Boxing: Cuba's Estrada survives stern early test
LONDON (Reuters) - Top seeded Cuban bantamweight Lazaro Alvarez Estrada beat future U.S. professional fighter Joseph Diaz Jr. on Wednesday to advance to the quarter-finals in the best fight of the Games so far. The 21-year-old world amateur champion, possessing one of the longest reaches in the 56 kg division, overcame the American teenager 21-15 in a fight that could have been for Olympic gold had they been in opposite sides of the draw. Diaz Jr., who told Reuters this week that he would turn pro ... [ Read More: http://news.yahoo.com/boxing-cubas-estrada-survives-stern-early-test-153133125--box.html ]
Boxing: U.S. Marine determined to keep team spirits up
LONDON (Reuters) - His London Olympics may have only lasted nine minutes but Jamel Herring will not be getting down about it. A veteran Marine of two tours of duty in Iraq, the U.S. team boxing captain knows he has his men to think about. The 26-year-old sergeant, who served as a field electrician during the Iraq war, is just part of the military backbone of an American team led by officer Basheer Abdullah, head coach of the army's boxing program for 15 years. Herring saw many friends die during ... [ Read More: http://news.yahoo.com/boxing-u-marine-determined-keep-team-spirits-214756403--box.html ]
Boxing: Diaz Jr. fighting for a better life
LONDON (Reuters) - Joseph Diaz Jr.'s Olympic dream is straightforward: Make a big impression in the boxing ring, turn professional and then buy his unemployed parents a new house. It's a lot of pressure to carry on not-so-broad bantamweight shoulders, but the Californian teenager is desperate to pay back his mother and father who in spite of their plight, sacrificed much to help get their son to London. Diaz' mother, who lost her job as a secretary and only gets part-time work from time to time, ... [ Read More: http://news.yahoo.com/boxing-diaz-jr-fighting-better-life-200004407--box.html ]
Boxing: Tears spill, "Little Pacquiao" thrills
LONDON (Reuters) - Boxing's smallest men took to the ring on Tuesday, bringing tears, the quickest knockout of the Games so far and the first sight of a thrilling Filipino who has trained with the great Manny Pacquiao. The men's light-flyweights weigh no more than 49 kilogrammes and usually stand at just 162 centimeters (5 feet, four inches) but they can pack a punch as India's Devendro Singh Laishram proved in front of another packed house. The 20-year-old from Manipur, who racked up the biggest ... [ Read More: http://news.yahoo.com/boxing-tears-spill-little-pacquiao-thrills-165012398--box.html ]
Cardiff camp helps set Afghani Faisal free
LONDON (Reuters) - Afghan boxer Ajmal Faisal did not think he would make it to the London Olympics - his training sessions were prohibitively expensive and more often than not restricted by Taliban or political party opposition. Yet on Monday Faisal became Afghanistan's sole representative at the boxing arena and only its second Games fighter since U.S. forces began bombing the country in retaliation against its Taliban rulers' refusal to hand over the al Qaeda leaders responsible for the September ... [ Read More: http://news.yahoo.com/cardiff-camp-helps-set-afghani-faisal-free-003536745--box.html ]
LONDON (Reuters) - Top seeded Cuban bantamweight Lazaro Alvarez Estrada beat future U.S. professional fighter Joseph Diaz Jr. on Wednesday to advance to the quarter-finals in the best fight of the Games so far. The 21-year-old world amateur champion, possessing one of the longest reaches in the 56 kg division, overcame the American teenager 21-15 in a fight that could have been for Olympic gold had they been in opposite sides of the draw. Diaz Jr., who told Reuters this week that he would turn pro ... [ Read More: http://news.yahoo.com/boxing-cubas-estrada-survives-stern-early-test-153133125--box.html ]
Boxing: U.S. Marine determined to keep team spirits up
LONDON (Reuters) - His London Olympics may have only lasted nine minutes but Jamel Herring will not be getting down about it. A veteran Marine of two tours of duty in Iraq, the U.S. team boxing captain knows he has his men to think about. The 26-year-old sergeant, who served as a field electrician during the Iraq war, is just part of the military backbone of an American team led by officer Basheer Abdullah, head coach of the army's boxing program for 15 years. Herring saw many friends die during ... [ Read More: http://news.yahoo.com/boxing-u-marine-determined-keep-team-spirits-214756403--box.html ]
Boxing: Diaz Jr. fighting for a better life
LONDON (Reuters) - Joseph Diaz Jr.'s Olympic dream is straightforward: Make a big impression in the boxing ring, turn professional and then buy his unemployed parents a new house. It's a lot of pressure to carry on not-so-broad bantamweight shoulders, but the Californian teenager is desperate to pay back his mother and father who in spite of their plight, sacrificed much to help get their son to London. Diaz' mother, who lost her job as a secretary and only gets part-time work from time to time, ... [ Read More: http://news.yahoo.com/boxing-diaz-jr-fighting-better-life-200004407--box.html ]
Boxing: Tears spill, "Little Pacquiao" thrills
LONDON (Reuters) - Boxing's smallest men took to the ring on Tuesday, bringing tears, the quickest knockout of the Games so far and the first sight of a thrilling Filipino who has trained with the great Manny Pacquiao. The men's light-flyweights weigh no more than 49 kilogrammes and usually stand at just 162 centimeters (5 feet, four inches) but they can pack a punch as India's Devendro Singh Laishram proved in front of another packed house. The 20-year-old from Manipur, who racked up the biggest ... [ Read More: http://news.yahoo.com/boxing-tears-spill-little-pacquiao-thrills-165012398--box.html ]
Cardiff camp helps set Afghani Faisal free
LONDON (Reuters) - Afghan boxer Ajmal Faisal did not think he would make it to the London Olympics - his training sessions were prohibitively expensive and more often than not restricted by Taliban or political party opposition. Yet on Monday Faisal became Afghanistan's sole representative at the boxing arena and only its second Games fighter since U.S. forces began bombing the country in retaliation against its Taliban rulers' refusal to hand over the al Qaeda leaders responsible for the September ... [ Read More: http://news.yahoo.com/cardiff-camp-helps-set-afghani-faisal-free-003536745--box.html ]
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