Olympic Boxing Draw: Welterweight

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

Welterweight (69 kg / 152 lbs.)
In their Olympics preview edition Sports Illustrated picked Briton Billy Joe Saunders to win light welterweight bronze. Problem is Billy Joe is fighting at welterweight and while he might have an amazing backstory remarkable back story (his great grandfather, alive and well at 95, was a bare knuckle Traveller boxing champ) he faces a very tough road to medal glory in Beijing.
Saunders will face 2007 World Championship bronze medalist Adem Kilicci, who hails from Turkey, in the first round and also sees …read more