Quick thoughts on the Lightweight Olympic boxing draw.
Official Link to the Lightweight Draw

Lightweight (60kg / 132 lbs)
The big story in the lightweight draw is the failure of 2007 World Champion Frankie Gavin to make weight. Flashy young American fighter Sadam Ali has a great chance to quarters where he could be matched up against the one of the draw’s two remaining favorites, Cuba’s Yordenis Ugas and Italy’s Domenico Valentino, who would meet in the Round of 16 if they win their opening matches.
The boxer to emerge from the other side of the bracket could come from a 2007 …read more

Quick thoughts on the Heavyweight Olympic boxing draw.
Official Link to the Light Heavyweight Draw

Light Heavyweight (81kg / 178 lbs)
Even before today’s first round Light Heavyweight session, the draw’s bottom quarter looked loaded; three of its eight competitors medaled at the 2007 World Championships in Chicago. After today two of those three competitors are gone, including in 2007 gold winner Uzbeki Abbos Atoev who was unexpectedly dominated by Tajikstan’s Djakhon Kurbanov 11-3.
Atoev crushed all competition on his way to gold in Chicago and his early exit is a shock. Atoev is not the first defending champ to exit the competition. …read more