Wednesday, 8 August 2012

Olympics-Boxing-Stunning Shields batters her way to dream final (Reuters)

LONDON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Feeling disrespected by her Kazakhopponent, American boxer Claressa Shields unleashed a barrage ofblows to win an Olympic slug fest on Wednesday which onlyfuelled the comparisons to the sport's film legend Rocky Balboa. The 17-year-old fighter from Flint, Michigan, tagged as oneof the dangerous cities in America by the FBI, romped to a 29-15success in her women's middleweight semi-final against KazakhMarina Volnova to set up a gold medal bout on Thursday. ...

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