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So how was it the summer Olympics in Beijing? The Chinese did a really great job hosting the event and we are looking forward to the next Olympics 4 years later in London. I kindda wonder how London can make the next Olympics be as big and as elegant as what Beijing has done when only 1 third of the money is allowed to be used next time.

And don’t forget that the next Olympics in 2012 in London is the first time for FEMALE BOXING to enter the Olympic Games. It’s going to be really great!

Today I’m here with the result of the boxing event! Take a look!

The finals were scheduled in two days the 23rd and the 24th of August. Here are the result of all boxing bouts.
Super Heavyweight (+91 kg) Roberto Cammarelle from Italy beated Zhilei Zhang from China, referee stopped the contest in the 4th round.

Light Heavyweight (81 kg) The winner is Xiaoping Zhang from the host, China by defeating Kenny Egan from Ireland 11 to 7.

Welterweight (69 kg) The Kazakhstan, Bakhyt Sarsekbayav won over Carlos Banteaux Suarez from Cuba by 18 to 9.

Lightweight (60 kg) Alexey Tischenko from Russia defeated Daouda Sow from France by 11 to 9.

Bantamweight (54 kg) Badar-Uugan Enkhbat from Mongolia beated Yankiel Leon Alarcon from Cuba by 16 to 5.

Light Flyweight (48 kg) The Chinese, Shiming Zou won over the Mongolian, Serdamba Purevdori who retired in the 2nd round.

One the 23rd there are 5 matches which are:
Heavyweight (91 kg) the winner is Rakhim Chakhkiev from Russia. He won over Clemente Russo from Italy by 4 to 2.

Middleweight (75 kg) James Degale from Great Britain defeated Emilio Correa Bayeaux from Cuba by 16-14.

Light Welterweight (64 kg) Felix Diaz from Dominican Republic won over Manus Boonjamnong from my country Thailand, too bad by 12 to 4. We don’t blame him!

Featherweight (57 kg) Vasyl Lomachenko from Ukraine defeated Khedafi Djelkhir from France, referee stopped the contest in the 1st round.

And the last here the first Final match and the first Gold Medal of Boxing of this Olympics is belong to the Flyweight boxer from Thailand, Somjit Jongjohor who won over Andris Laffita Hernandez from Cuba 8 to 2.

Do your best London! We all are looking forward to it!

The Boxing event of the Summer Olympics this year in Beijing will be held in the Workers’ Indoor Arena. The place is pretty huge with the seat capacity of 13,000.

Workers’ Indoor Stadium from http://en.beijing2008.cn

There are 11 boxing events corresponding to a recognized weight division of male (only…again) boxer. But this is the last Olympic boxing competition that excludes women. So watch out the next Olympics in London (2012), the first female boxing events will be introduced.

Pictogram indentified Boxing in 2008 Olympics: Wikipedia

Anyway the events are Light flyweight, Flyweight, Bantamweight, Featherweight, Lightweight, Light Welterweight, Welterweight, Middleweight, Light heavyweight, Heavyweight, and Super heavyweight.

The first fight is scheduled on Saturday, August 9 at 13:30 - 15:00 in the event of Middleweight (75 kg). The Quarterfinals will start on the next Sunday, August 17 and the Semifinals of all events will be held on Friday, August 22 and the last two days Saturday, August 23 and Sunday, August 24 are arranged for the Final Round.

You can look for the full competition schedule at http://en.beijing2008.cn or Wikipedia (since nowadays you can find almost everything in Wiki so why not?)

So boxing fans, be prepared! Each country has sent its best boxer to compete in this huge competition.

Only a few day from now until the big match between Margarito and Cotto. I’m sure you’re looking for this great 12 round WBA welterweight title bout. So today I’m here to talk a little bit about one of these two: Antonio Margarito.

28-year-old Margarito is originally from Tijuana, Mexico. This famous fighter is now the former IBF and WBO Welterweight champion. And as you know, he is ready to give himself another title this Saturday.

One of his best wins is when he knocked out Puerto Rican Kermit Cintron, one of the unbeatable world class boxers 3 years ago and retained his WBO world Welterweight title.

His boxing record of 42 total fights is 36 wins with 26 KOs, 5 losses and 1 no contest.

Following his successful rematch with Cintron (he KO Cintron in the sixth round on April 12), the IBF ordered him to fight a mandatory defense against the organization’s number-one contender, Joshua Clottey, who Margarito had previously defeated a couple years ago. Rather than agreeing to a rematch with Clottey, Margarito vacated the IBF title and agreed to fight with WBA titlist Miguel Cotto from Puerto Rico in the next three days.

If you’re his fan, don’t miss this match. It will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 26. You can watch it from pay-per-view broadcasted by HBO at 9 pm ET/ 6pm PT (suggested retail price of $49.95).

Photo: www.antoniomargarito.com

For more information about him, you can check out his official website at www.antoniomargarito.com.

Don’t forget to visit our blog regularly, where you can find lots and lots of unique articles that you can’t find in other boxing website.

Margarito has found his big cash opponent and Cotto has found himself the perfect rival to make his mark in another division. That is why Cotto/Margarito is going to a natural match. They both can send off their set opponents and settle matters with each other to verify who the best fighter is.

The Battle is ON! The fight between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito will prove who is going to be the real Welterweight superpowers in this world title fight.

This big fight will take place this Saturday, July 26 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The fight is promoted by Top Rank and will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View, starting at 9 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. PT.

Cotto (32(KO 26)-0), the great boxer from Puerto Rico is one of the most talented performers and no one can stop him. Margarito (36 (KO 26)-5) is among those popular boxers from Tijuana, Mexico.

This 12 round WBA welterweight title can’t be missed. You can check out the full BIO of these two at Top Rank website at www.toprank.com A lot of people are waiting to see these two great fighter in this match.

See you next time for another great fight!

Welcome back to MuayThaiSport.com! We’re here today with another great fight that you can’t miss! Joel Julio (33,30KO-1-0) and the current NABO and NABA middleweight champion, Joe Greene (19,14KO-0-0) will put up a powerful fight on Wednesday, August 13, at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida, United States. These two fighters are considered the most powerful boxers and these “Heavy Hitters” presented by Seminole Warriors Boxing and Main Events will fight another two opponents.

Julio will contend in one 10 round bout and Greene will compete in one 12 round NABA title battle. The Doors open at 6:30pm and the first bell will ring at 7:30pm. The event will be broadcasted by ESPN2 at 9pm ET/6pm PT. The prices of the tickets are $152, $102, $52 and $27 which are already on sale now. You can purchase the ticket now at Hard Rock Live Box Office or TicketMaster.com.

If Julio hopes to challenge for the junior middleweight world title, he has to beat Greene in this fight. However Greene intends to keep his record PERFECT.

This is going to be one hard and brutal fight ever. The two will fight until drop.

If you are interested and want to be a part of this great event, don’t forget to log on to TicketMaster.com and for more information regarding this and other events, go to www.WarriorsBoxing.com.