Olympic boxing - News
12 Aug 2012 16:24
With his second Gold medal win practically a foregone conclusion well before heading into Sunday afternoon’s finals, the only thing left for Vasyl Lomachenko is to be handed his second consecutive Val Barker trophy as the outstanding boxer of the competition
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12 Aug 2012 00:32
Ukraine was already all but guaranteed one boxing Gold medal with the world’s best amateur — regardless of weight class — Vasyl Lomachenko in queue for Sunday’s lightweight championship. Oleksandr Usyk provided an insurance policy for the nation, gaining revenge on Italy’s Clemente Russo to win the heavyweight division in Saturday evening’s finals, 14-11
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11 Aug 2012 23:43
Denis Berinchyk’s tournament long strategy of more offense serving as his lone defense finally caught up to him. Roniel Iglesias stormed past the Ukrainian en route to Olympic Gold with a 22-15 win in the light welterweight finals
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10 Aug 2012 01:58
Nicola Adams couldn’t have picked a better stage to deliver a career-best performance. The hosting nation’s flyweight finalist was brilliant in a 16-7 Gold medal winning effort over Ren Cancan of China. Adams’ win etches her name in history, becoming the first ever female boxer to win a Gold medal
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9 Feb 2011 18:13
Two-time Olympic gold medalist and one of the most accomplished amateur fighters ever, Alexey Tischenko, announced his upcoming retirement from boxing to the Russian media.Its time to call it a day - Im feeling it. Im done with boxing, said the fighter to a local media outlet
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14 Aug 2009 12:22
Female boxing will be added to the 2012 Olympic games in London said Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The decision was made at a meeting of the organization in
Berlin. There it will be three divisions: flyweight (106 lbs-112 lbs), lightweight (123 lbs-132 lbs) and middleweight (152 lbs-165 pounds)
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