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2016 RIO OLYMPICS: HIDILYN DIAZ ENDS 20-YEAR PH MEDAL DROUGHT WINS WEIGHTLIFTING SILVER
Mon, 08 Aug 2016
Hidilyn Diaz became the Philippines' newest Olympic hero, ending the country's 20-year medal drought in the Summer Games, by winning the silver medal in the women's 53kg weightlifting division on Sunday, August
2016 RIO OLYMPICS: TOMMASONE WINS WHILE N?DAM LOSSES IN PRO BOXERS? OPENING FIGHTS
Sun, 07 Aug 2016
French?Cameroonian Hassan N?Dam returned to the Olympics after losing the gold medal in 2004 in Athens, Greece. But he was eliminated in his opening bout to Brazil?s Michel Borges by a unanimous decision in Rio de Janeiro on
2016 RIO OLYMPICS: THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH OPENS
Sat, 06 Aug 2016
The 2016 Summer Olympics opens at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, and commonly known as Rio 2016, a major international multi-sport event in the trad
2016 RIO OLYMPICS: BOXING TRIVIA PART II
Sun, 31 Jul 2016
Cuba won just two golds in the 2012 Summer Games, but has a powerful team led by London Olympics bantamweight bronze medalist and three-time world champion Lazaro Alvarez and three-time lightheavyweight world titlist Julio Cesar
2016 RIO OLYMPICS: BOXING TRIVIA PART I
Sat, 30 Jul 2016
The boxing competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro are scheduled to take place from August 6 -21, 2016 at the Pavilion 6 of Riocentro. An exhibition and convention center, Riocentro is the largest exhibition c
2016 RIO OLYMPICS: USA TOPS ALL-TIME BOXING MEDAL TALLY, PH AT NO. 45
Sun, 24 Jul 2016
The powerhouse United States of America boxing team is still number one on the all-time medal tally since boxing began as an Olympic sport in the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games. Until 1948, losing semi-finalists held a bronze med
2016 RIO OLYMPICS: HISTORY OF BOXING IN THE SUMMER GAMES PART V
Fri, 22 Jul 2016
Oscar de la Hoya won America's only boxing gold in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics which started an illustrious career and made him one of the richest boxers and promoters. De la Hoya, a Mexican-American from Los Angeles, dedicat
2016 RIO OLYMPICS: HISTORY OF BOXING IN THE SUMMER GAMES PART IV
Thu, 21 Jul 2016
In the terrorist-attacked 1972 Munich Olympics, Cuban welterweight Emilio Correa, the 19-year-old Pan American champion, defeated European titlist Hungarian Janos Kajdi, 5-0 in a close but unanimous decision. His son, Emilio
2016 RIO OLYMPICS: HISTORY OF BOXING IN THE SUMMER GAMES PART III
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
In London in 1948 very strong southpaw fighter Laszlo Papp made his Olympic debut where he won the first of his three successive Olympic golds. The Hungarian also grabbed the light middleweight gold medals in the 1952 and 1956 Gam
2016 RIO OLYMPICS: HISTORY OF BOXING IN THE SUMMER GAMES PART II
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
Amateur boxing made its Olympic debut at St. Louis, Mississippi, USA but only Americans participated and won all seven possible gold medals and all other medals silver and bronze. Oliver Kirk, won the gold medal in the ban
