LONDON (Reuters) – Decorated Olympians beware. Ireland’s boxers are not only chasing medals in London, they are after a prized photograph with you as well.

Light-flyweight Paddy Barnes caused a stir at last week’s opening ceremony when he walked around the track holding a homemade cardboard sign bearing his twitter address and declaring he was ‘open for sponsorship’.

LONDON, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Decorated Olympians beware.
Ireland’s boxers are not only chasing medals in London, they are
after a prized photograph with you as well.

Light-flyweight Paddy Barnes caused a stir at last week’s
opening ceremony when he walked around the track holding a
homemade cardboard sign bearing his twitter address and
declaring he was ‘open for sponsorship’.

LONDON (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, 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.