LONDON, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Top seeded Cuban bantamweight
Lazaro Alvarez Estrada beat future U.S professional fighter
Joseph Diaz Jr. on Wednesday to advance to the quarter-finals in
the best fight of the Games so far.

The 21-year-old world amateur champion, possessing one of
the longest reaches in the 56 kg division, overcame the American
teenager 21-15 in a fight that could have been for Olympic gold
had they been in opposite sides of the draw.

LONDON (Reuters) – His London Olympics may have only lasted nine minutes but Jamel Herring will not be getting down about it.

A veteran Marine of two tours of duty in Iraq, the U.S. team boxing captain knows he has his men to think about.

LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) – His London Olympics may have
only lasted nine minutes but Jamel Herring will not be getting
down about it.

A veteran Marine of two tours of duty in Iraq, the U.S. team
boxing captain knows he has his men to think about.

LONDON (Reuters) – Joseph Diaz Jr.’s Olympic dream is straightforward: Make a big impression in the boxing ring, turn professional and then buy his unemployed parents a new house.

It’s a lot of pressure to carry on not-so-broad bantamweight shoulders, but the Californian teenager is desperate to pay back his mother and father who in spite of their plight, sacrificed much to help get their son to London.

LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) – Joseph Diaz Jr.’s Olympic dream
is straightforward: Make a big impression in the boxing ring,
turn professional and then buy his unemployed parents a new
house.

It’s a lot of pressure to carry on not-so-broad bantamweight
shoulders, but the Californian teenager is desperate to pay back
his mother and father who in spite of their plight, sacrificed
much to help get their son to London.

LONDON (Reuters) – Boxing’s smallest men took to the ring on Tuesday, bringing tears, the quickest knockout of the Games so far and the first sight of a thrilling Filipino who has trained with the great Manny Pacquiao.

The men’s light-flyweights weigh no more than 49 kilogrammes and usually stand at just 162 centimetres (5 feet, four inches) but they can pack a punch as India’s Devendro Singh Laishram proved in front of another packed house.

LONDON (Reuters) – Boxing’s smallest men took to the ring on Tuesday, bringing tears, the quickest knockout of the Games so far and the first sight of a thrilling Filipino who has trained with the great Manny Pacquiao.

The men’s light-flyweights weigh no more than 49 kilogrammes and usually stand at just 162 centimeters (5 feet, four inches) but they can pack a punch as India’s Devendro Singh Laishram proved in front of another packed house.

LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) – Boxing’s smallest men took to
the ring on Tuesday, bringing tears, the quickest knockout of
the Games so far and the first sight of a thrilling Filipino who
has trained with the great Manny Pacquiao.

The men’s light-flyweights weigh no more than 49 kilogrammes
and usually stand at just 162 centimetres (5 feet, four inches)
but they can pack a punch as India’s Devendro Singh Laishram
proved in front of another packed house.

LONDON (Reuters) – Afghan boxer Ajmal Faisal did not think he would make it to the London Olympics – his training sessions were prohibitively expensive and more often than not restricted by Taliban or political party opposition.

Yet on Monday Faisal became Afghanistan’s sole representative at the boxing arena and only its second Games fighter since U.S. forces began bombing the country in retaliation against its Taliban rulers’ refusal to hand over the al Qaeda leaders responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks.

LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) – Afghan boxer Ajmal Faisal did
not think he would make it to the London Olympics – his training
sessions were prohibitively expensive and more often than not
restricted by Taliban or political party opposition.

Yet on Monday Faisal became Afghanistan’s sole
representative at the boxing arena and only its second Games
fighter since U.S. forces began bombing the country in
retaliation against its Taliban rulers’ refusal to hand over the
al Qaeda leaders responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.