Olympic Boxing Draw: Bantamweights

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