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

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Draw sheets available:

Light Flyweight
Flyweight
Bantamweight
Featherweight
Lightweight
Light Welterweight
Welterweight
Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
Heavyweight
Super Heavyweight

Most interesting match-ups tomorrow IMO:

- MW: Matvey Korobov (Russia) vs. Naim Terbunja (Sweden)
My guy to win gold at middleweight against my guy to watch out for...

- LHW: Artur Beterbiev (Russia) vs. Kennedy Katende (Sweden)
Tought draw for the two Swedes who should both be out after the first day of competition.

- LHW: Kenneth Egan (Ireland) vs. Julius Jackson (Virgin Island)
Julius, son of Julian, first ever Olympic boxer from Virgin Island - along with his welterweight brother John. This fight is actually a repeat of last year's worlds where Egan stopped him.

- LHW: Carlos Negron (Puerto Rico) vs. Mehdi Ghorbani (Iran)
How good is Negron? First chance to see tomorrow.

Great draw for Brit Tony Jeffries btw who stand a very decent chance of making it to (at least) the semifinals - where he could easily be meeting Kenneth Egan. Interesting! Darren Sutherland at Middleweight also seems to have good chance at reaching semis (= medal) without too much opposition. The Irish must be happy!

Other first-round draws of note:

- Raushee Warren (USA) vs. Lee Ok-Sung (South Korea) @ flyweight. Current world champ against former (2005) world champ.

- Sergei Vodopyanov (Russia) vs. McJoe Arroyo (Puerto Rico) @ bantamweight.

- Badaar-Ugan (Mongolia) vs. Oscar Valdez (Mexico) @ bantamweight.

- Albert Selimov (Russia) vs. Vasyl Lomachenko (Ukraine) @ featherweight. Repeat of last years WC final.

- Clemente Russo (Italy) vs. Victor Zuyev (Belarus) @ heavyweight. Reigning WC-champ against silver medallist from Athens.

- Islam Timurziev (Russia) vs. David Price (GB) @ super heavyweight. Betting favorite against the British hope.

The Warren / Ok-Sung fight should be a great one, what a tough draw for the first round.