WARD
CAPTURES GOLD
Andre Ward of Oakland, California became the first American Boxing Gold Medalist since 1996. Ward
out-pointed Magomed Aripgadjiev of Belarus 20-13 in the gold medal match.
DIRRELL PULLS OFF UPSET, ADVANCES TO SEMIS...
Middleweight Andre Dirrell of Flint, Michigan pulled off a big upset on
Wednesday, knocking off Cuban Yordani Despaigne Herrera on points. In what
looked to be a chess match in the first two rounds, Herrera took an early 5-3
lead after two rounds.
WARD ADVANCES TO SEMI-FINALS...
Andre Ward of Oakland,
California became the first American fighter to advance to the semi-finals in
Athens. The Light Heavyweight defeated Russian Evgeny Makarenko 23-16 on points.
TWO MORE AMERICANS FALL IN ATHENS...
Most experts felt that Ward and Dirrell were the United State's two best hopes
for a medal at this year's Athens games. Now Ward and Dirrell are the only
U.S. hopes for a medal at this year's Olympics.
WARDS ADVANCES AGAIN, SILER AND
ESCOBEDO FALL...
The U.S. Olympic boxing team sent its fourth fighter into the
quarterfinals on Saturday. Middleweight Andre Dirrell of Flint, Michigan
defeated Nabil Kassel of Algeria by a referee stoppage.
U.S.
SENDS THREE MORE BOXERS INTO THE NEXT ROUND...
The Americans are off to a 6-1 start, not bad for a team that was not getting
much respect going into the Olympics. The U.S. hopes to keep the momentum
going into the next round as competition gets tougher.
U.S. OLYMPIC BOXING TEAM GETS OFF TO A QUICK 3-0
START...
Not many people were giving the U.S. Olympic Boxing team much of a chance to
medal at this year's Athens Olympics. Most experts seem to be in agreement
that Cuba and Russia will dominate the twelve weight classes in Athens.
OLYMPIC WRAP UP: CUBA AND RUSSIA DOMINATE
MEDAL COUNT...
A look at all the Boxing medalists
at this year's Athens Olympic Games and the final Boxing medal counts...
