RIO DE JANEIRO -- Coaches Billy Walsh and Kay Koroma realize the daunting nature of the task they face at USA Boxing. Once the gold standard of the Olympic sport, the American men fell to the nadir of a medal-free trip to London four years ago.It got so bad at the last two Olympics that when American fighters faced trouble, they would often look to the stands -- where their fathers or home coaches were screaming to them -- instead of listening to the U.S. coach in their corner.Walsh and Koroma have the attention of the American team this time around, and the results are already quite encouraging.Lightweight Carlos Balderas unanimous decision over Japans Daisuke Narimatsu on Tuesday pushed the U.S. team to a surprising 4-0 at the Olympics. Light flyweight Nico Hernandez also won his first two fights, but middleweight Charles Conwell took the Americans first loss Tuesday night, losing to Indias Vikas Krishan.Theres no prizes been given out yet, but were very happy, Walsh said. This team is on a roll, and theres good momentum. These two guys are in a position where theyre one shot away from a medal, which is a fantastic achievement.Four years after a nine-man American team won only five fights in London and failed to bring home any medals for the first time ever, the current six-man U.S. team has already won four times before four of its fighters even step in the ring.In 2012, Errol Spence was the only American man even to reach the Olympic quarterfinals by winning two bouts. Hernandez and Balderas have already done it in the first four days, returning a bit of respect to the nation that still has the most total boxing medals in Olympic history.I think we probably shut up a couple of people, said Koroma, a Virginia-based amateur coaching veteran. These kids are more mature than the elite athletes weve had representing the USA before. They want this more. Theyre more hungry. They study this. Its their moment, and theyre going to run with it.Walshs job title designates him as the womens head coach because thats how USA Boxing procured the funds to hire the longtime head of the Irish national team, but he coaches all eight American boxers in Rio. Koroma is USA Boxings associate coach and a key mentor to the men, but he is also the personal coach of top bantamweight Shakur Stevenson, the Americans top medal hope heading into the games.As long as you trust one coach, we can all come together as one, Koroma said. If one coach says something, the other coaches go along with it and we run with it. Billy might have a game plan and I might have a game plan. Billy might start his game plan off, and I might throw something in. Ive known all the kids since they were like 8 years old, so having that relationship, they know I have their best interests at heart.That trust is a major factor in any boxing coachs success, and Americans were shockingly uninterested in their national team coaches advice at previous Olympics. They turned to the stands for advice when things got tough in London and Beijing.Walsh, whose Irish team won an impressive four medals in London, is trying to counter that instinct by building trust with the fighters home camps. Most American boxers personal coaches -- who are usually their relatives -- visited Colorado Springs while the U.S. team prepared for Rio.They come to the camp and they see the type of things Im teaching them, Walsh said. I tell them, `I feel this is how we can get better. I want you to go back to your gym and practice this. I show them the type of stuff that we do, and when theyve seen their performances, they know it works. I think theyll buy into it for these first few months, anyway.Earlier this summer, Walsh staged a multi-nation training camp in Colorado Springs, bringing in fighters from Azerbaijan, France and elsewhere. Its a common practice for top teams in Europe and elsewhere, but rare for Americans.We were sparring every day with different styles, and thats what got us here, Balderas said.Hernandez and Balderas both made key strategic adjustments during their bouts at the U.S. coaches advice -- something that seems simple, yet hardly ever happened at the previous two Olympics. Discount Rays Jerseys .S. -- Nikolaj Ehlers registered a hat trick for the third straight game and Jonathan Drouin had a goal and five assists as the Halifax Mooseheads hammered the host Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 10-1 on Tuesday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Authentic Kevin Kiermaier Jersey . Bryzgalov stopped 25 shots on Saturday in the Oklahoma City Barons 4-1 victory over the Abbotsford Heat. 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