Saturday, 4 August 2012

China's Zoo negotiates tricky opening to defense (Reuters)

China's Shiming Zou (R) fights against Cuba's Yosbany Veitia Soto in their Men's Light Fly (49kg) Round of 16 boxing match during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 4, 2012. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

LONDON (Reuters) - Defending Olympic champion Zou Shiming of China survived a tricky opening bout at the London Games on Saturday and had to call on all the know-how that delivered three world amateur titles in seven years to edge Cuba's Yosbany Veitia Soto. Fleet-footed Soto, who impressed on his way to the quarter-finals of the world amateur championships last year, was the busier fighter throughout and the 20-year-old delivered a serious challenge to Zou's light-flyweight dominance. ...




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