Boxing

Olympics-Boxing-Poster girl Taylor eases into final
Reuters
LONDON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Women boxing's poster girl Katie Taylor of
Ireland was a step away from becoming one of the first Olympic women's
boxing champions on Wednesday when she produced a clinical performance to
reach the lightweight final.
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2012 Olympics boxing: Claressa Shields wins, Marlen Esparza loses
Los Angeles Times
LONDON -- Teenager Claressa Shields, who wasn't old enough to fight in the
Olympics until March, will be going for a gold medal in boxing after
outpointing Kazakhstan's Marina Volnova, 29-15, in a bruising middleweight
semifinal Wednesday. But ...
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India's Boxing Hero Mary Kom, Settles for Bronze
New York Times (blog)
Damir Sagolj/ReutersBritain's Nicola Adams, left, is declared the winner
over India's M.C. Mary Kom in the semifinal match of the women's flyweight
boxing event at the London Olympics on Wednesday. Mary Kom's gold medal
quest ended on Wednesday ...
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Chris Mannix: USA Boxing has work to do after worst Olympic performance
in ...
SI.com
Errol Spence Jr. was the last American standing between USA Boxing and its
worst showing in Olympic history, and on Tuesday Spence was out-jabbed,
out-boxed and ultimately out-pointed, 16-11, by Russian Andrey Zamkovoy,
falling, like every U.S. fighter ...
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USA boxing still getting hit
ESPN
LONDON -- The Olympic boxing venue, almost every session, is packed. Many
come to see British middleweight Anthony Ogogo, while others come to
discern whether Kazakhstan's 6-foot-9 super heavyweight, Ivan Dychko, has
game equal to his size.
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Nicola Adams guaranteed boxing gold or silver
Yahoo! Sports
Britain's Nicola Adams is certain to get either the first or second women's
Olympic boxing gold medal ever to be awarded after beating five-time world
champion M.C. Mary Kom in their flyweight semi-final on Wednesday. The
Leeds 29 year-old scored an 11 ...
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Boxing: Worst US team ever, says champ Toney
Yahoo! Sports
LONDON (Reuters) - The much touted American men's boxing team that exited
the Olympics without a medal for the first time were 'garbage' and not
worth watching, multiple weight world champion James Toney told Reuters.
The much vaunted nine men ...
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U.S. mens boxing punched out for good in quarterfinal
New York Post
Welterweight Errol Spence dropped a 16-11 decision to Russia's Andrey
Zamkovoy in the quarterfinals last night, ending the last chance for the
most successful team in Olympic boxing history to add to its record 108
medals. Instead, the Dallas-area ...
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Team GB target more medals from boxing to sailing
Yahoo! Sports
From boxing to sailing, Team GB competitors are on course to add several
more medals to the host country's 48 gong haul on "Winners' Wednesday" at
the London Olympics. Nicola Adams is already guaranteed at least a bronze
medal after reaching the last ...
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Cameroon athletes missing
ESPN
The British news agency Press Association said David Ojong, the Team
Cameroon chief, told his government that five boxers, a swimmer and a
soccer player left the athletes village in Stratford, east London, over the
weekend and have not returned.
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