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Bantam Weight (54kg) Results!
Gold Badar-Uugan Enkhbat, Mongolia
Silver Yankiel Leon Alarcon, Cuba
Bronze Veaceslav Gojan, Moldova
Bronze Bruno Julie, Mauritius
5 Akhil Kumar, India
5 Worapoj Petchkoom, Thailand
5 Hector Manzanilla Rangel, Venezuela
5 Khumiso Ikgopoleng, Botswana

Light Heavy Weight (81kg) Results!
Gold Zhang Xiaoping, China
Silver Kenny Egan, Ireland
Bronze Tony Jeffries, Great Britain
Bronze Yerkebulan Shynaliyev, Kazakhstan
5 Washington Silva, Brazil
5 Imre Szello, Hungary
5 Dzhakhon Kurbanov, Tajikistan
5 Abdelhafid Benchabla, Algeria

Super Heavy Weight (+91kg) Results!
Gold Roberto Cammarelle, Italy
Silver Zhang Zhilei, China
Bronze David Price, Great Britain
Bronze Vyacheslav Glazkov, Ukraine
5 Ruslan Myrsatayev, Kazakhstan
5 Jaroslav Jaksto Lithuania
5 Newfel Ouatah, Algeria
5 Oscar Rivas, Colombia

Light Weight (60kg) Results!
Gold Alexey Tishchenko, Russia
Silver Daouda Sow, France
Bronze Hrachik Javakhyan, Armenia
Bronze Yordenis Ugas, Cuba
5 Hu Qing, China
5 Georgian Popescu, Romania
5 Darleys Perez, Colombia
5 Baik Jongsub, South Korea

Welter Weight (69kg) Results!
Gold Bakhyt Sarsekbayev, Kazakhstan
Silver Carlos Banteaux Suarez, Cuba
Bronze Hanati Silamu, China
Bronze Kim Jungjoo, South Korea
5 Demetrius Andrade, United States of America
5 Dilshod Mahmudov, Uzbekistan
5 Toureano Johnson, Bahamas
5 Hosam Abdin, Egypt

Light Fly Weight (48kg) Results!
Gold Zou Shiming, China
Silver Serdamba Purevdorj, Mongolia
Bronze Paddy Barnes, Ireland
Bronze Yampier Hernandez G, Cuba
5 Paulo Carvalho, Brazil
5 Birzhan Zhakypov, Kazakhstan
5 Lukasz Maszczyk, Poland
5 Amnat Ruenroeng, Thailand

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Irish team captain Kenny Egan, final workout in Ireland.

Ireland sent 54 competitor’s to the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing. So far, none have taken a medal of any sort…so far. The boxing team is a different story. Ireland sent 5 boxers to Beijing and 3 of them have clinched the bronze and are still strong in the race for gold. Light flyweight Patrick ‘Paddy’ Barnes, middleweight Darren Sutherland, and light heavyweight Kenny Egan are all advancing to the semi-finals.

Patrick ‘Paddy’ Barnes pulled a bye in the first round, he beat Ecuador’s Jose Luis Meza (14-8), Poland’s Lukasz Maszczyk (11-5), and will meet China’s Shiming Zou tomorrow night (Friday the 22nd) for the silver. If he beats Zou he’ll be in the finals this Sunday the 24th at 1:30 pm. Paddy lost to Shiming Zou (22-8) at the 2007 World Amateur Championships in Chicago.

Darren Sutherland also pulled a bye in the first round. He stopped Algeria’s Nabil Kassel via RSC (Referee Stops Conest), Venezuela’s Alfonso Blanco (11-1), and will meet Britain’s James DeGale tomorrow night (Friday the 22nd) at 3 pm. If he gets by DeGale, he will have clinched the silver and will be in the final match this Saturday the 23rd at 8:45 pm. Sutherland and Degal have met 5 times in the ring. DeGale said it’s 4 to 1 but not sure who won 4. Last time they met DeGale beat Sutherland 23-22. I’ve seen Sutherland fight and he cares not for points. He cares about knockouts.

Ireland’s team captain Kenny Egan has fought every bout and has pulled no bye’s in Beijing. His first win was over the Virgin Islands Julias Jackson (22-2) then it was Turkey’s Bahram Muzaffer (10-2), and Brazil’s Washington Silva (8-0). Egan will meet Britain’s Tony Jeffries this Friday night the 22nd at 9 pm. If Egan makes it past Jeffries he will have the silver and fight for the gold this Sunday the 24th at 3:50 pm.

Considering Ireland’s dilemma at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, alot is riding on their boxing team. Even if all three lose in the semi-finals, Ireland will be taking home three medals guaranteed. Lets hope they pull it off…good luck to Team Ireland! Ireland JIA YOU!

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Quarterfinals!
Bout: 1 Tony Jeffries, Great Britain P,10,2 def Imre Szello, Hungary P,10,2
Bout: 2 Kenny Egan, Ireland P,8,0 def Washington Silva, Brazil P,8,0
Bout: 3 Zhang Xiaoping, China P,12,7 def Abdelhafid Benchabla, Algeria P,12,7
Bout: 4 Yerkebulan Shynaliyev, Kazakhstan D,1:43,3 def Dzhakhon Kurbanov, Tajikistan D,1:43,3

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