Tuesday, 7 August 2012

Boxing: American men all out as Cuban cruises (Reuters)

Errol Spence of the U.S. enters the ring before his Men's Welter (69kg) quarter-final boxing match against Russia's Andrey Zamkovoy (not shown) at the London Olympic Games August 7, 2012. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

LONDON (Reuters) - The last American male boxer exited the London Games on Tuesday to complete a humiliating first Olympics without a medal for the most decorated nation in the sport as Cuba, Ukraine and Britain added to their tallies. Welterweight Errol Spence lost 16-11 to Russian Andrey Zamkovoy in his quarter-final, failing to take advantage of the second chance given to him by organizers AIBA, who changed the result of the American's previous bout after a video review. ...




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