Boxing starts with 75kg and 81kg divisions:Boxing Preview Day 1
Boxing starts with 75kg and 81kg divisions:Boxing Preview Day 1
(BEIJING, August 8) -- The first day of the Olympic Boxing tournament will see 24 bouts in the Round of 32, with 12 bouts respectively in both the Middleweight and Light-heavyweight divisions.
(BEIJING, August 8) -- The first day of the Olympic Boxing tournament will see 24 bouts in the Round of 32, with 12 bouts respectively in both the Middleweight and Light-heavyweight divisions.
In the 75kg division (Middleweight), the main favorite is Russia's Matvey Korobov. Korobov, the gold medalist at the 2005 and 2007 Chicago World Championships, will run into Sweden's Naim Terbunja in his first bout. It is unlikely that Terbunja will make any trouble for Korobov.
Korobov has plans to turn professional after the Olympics: "I have spent a long time in amateur Boxing, and it is a long career. After the Olympics, I will relax and maybe I will become a pro after this Olympic Games," Korobov said after a training session in Beijing on August 6.
Another favorite Alfonso Blanco of Venezuela, the Middleweight runner-up in Chicago 2007 has a bye in the first round and will automatically advance to the Round of 16. The two Middleweight bronze medalists of Chicago, Artayev Bakhtiyar of Kazakhstan and Sergiy Derevyanchenko of Ukraine will face Morocco's Said Rachidi and China's Wang Jianzheng.
Light-heavyweight champion of Chicago 2007, Abbos Atoev of Uzbekistan will fight for a place in the Round of 16 with Tajikistan's Kurbanov Djakhon, who finished 17th in Chicago. Russia's Artur Beterbiev, runner up in Chicago, will meet the unknown Kennedy Katende of Sweden, who has not attended any World Championships.
The first bout is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. local time.
Korobov has plans to turn professional after the Olympics: "I have spent a long time in amateur Boxing, and it is a long career. After the Olympics, I will relax and maybe I will become a pro after this Olympic Games," Korobov said after a training session in Beijing on August 6.
Another favorite Alfonso Blanco of Venezuela, the Middleweight runner-up in Chicago 2007 has a bye in the first round and will automatically advance to the Round of 16. The two Middleweight bronze medalists of Chicago, Artayev Bakhtiyar of Kazakhstan and Sergiy Derevyanchenko of Ukraine will face Morocco's Said Rachidi and China's Wang Jianzheng.
Light-heavyweight champion of Chicago 2007, Abbos Atoev of Uzbekistan will fight for a place in the Round of 16 with Tajikistan's Kurbanov Djakhon, who finished 17th in Chicago. Russia's Artur Beterbiev, runner up in Chicago, will meet the unknown Kennedy Katende of Sweden, who has not attended any World Championships.
The first bout is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. local time.