Wednesday, 8 August 2012

Boxing: Worst U.S. team ever, says champ Toney (Reuters)

James Toney (L) grimaces as Samuel Peter of Nigeria punches him during the second round of their 12-round WBC Heavyweight Boxing Championship elimination bout at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida January 6, 2007. Picture taken January 6, 2007. REUTERS/Hans Deryk

LONDON (Reuters) - The much touted American men's boxing team that exited the Olympics without a medal for the first time were 'garbage' and not worth watching, multiple weight world champion James Toney told Reuters. The much vaunted nine men from America were expected to right the wrongs of the Beijing Games where they took home just one bronze, their worst Olympic performance, but failed to live up to the hype in London. Toney, who won world titles at middleweight, super middleweight and cruiserweight and now holds the IBU heavyweight title, was not impressed by his compatriots. ...




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