it was my best performance so I wasnt surprised (by the decision). In the last round, I could have thrown more punches instead of trying to outbox him. I had a plan, I knew he was going to come at me because everyone told me it was 1-1 so I was going to try to box him from the outside but it didnt work. I dont think he hit me but he threw a lot of punches in the last round and pulled it out I guess.Right now, Im crushed. Im disappointed in myself. I knew I could have done better. I have to go look at the tape and see what I did wrong. I had a game plan to try to outbox him the last round because I knew he was going to come forward and it didnt work.Stevenson is the apple of many promoters eyes and figures to cash in with a lucrative professional contract in the coming months. He has almost certainly fought his final amateur bout, so he said he hopes that someday he and Ramirez can meet again in the pro ranks, where there would be a lot of money on the line, not just pride.Hopefully, they will allow Cubans to go to the pros because I definitely want to fight him again, said Stevenson, who became the first U.S. bantamweight to win an Olympic medal since Clarence Vinson claimed a bronze in the 2000 Sydney Games.Floyd Mayweather made an appearance in Rio to watch Stevenson in his quarterfinal match (he wound up with a walkover in the semifinals because Russian opponent Vladimir Nikitin was injured in his quarterfinal match and withdrew from the tournament) and even did an interview with a handful of reporters with Stevenson standing at his side. 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