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26 Jun 10 - Boxing Olympics News

A fighter once aimed toward jail now has eyes on the Olympics
Under the coaching of Bernard Roach, 17-year-old Jerry Odom prepares for the USA National Boxing Championships with his eyes on the 2012 Olympics. ...

Making India a global destination for sports (Commonwealth countdown)
I have raised this issue with the sports minister and (Indian Olympic Association chief) Suresh Kalmadi that a dedicated facility for boxing should be built ...

Inside Lines: As her free swim scheme sinks Jowell awaits call from 2012
This week sees a milestone in boxing: 100 years since Jack Johnson became the first black world heavyweight champion. Subsequently no sport has created more ...

Dream Team Boxing's Sabrina Chmiel goes unopposed, wins National Junior Olympics
The Junior Olympics took most of the week, started June 15 and wrapped up with the finals on June 18. Two boxing sessions took place June 15-16 from noon to ...

Andre Ward is Super
Remember too, Ward is the last American boxer to win an Olympic gold medal. He did it in the 2004 Athens Olympics as alight-heavyweight. ...

VI woman to make her debut as an amateur boxer Saturday
“After I was done with basketball, I sat down with my boxing coaches here and got their honest opinion. Our plan is the Olympics. But to be the first female ...

Fresno boxer has his eye on 2012 Olympics
Salazar, 15, is believed to be the first boxer from Fresno to win a US National Junior Olympic gold medal. But to think he'll relax, even for a little while ...

History of Boxing's Olympic Gold Medal Winners!
Even though the USA has not had a gold medal winner in boxing since 2004 it still has 48 gold medals to their ...

Finkel to Rule “The Empire”
From the '60s to the early '80s, Shelly Finkel promoted concerts that involved the likes ...

Buzz grows around women's boxing after Olympic decision
And the fact they are female is now no longer an issue after the decision last August to end boxing's status as the sole remaining Olympic sport available ...

Web definition of Boxing Olympics: Olympic Games : Olympic Sports: Boxing Boxing, athletic contest between two people, each of whom uses the fists to try to knock the other unconscious or to inflict enough punishment to... Olympic Games In the early years of competition amateur status was paramount and athletes such as Jim Thorpe who were caught receiving payment (Thorpe was paid to... Wrestling Wrestling, sport in which one contestant competes with another using various holds and techniques in an attempt to force the shoulders of the... Source: Encarta World English Dictionary