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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!

Are you excited for the Olympics which is starting soon within a week? I am. So I decide to talk today about one great boxer who won THREE gold medals in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki and in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia which might be his finest fight when he beat Jose Torres from USA. He is the first successful boxer who won 3 gold medals in Olympics Games.

Laszlo Papp was born in 1926 in Budapest, Hungary. The guy won 3 medals from the Olympics, first in a middleweight event and the other two is in light middleweight events.

Picture from Britannica

As an amateur, he scored 55 first round knockouts. Until his death, he owned the record of 27(15 KO)-2-0. The guy had never lost the fight in the ring.

He died in his hometown in 2003. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame two years before his death. However, in 1989 he received an award for “Best amateur and professional boxer of all time” from WBC President at that time Jose Sulaiman. He was also granted honorary champion status of WBC.

Who is going to be next to enter the Hall of Fame? Don’t miss all the boxing events at this Olympics. The first round starts on August 9 at 13:30 in Workers Indoor Stadium, Beijing.

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.

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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!

It’s time for another great boxing movie that we say that you don’t want to miss. Today’s film is a true story of the Magic Man. This is a documentary film that won the prestigious “Best of the Festival Audience Award” from the Hoboken International Film Festival.

It is the true story of the Magic Man or Paul “Paulie” Malignaggi, a professional boxer from Brooklyn, New York. Young Paulie from a broken home wants to prove his life worth something. He defeats all odds to arrive at the Mecca of boxing. He has proved that everyone else is wrong and has won the WBO Junior Welterweight Title.

Picture from Saddoboxing.com

In the film, Malignaggi is like a gym rat. He works hard and come from the bottom up and never back down. You can also see that he cannot be rattled by his opponents.

I believe this movie is such an inspiration. It’s full of disappointment, failure, and triumph. The film does cheer people up to fight more for their better lives and worth living. He is also a gifted fighter who many boxers look at as their role model.

I really recommend you to see this film when you get a chance. I am sure that you will agree that this is one best boxing film ever made.

Don’t forget to come back to our website and blog to check out some more interesting films that involve all types of boxing. You can also tell us about your favorite boxing movie so we can share with the others. See you next time.