Saturday, 28 July 2012

Diaz draws on YouTube, family for first "W" (Reuters)

Ukraine's Pavlo Ishchenko (R) fights against Joseph Diaz Jr. of the U.S. (L) in the Men's Bantam (56kg) Round of 32 Bout 1 boxing match at ExCeL venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games July 28, 2012. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

LONDON (Reuters) - When American Joseph Diaz was told who his first Olympic opponent would be after Friday's draw, he swapped the gym for his laptop and went straight to YouTube to take a first look at what he would be up against. The homework paid off when Diaz, the youngest member of the U.S. boxing squad at 19, won the opening fight of the London games, beating Ukrainian bantamweight Pavlo Ishchenko 19-9 with more than half the points coming in a blizzard of third round left-hand shots. ...




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