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

[Mikkel_K]

Heavyweight (91 kg)

Olympic champion 1992: Felix Savon, Cuba (Never turned pro)
Olympic champion 1996: Felix Savon, Cuba (Never turned pro)
Olympic champion 2000: Felix Savon, Cuba (Never turned pro)
Olympic champion 2004: Odlanier Solis, Cuba (Pro record)

Reigning champions:

World, USA 2007: Clemente Russo, Italy (+)
European C., Bulgaria 2006: Denis Poyatska, Russia (-)
European Union C., Poland 2008: Elias Pavlidis, Greece (+)
Asian Games, Qatar 2006: Ali Mazaheri, Iran (+)
Asian C., Mongolia 2007: Ali Mazaheri, Iran (+)
All-Africa Games, Algeria 2007: Mourad Sahraoui, Tunesia (+)
African C., Madagascar 2007: Abdelaziz Toulbini, Algeria (+)
Pan-American Games, Brazil 2007: Osmay Acosta, Cuba (+)
Pan-American C., Ecuador 2008: Osmay Acosta, Cuba (+)
Oceanian C., Samoa 2008: Bradley Pitt, Australia (+)
Commonwealth Games, Australia 2006: Bradley Pitt, Australia (+)

Participants 2008:

Africa:
Abdelaziz Touilbini (Algeria) [9]
Olanrewaju Durodola (Nigeria)
Mohamed Arjaoui (Tunisia)

America:
Osmay Acosta (Cuba) [3]
Deontay Wilder (USA)
Deivi Julio Blanco (Colombia)

Asia:
Yushan Nijiati (China) [20]
Ali Mazaheri (Iran) [4]

Europe:
Viktar Zuyev (Belarus) [2]
Alexandr Usyk (Ukraine) [5]
Clemente Russo (Italy) [1]
Ilias Pavlidis (Greece) [7]
John M'Bumba (France) [13]
Milorad Gajovic (Montenegro)
Rakhim Chakheiv (Russia) [6]

Oceania:
Bradley Pitt (Australia) [17]

Preview:
Bonus info:
Youtube links:
2007 World Championship final: Clemente Russo (Italy) vs. Rakhim Chakhiev (Russia)
2008 Boxing Deontay Wilder (USA) vs. Leilei Wang (China)
John M'Bumba

[Mikkel_K]

Super Heavyweight (+91 kg)

Olympic champion 1992: Roberto Balado, Cuba (Never turned pro)
Olympic champion 1996: Wladimir Klitschko, Russia (Current WBO, IBF & IBO HW champion, pro record)
Olympic champion 2000: Audley Harrison, Great Britain (Former WBF champion, current joke, pro record)
Olympic champion 2004: Alexander Povetkin, Russia (Pro record)

Reigning champions:

World, USA 2007: Roberto Cammarelle, Italy (+)
European C., Bulgaria 2006: Islam Timurziev, Russia (+)
European Union C., Poland 2008: David Price, England (+)
Asian Games, Qatar 2006: Rustam Saidov, Uzbekistan (-)
Asian C., Mongolia 2007: Rustam Saidov, Uzbekistan (-)
All-Africa Games, Algeria 2007: Emad Abdelhalim Ali, Egypt (-)
African C., Madagascar 2007: Newfel Outah, Algeria (+)
Pan-American Games, Brazil 2007: Roberto Alfonso, Cuba (+)
Pan-American C., Ecuador 2008: Oscar Rivas, Colombia (+)
Oceanian C., Samoa 2008: Daniel Beahan, Australia (+)
Commonwealth Games, Australia 2006: David Price, England (+)

Participants 2008:

Africa:
Newfel Ouateh (Algeria) [16]
Onorede Ehwareme (Nigeria)
Mohamed Amanissi (Morocco) [18]

America:
Oscar Rivas (Colombia) [9]
Jose Payares (Venezuela) [6]
Robert Alfonso (Cuba) [4]

Asia:
Zhang Zhilei (China) [8]
Ruslan Myrsatayev (Kazakhstan)

Europe:
Marko Tomasovic (Croatia)
Islam Timurziev (Russia) [2]
Kubrat Pulev (Bulgaria) [10]
David Price (Great Britain) [7]
Jaroslav Jaksto (Lithuania) [12]
Vyacheslav Glazkov (Ukraine) [3]
Roberto Cammarelle (Italy) [1]

Oceania:
Daniel Beahan (Australia) [13]

Preview:
Bonus info:
Youtube links:

2004 Olympic semifinal: Alexander Povetkin (Russia) vs. Roberto Cammarelle (Italy)
2006 World Cup: Odlanier Solis (Cuba) vs. Islam Timurziev (Russia)
2007 World Championship final: Roberto Cammarelle (Italy) vs. Vyacheslav Glazkow (Ukraine)
Roberto Cammarelle (Italy) vs. Islam Timurziev (Russia)
2007 WC fight: Daniel Beahan (Australia) vs. Mane Marceta (Serbia)

[Macho]

Well Mikkel K , i can say that P.R. have 5 great Olympics boxers that will going participate in this Olympics Games whos are:

1- McWillian Arroyo who was named like the Olimpics that will carrie the P.R. Flag of the Puertorican Delegation to the Olimpics Games of Pekin , he already participated in the Panamericans and Centro America Games , McWillian is one with the real possibility in win the Gold Medal to P.R. , he fights in 51KG..................

2- McJoe Arroyo who is the McWillian twin brother , fights in 54KG........another with a great hands speed and great technicals skill....

3- Jose Pedraza who fights in 60KG...........

4- Jhonathan Gonzalez who fights in the weight of 69KG.......

5- Carlos Negron another great prospect in bring a Gold Medal to P.R. too , Negro a kid with 6`6" , 19 Years Old very strong and hit hard , fight in the weight of 90KG............

Heres a pic of them :

[Mikkel_K]

Bomp.

[amat]

List of boxers qualified. Maybe you can edit, I'll post some thoughts a bit later.


48kg
David Ayrapetyan (Russia) 9.26.83
Patrick Barnes (Ireland) 4.9.87
Pál Bedák (Hungary) 9.8.85
Eduard Bermudez (Venezuela)
Suleiman Bilali (Kenya) 6.5.78
Redouane Bouchtouk (Morocco) 12.19.76
Paulo Carvalho (Brazil)
Georgiy Chigaev (Ukraine) 10.19.83
Hovhannes Danielyan (Armenia) 4.11.87
Kelvin de la Nieve (Spain) 8.28.86
Sherali Dostiev (Tajikistan) 1.12.85
Thomas Essomba (Cameroon)
Yampier Hernandez (Cuba)
Lukasz Maszczyk (Poland) 12.15.84
Jose Luis Meza (Ecuador)
Winston Montero (Dominican Republic) 11.20.74
Nordine Oubaali (France) 8.4.86
Manyo Plange (Ghana) 1.18.88
Amnat Ruenroeng (Thailand)
Purevdorj Serdamba (Mongolia) 4.28.85
Ronald Serugo (Uganda)
Simanga Shiba (Swaziland)* 5.12.87
Rafikjon Sultanov (Uzbekistan) 2.19.88
Harry Tañamor (Philippines) 8.20.77
Japhet Uutoni (Namibia) 6.29.79
Jack Willie (Papua New Guinea) 4.15.79
Luis Yáñez (USA) 10.25.88
Birzhan Zhakypov (Kazakhstan) 7.7.84
Zou Shiming (China) 5.18.81

51kg
McWilliams Arroyo (Puerto Rico) 12.5.85
Georgi Balakshin (Russia) 3.6.80
Jackson Chauke (South Africa) 5.29.85
Walid Cherif (Tunisia) 6.9.78
Cassius Chiyanika (Zambia)
Tulashboy Doniyarov (Uzbekistan) 3.30.81
Somjit Jongjohor (Thailand) 1.19.75
Rafal Kaczor (Poland) 8.6.82
Norbert Kalucza (Hungary)
Jitender Kumar (India) 7.18.88
Andry Laffita (Cuba) 3.26.78
Bernard Ngumba (Kenya)
Lee Ok-Sung (South Korea) 2.7.81
Samir Mammadov (Azerbaijan) 5.15.88
Furkan Ulaş Memiş (Turkey)
Getachew Molla (Ethiopia)
Abdelillah Nhaila (Morocco)
Juan Carlos Payano (Dominican Republic) 12.14.84
Vincenzo Picardi (Italy) 10.20.83
Anurudha Rathnayake (Sri Lanka) 8.17.75
Mirat Sarsembayev (Kazakhstan) 7.13.86
Stephen Sutherland (Australia) 8.19.80
Jerome Thomas (France) 1.20.79
Eddie Valenzuela (Guatemala)
Robenilson Vieira (Brazil)
Rau'Shee Warren (USA) 2.13.87
Khalid Yafai (Great Britain) 6.11.89
Anvar Yunusov (Tajikistan) 2.1.87

54kg
Kanat Abutalipov (Kazakhstan) 3.22.83
McJoe Arroyo (Puerto Rico) 12.5.85
Enkhbat Badar-Uugan (Mongolia) 6.3.85
Luke Boyd (Australia) 4.22.87
Veaceslav Gojan (Moldova) 5.18.83
Gu Yu (China) 6.12.83
Han Soon-Chul (South Korea) 12.30.84
Ali Hallab (France) 4.4.81
Khumiso Ikgopoleng (Botswana) 12.5.79
Bruno Julie (Mauritius) 7.11.78
Khavazy Khatsyau (Belarus) 4.17.77
Akhil Kumar (India) 3.27.81
Yankiel Leon (Cuba)
Héctor Manzanilla (Venezuela) 6.28.85
Hicham Mesbahi (Morocco) 12.4.80
Joseph Murray (Great Britain) 1.3.87
John Joe Nevin (Ireland)
Abdelhalim Ourradi (Algeria)
Vittorio Parrinello (Italy) 8.8.83
Worapoj Petchkoom (Thailand) 5.18.81
Emiliani Polino (Tanzania) 9.25.86
Rustam Rahimov (Germany) 2.16.75
Jonatan Romero (Colombia) ?.?.87
Gary Russell (USA) 1.5.88
Issah Samir (Ghana) 7.26.79
Khurshid Tadjibayev (Uzbekistan)
Oscar Valdez (Mexico) 12.22.90
Sergey Vodopyanov (Russia) 9.20.87

57kg
Sailom Adi (Thailand) 7.7.86
Thato Batshegi (Botswana) 4.27.88
Abdelkader Chadi (Algeria)
Robson Conceicao (Brazil)
Alessio di Savino (Italy)
Khedafi Djelkhir (France) 10.26.81
Prince Octopus Dzanie (Ghana) 3.26.85
Paul Fleming (Australia) 4.3.88
Wilhelm Gratschow (Germany) ?.?.82
Shahin Imranov (Azerbaijan) 9.23.80
Nikoloz Izoria (Georgia) 8.31.85
Galib Jafarov (Kazakhstan) 5.9.78
Yakup Kilic (Turkey) 7.13.86
Anthresh Lalit Lakra (India) 10.22.83
Li Yang (China) 2.19.82
Vasyl Lomachenko (Ukraine) 2.17.88
Roberto Navarro (Dominican Republic)
Nicholas Okoth (Kenya)
Mahdi Ouatine (Morocco)
Luis Porozo (Ecuador)
Arturo Santos (Mexico) 12.26.85
Albert Selimov (Russia) 4.5.86
Alaa Shili (Tunisia)
Satoshi Shimizu (Japan) 3.13.86
Bahodirjon Sultanov (Uzbekistan) 1.15.85
Idel Torriente (Cuba) 9.9.86
Raynell Williams (USA) 2.4.89
Enkhzorig Zorigtbataar (Mongolia) 2.27.87

60kg
Merey Akshalov (Kazakhstan) 5.8.88
Sadam Ali (USA) 9.26.88
Frankie Gavin (Great Britain) 9.28.85
Hu Qing (China) 1.19.86
Julius Indongo (Namibia)
Hrachik Javakhyan (Armenia) 7.6.84
Jong Sub-Baik (South Korea) 7.5.80
Kim Song-Guk (North Korea) 4.11.81
Oleksandr Klyuchko (Ukraine) 7.11.84
Hamza Kramou (Algeria)
Rasheed Lawal (Nigeria) 8.13.83
Anthony Little (Australia) 11.6.80
Everton Lopes (Brazil) 8.8.88
Saiffedine Nejmaoui (Tunisia) 5.5.81
Jose Pedraza (Puerto Rico) 5.8.89
Darley Pérez (Colombia)
Gheorghe Popescu (Romania)
Pichai Sayota (Thailand) 12.24.79
Onur Sipal (Turkey) 3.17.89
Jean de Dieu Soloniaina (Madagascar)
Daouda Sow (France) 10.26.83
Asylbek Talasbayev (Kyrgyzstan) 2.7.82
Tahar Tamsamani (Morocco) 9.10.80
Alexey Tishchenko (Russia) 5.29.84
Yordenis Ugas (Cuba) 7.14.86
Domenico Valentino (Italy) 5.17.84
Miklos Varga (Hungary)
Francisco Vargas (Mexico) 12.25.84

64kg
Manus Boonjumnong (Thailand) 6.23.80
Hastings Bwalya (Zambia) 6.25.85
Myke Carvalho (Brazil) 10.28.83
Felix Diaz (Dominican Republic) 12.10.83
Boris Georgiev (Bulgaria) 12.5.82
Ionut Gheorghe (Romania) 2.29.84
Jonathan Gonzalez (Puerto Rico) 7.26.89
Eduard Hambardzumyan (Armenia) 12.23.86
Hamza Hassini (Tunisia)
Rosniel Iglesias (Cuba)
John Joe Joyce (Ireland) 10.17.87
Gyula Kate (Hungary)
Egidjius Kavialauskas (Lithuania) 6.29.88
Masatsugu Kawachi (Japan) 12.25.85
Todd Kidd (Australia) 4.15.85
Samuel Kotey (Ghana) 7.5.83
Gennady Kovalev (Russia) 5.13.83
Maimaitituersun Qiong (China) 11.13.88
Javier Molina (USA) 1.2.90
Driss Moussaid (Morocco)
Uranchimeg Munkh-Erdene (Mongolia) 3.22.82
Colin Richarno (Mauritius) 7.17.87
Jhonny Sanchez (Venezuela)
Serik Sapiyev (Kazakhstan) 11.16.83
Bradley Saunders (Great Britain) 2.6.86
Morteza Sepahvand (Iran) 8.7.79
Mahaman Smaila (Cameroon)
Alexis Vastine (France) 1.19.83

69kg
Nickson Abaka (Kenya)
Hosam Bakr Abdin (Egypt) 10.26.85
Demetrius Andrade (USA) 2.28.88
Andrey Balanov (Russia) 4.27.76
Carlos Banteaux (Cuba)
Aliasker Bashirov (Turkmenistan) 6.27.79
Non Boonjumnong (Thailand) 6.12.82
Gilber Lenin Castillo (Dominican Republic)
Jaoid Chiguer (France)
Jack Culkay-Keth (Germany) 9.26.85
Vitali Grusac (Moldova) 9.11.77
Hanati Silamu (China) 9.13.84
John Jackson (Virgin Islands) 1.16.89
Taureano Johnson (Bahamas) 2.12.84
Mejandjae Kasuto (Namibia) 11.25.85
Mehdi Khalsi (Morocco)
Adem Kilicci (Turkey) 4.18.86
Kim Jung-Joo (South Korea) 11.11.81
Dilshod Mahmudov (Uzbekistan) 11.30.82
Rolande Moses (Grenada)* 1.24.81
Joseph Mulema (Cameroon)
Magomed Nurutdinov (Belarus) 1.4.81
Gerard O'Mahony (Australia) 3.17.79
Choyaeb Oussassi (Algeria)
Bakhyt Sarsekbayev (Kazakhstan) 11.29.81
Billy Joe Saunders (Great Britain)
Oleksandr Stretskyy (Ukraine) 5.6.86
Adam Trupish (Canada) 2.8.79
Kakhaber Zhvania (Georgia) 5.31.83

75kg
Bakhityar Artayev (Kazakhstan) 3.14.83
Alfonso Blanco (Venezuela) 2.2.86
Konstantin Buga (Germany) 6.17.85
Cho Deok-Jin (South Korea) 2.20.83
Angkham Chomphuphuang (Thailand) 1.20.81
Emilio Correa (Cuba) 10.12.85
James DeGale (Great Britain) 2.3.86
Sergey Derevyanchenko (Ukraine) 10.31.85
Shawn Estrada (USA) 1.4.85
Jarrod Fletcher (Australia) 10.20.83
Georgios Gazis (Greece) 5.25.81
Carlos Gongora (Ecuador) 5.25.89
Andranik Hakobyan (Armenia) 10.6.81
Mohammed Hikal (Egypt) 1.10.79
Badou Jack (The Gambia) 10.31.83
Nabil Kassel (Algeria) 3.10.84
Matvey Korobov (Russia) 1.7.83
Ezequiel Maderna (Argentina) 10.1.86
Argenis Nunez (Dominican Republic) 12.30.81
Said Rachidi (Morocco)
Elshod Rasulov (Uzbekistan) 3.7.86
Jean-Mickael Raymond (France) 8.29.86
Herry Saliku Biembe (DR Congo) 5.14.81
Ahmed Saraku (Ghana) 2.3.86
Darren Sutherland (Ireland) 4.18.82
Naim Terbunja (Sweden) 9.28.84
Vijender Vijender (India) 10.29.85
Wang Jianzheng (China) 2.1.87

81kg
Aziz Ali (Kenya)
Eleider Alvarez (Colombia)
Abbos Atoev (Uzbekistan) 6.7.86
Azea Augustama (Haiti) 8.2.83
Abdelhafid Benchabla (Algeria)
Artur Beterbiev (Russia) 1.21.85
Kenneth Egan (Ireland) 1.7.82
Luis Gonzalez (Venezuela)
Mehdi Ghorbani (Iran) 1.12.88
Dauda Izobo (Nigeria)
Julius Jackson (Virgin Islands) 8.1.87
Tony Jeffries (Great Britain) 3.2.85
Kennedy Katende (Sweden) 3.15.85
Dinesh Kumar (India)
Djakhon Kurbanov (Tajikistan) 2.12.86
Ramazan Magomedov (Belarus) 6.7.85
Carlos Negron (Puerto Rico)
Mouhrad Sahraoui (Tunisia)
Bastir Samir (Ghana) 5.19.86
Daugirdas Semiotis (Lithuania) 5.20.83
Yerkebuian Shynaliyev (Kazakhstan)
Ismayl Sillakh (Ukraine) 2.9.85
Washington Silva (Brazil) 2.5.78
Marijo Sivolija (Croatia) 6.29.81
Imre Szello (Hungary)
Farani Tavui (Samoa)
Ramadan Yasser (Egypt) 7.19.80
Zhang Xiaoping (China) 4.1.82

91kg
Osmay Acosta (Cuba) 4.3.85
Mohamed Arjaoui (Tunisia)
Deivi Julio Blanco (Colombia)
Rakhim Chakheiv (Russia) 1.11.83
Lanre Durodola (Nigeria) 1.10.77
Milorad Gajovic (Montenegro) 7.27.74
John M'Bumba (France) 4.29.83
Ali Mazaheri (Iran) 3.31.82
Ilias Pavlidis (Greece) 5.4.78
Bradley Pitt (Australia) 11.8.81
Clemente Russo (Italy) 7.27.82
Abdelaziz Touilbini (Algeria)
Alexandr Usyk (Ukraine)
Yushan Nijiati (China) 6.1.86
Deontay Wilder (USA) 10.22.85
Viktar Zuyev (Belarus) 5.22.83

91+kg
Robert Alfonso (Cuba) 11.11.86
Mohamed Amanissi (Morocco)
Daniel Beahan (Australia) 4.5.84
Roberto Cammarelle (Italy) 7.30.80
Onorede Ehwareme (Nigeria)
Vyacheslav Glazkov (Ukraine) 10.15.84
Jaroslav Jaksto (Lithuania) 8.7.80
Ruslan Myrsatayev (Kazakhstan)
Newfel Ouateh (Algeria) 11.8.85
Jose Payares (Venezuela)
David Price (Great Britain) 7.6.83
Kubrat Pulev (Bulgaria) 3.4.81
Oscar Rivas (Colombia)
Islam Timurziev (Russia) 1.9.83
Marko Tomasovic (Croatia) 11.10.81
Zhang Zhilei (China) 5.2.83

[Youngblood]

Go Canada! All one of us!

[saturday_kid]

looking forward to hopefully seeing the UK do well, frankie gavin's hotly tipped look out for him.

[amat]

Yes he is. He lost his appeal yesterday but they weren't really expecting to win that anyways, they just had to get that out of the way before going to an independent arbitrator where he has a much better shot at winning the team. Pretty cold if he's left off, he did earn his way there by fighting.

He wouldn't have must of a shot anyways but that's not the point. Yanez' exclusion means an 8 man team for the US, I can't recall the US ever having a team so small. Even in the dismal 2004 games they had 11.

[Tito BHB]

Nice thread.. Appreciate the effort man.

Sadam Ali for lightweight Gold in Beijing!

[LacosteDon]

thanks for the post im looking forward to seeing the olympicspe@ce

[Mikkel_K]

Added some Youtube-links.
More to come.

[Salty]

I'm hoping Andy Little can do a lot, apparently he hits extremely hard for a 60kg fighter. I guess i'll see for my own eyes which I can't wait

Great thread and review btw mate!

[Mikkel_K]

Bomp. 4 days to competion starts. Draw is on friday.

Youtube links up for all divisions. Previews to follow tomorrow.

[wesrman]

Good thread.

[Mikkel_K]

First six Middleweight fights over (6 more later today). No surprises yet, but seemingly comfortable victories (I have unfortunately not watched the fights) all around.

Some interesting match-ups to follow in the round of 16: Betting favorite Matvey Korobov against welterweight gold medallist from Athens Bakhtiyar Artayev and British hope James DeGale against American hope Shawn Estrada. The winners of those matches will meet in the quarterfinal btw (with the winner guaranteed a medal). I'm still saying Korobov.

What is it with Sal and Central-Asian fighters btw?