Tag: Boxing
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APB gains heavyweight with Bulgarian Pulev
London, Great Britain, August 06, 2012: Bulgarian, With the best Olympic boxers fighting for medals at the London 2012 Olympic Games, AIBA Professional Boxing (APB) continues to contract the cream of the crop for its grand opening in autumn 2013. Recent winner of the AIBA European Olympic Qualifying Event Trabzon 2012, Bulgarian Heavyweight (91kg) Tervel…
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Pritchard shines at the London ExCeL Arena
London, Great Britain, August 06, 2012: Day nine of competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games and the evening session at the ExCeL Arena hosted the action once again with the Men’s Bantamweight (56kg) and Heavyweight (91kg) quarter-finals taking place before a capacity crowd. Cuban southpaw Lazaro Alvarez Estrada, the top seed in the Bantamweight…
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Olympic Boxing: Women make history
London – Great Britain, August 05, 2012: make history, Olympic history was re-written today at the ExCeL Arena as women’s boxing made its long-awaited debut at the Games in a watershed moment for the sport. During the afternoon session of day nine of competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games, the world was introduced to…
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Shiming Zou still the one to beat after win
London – Great Britain, August 04, 2012: Shiming, Twelve sensational bouts lit up the ExCeL arena on the eighth day of competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games. There were three weight categories on show during the afternoon session with the Light Flyweights (46-49kg), Light Welterweights (64kg) and Light Heavyweights (81kg) all taking to the…
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AIBA overturns the result of Bout #142
London, Great Britain, August 04, 2012: AIBA overturns, After reviewing the video of Bout #142 involving Welterweights (69kg) Krishan Vikas (India) and Errol Spence (USA), the Competition Jury found the following: – There were a total of nine (9) holding fouls committed by the Indian boxer in the third round alone. However the Referee only…
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AIBA further strengthens its commitment
London – Great Britain, August 02, 2012 – In accordance to its full commitment for transparency, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) has decided to take the unusual step of revealing the individual scores of Bout #118 of the London 2012 Olympic Games between Ievgen Khytrov (Ukraine, Red) and Anthony Ogogo (Great Britain, Blue). Individual Score…
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Joshua makes his grand entrance
London – Great Britain, August 02, 2012 – JOSHUA, The evening session of the fifth day of competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games saw the Bantam (56kg), Heavy (91kg) and Super Heavyweights (91+kg) once again take to the ring at the ExCeL arena where the atmosphere was absolutely electric. With the great Lennox Lewis,…
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Cammarelle begins defence of his title
London, Great Britain, August 01, 2012 – Cammarelle, Three weight categories took to the canvas on day five of the boxing competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games with four Bantam (56kg), three Heavy (91kg) and four Super Heavyweight (91+kg) boutsin the afternoon session at the ExCeL Arena. An absolute firecracker got the action underway…
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Manoj Kumar into next round after win
London, Great Britain, August 01, 2012: Manoj, Boxing continued with the evening session at the ExCeL arena on day four of the London 2012 Olympic Games as the remaining eleven Men’s Light Fly (46-49kg) and Light Welterweight (64kg) bouts went ahead. The capacity crowd was once again treated to a pugilistic feast. First up in…
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Barriga announces his arrival on world stage
London, Great Britain, 1 August 2012 – Philippines’ new boxing sensation, two-time Sydney Jackson Memorial Tournament winner Mark Anthony Barriga is really making a name for himself after defeating world class rivals in recent months and impressing at the London 2012 Olympic Games. The Filipino Light Flyweight (46-49kg) fighter was part of the AIBA Road…