Olympic Boxing Draw: Featherweights

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

Featherweight (57kg / 125 lbs)
Sometimes winning an Olympic boxing medal has less to do with one’s talent and everything to do with the random draw. Beijing 2008’s featherweight competition is such an example. The 2007 World Championship gold and silver medalists, Russia’s Albert Selimov and the Ukraine’s Vasyl Lomachenko, will face each other in the first round! Selimov defeated Lomachenko in Chicago 16-11. Only one of the two has a chance to bring home a medal this year.
2007’s two bronze medalists, Hungary’s Yakup Kilic and China’s Li …read more