Olympic Boxing Draw: Middleweights

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

Middleweight (75kg / 165 lbs)
The first round of the Olympic middleweight tourney is over and we’ve already seen a rematch of a 2007 Chicago World Championship quarterfinal bout. Bronze winner Bakhtiyar Artayev from Kazakhstan began his difficult Beijing path by defeating Said Rachidi from Morroco again. The match wasn’t as high scoring as Bakhtiyar’s 19-11 defeat of Said in Chicago but the 8-2 score was just as decisive.
Next up for Artayev is 2007 gold medalist Russian Matvey Korobov who looked very good in defeating Sweden’s Terbunja Naim …read more