Wednesday, 8 August 2012

Olympics-Boxing-Poster girl Taylor eases into final (Reuters)

LONDON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Ireland's Katie Taylor moved astep away from becoming one of the first Olympic women's boxingchampions on Wednesday when she produced a clinical performanceto reach the lightweight final. The four-time amateur world champion, at the forefront ofthe campaign to get women's boxing into the Olympics, beatTajikistan's Mavzuna Chorieva 17-9 in front of another raucouscrowd packed with travelling Irish fans. The victory followed Monday's demolition of highly-ratedBriton Natasha Jonas. ...

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