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

Bantamweight (54kg / 119 lbs)
At the 2007 World Championships Puerto Rican McJoe Arroyo (his twin brother McWilliams is a flyweight Olympian) lost 20-9 in the semifinals to Russian Sergey Vodopyanov after storming through the competition. Unfortunately, at the Olympics McJoe is paired against Vodopyanov in the first round.
Arroyo and Vodopyanov aren’t the only 2007 medalist in the lower half of the bracket. They are joined there by silver medalist Enkhbat Badar-Uugan from Mongolia and the other bronze winner Great Britain’s Joseph Murray. The boxer to emerge from this …read more

The New York Daily News is the latest media outlet to examine the lunacy that is the 2008 U.S. Olympic Boxing Team. In an article in today’s paper writer Mitch Abramson reveals that it wasn’t just Luis Yanez who clashed with coach Dan Campbell to such an extent that official repercussions were necessary.
No sir indeed. Six (Yanez included) of the nine fighters — that’s right SIX! — have either disappeared, left camp, or failed to show up at a certain point in training in since June. It’s a good thing the team has already left to go to Beijing because …read more