Boxing at the Olympics '08 *Beijing* Let's talk here! Post videos & pictures!!!

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Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

Olympic champion 1992: Torsten May, Germany (Pro record)
Olympic champion 1996: Vasili Jirov, Kazahkstan (Former IBF champ at 190/200, pro record)
Olympic champion 2000: Alexandre Lebziak, Russia (Pro record)
Olympic champion 2004: Andre Ward, USA (Pro record)

Reigning champions:

World, USA 2007: Abbos Atoyev, Uzbekistan (+)
European C., Bulgaria 2006: Artur Beteryiev, Russia (+)
European Union C., Poland 2008: Kenneth Egan, Ireland (+)
Asian Games, Qatar 2006: Dzhakhon Kurbanov, Tadjikistan (+)
Asian C., Mongolia 2007: Abbos Atoyev, Uzbekistan (+)
All-Africa Games, Algeria 2007: Ramadan Yasser, Egypt (+)
African C., Madagascar 2007: Ramadan Yasser, Egypt (+)
Pan-American Games, Brazil 2007: Eleider Alvarez, Colombia (+)
Pan-American C., Ecuador 2008: Eleider Alvarez, Colombia (+)
Oceanian C., Samoa 2008: Farani Tauui, Samoa (+)
Commonwealth Games, Australia 2006: Kenneth Anderson, Scotland (-)

Participants 2008:

Africa:
Ramadan Yasser (Egypt) [11]
Bastir Samir (Ghana) [19]
Mouhrad Sahraoui (Tunisia) [17]
Dauda Izobo (Nigeria)
Abdelhafid Benchabla (Algeria) [9]
Aziz Ali (Kenya)

America:
Washington Silva (Brazil)
Carlos Negron (Puerto Rico)
Julius Jackson (Virgin Islands)
Luis Gonzalez (Venezuela)
Azea Augustama (Haiti)
Eleider Alvarez (Colombia) [3]

Asia:
Zhang Xiaoping (China)
Yerkebuian Shynaliyev (Kazakhstan) [12]
Djakhon Kurbanov (Tajikistan) [6]
Dinesh Kumar (India)
Mehdi Ghorbani (Iran) [10]
Abbos Atoev (Uzbekistan) [1]

Europe:
Imre Szello (Hungary) [7]
Marijo Sivolija (Croatia) [15]
Ismayl Sillakh (Ukraine)
Daugirdas Semiotis (Lithuania) [5]
Ramazan Magomedov (Belarus)
Kennedy Katende (Sweden) [17]
Tony Jeffries (Great Britain)
Kenneth Egan (Ireland) [4]
Artur Beterbiev (Russia) [2]

Oceania:
Farani Tavui (Samoa)

Preview:
Bonus info:
Youtube links:
2007 World Championship final: Aboos Atoyev (Uzbekistan) vs. Artur Beterbiev (Russia)
Artur Beterbiev (Russia) vs. Yunier Dorticos (Cuba)
Artur Beterbiev (Russia) vs. Kenneth Egan (Ireland)
2008 Olympics tune up: Carlos Negron (Puerto Rico) vs. Sijuu Chibazz (USA)
Tony Jeffries (GB) amateur highlights