 In his third fight, this one for the Olympic bronze medal, he faced Carlos Quipo Pilataxi of Ecuador.Again starting slowly, he came from behind to win, again—ensuring himself an Olympic medal, and startling the boxing world—becoming the first American male boxer to win an Olympic medal since heavyweight boxer Deontay Wilder's 2008 bronze medal win—and the first light flyweight American male boxer to win an Olympic medal since Michael Carbajal (a future International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee) won a silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.In his fourth fight—the semi-finals, for the Olympic silver medal—he fought the Asian champion, Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan, Hernandez again started slowly, but this time could not make the come-from-behind win.