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Boxing: Mixed fortunes for British men
Chicago Tribune
LONDON (Reuters) - After Nicola Adams raised the bar for Britain's boxing
team with a momentous gold medal on Thursday it was over to her male
colleagues to follow her lead 24 hours later. Adams raised the roof at the
ExCel when she became the first ...
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Women's boxing looks to grow after Olympic debut
ESPN
The debut tournament got rave reviews from fans, boxers and Olympic
officials who loved the sold-out crowds, evenly matched bouts and the
emergence of stars on the international stage, including U.S. teenager
Claressa Shields, Ireland's Katie Taylor ...
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Lomachenko, Zou lead Olympic boxing semis winners
ESPN
LONDON -- When Lennox Lewis tells a heavyweight British boxer to do
something, that boxer usually listens. Anthony Joshua paid attention to
Lewis' instructions, and it earned him a place in a gold-medal match at the
Olympic boxing tournament.
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NBC didn't show Claressa Shields win boxing gold on Thursday night
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
In addition to the usual kvetching about tape delay and Ryan Seacrest, the
peacock network is getting criticized for its failure to show any highlight
of 17-year-old Claressa Shields winning the first women's boxing gold medal
in American history ...
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Boxing: Cuban dances into final, more home cheer
Yahoo! Sports
LONDON (Reuters) - Cuban teenager Robeisy Ramirez Carrazana dazzled once
again on Friday to reach the flyweight final at the London Games and set up
a gold medal clash with world champion slayer Tugstsogt Nyambayar of
Mongolia. The silky ...
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Boxing: NBC asked to cease ringside commentary
Yahoo! Sports
Nordine Oubaali of France (L) fights against Afghanistan's Ajmal Faisal in
the men's Fly (52kg) Round of 32 boxing match at the ExCeL venue during the
London 2012 Olympic Games July 30, 2012. REUTERS/Murad …more Sezer
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Boxing: Nevin stuns Cuban, eyes more Irish gold
Yahoo! Sports
LONDON (Reuters) - Ireland's John Joe Nevin upset Cuban world bantamweight
champion Lazaro Alvarez Estrada to move a step away from emulating team
mate Katie Taylor's rare Irish gold after 10 men's Olympic finalists were
decided on Friday.
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Why the "Fighting Irish" have a history of Olympic boxing legends
IrishCentral
The 26-year-old is the first female boxer to compete for Ireland at the
Olympics, and is also the country's greatest hope for a gold medal this
year. However, Taylor isn't the only hope Ireland has for boxing glory this
year. The Wicklow native shares ...
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Boxing officials: NBC announcers asked to change positions in Olympic
boxing ...
Washington Post
Officials who oversee Olympic boxing said Friday that they had asked NBC's
announcers, Bob Papa and Teddy Atlas, to move back from their workspace
close to the ExCel center ring to one further back. International Boxing
Association spokesman Sebastien ...
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USA Boxing needs to overhaul its program in order to return to glory
Yahoo! Sports (blog)
USA Boxing needs to get its ex-greats, like Sugar Ray Leonard, involved in
the program (AP file photo)The performance of the American boxing team in
the London Olympics was, sadly, predictable. American boxers have won only
three gold medals in the ...
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