Muay Thai Talk

Bravo to China! China did IT! Now we are looking forward to the next Olympic Games in for years ahead in London. Will it be as great as what China has impressed the whole world? Too bad for London because the budget for the next Olympics will be cut off to only one third of what was spent in China. But we are excited to see what you can do English people!

So now we got all the boxing results from the Olympics just ended. And here they are.

Super Heavyweight:
Gold Medal – Roberto Cammarelle (Italy)
Silver Medal – Zhilei Zhang (China)

Light Heavyweight:
Gold Medal – Xiaoping Zhang (China)
Silver Medal – Kenny Egan (Ireland)

Welterweight:
Gold Medal – Bakhyt Sarsekbayav (Kazakhstan)
Silver Medal – Carlos Banteaux Suarez (Cuba)

Lightweight:
Gold Medal – Alexey Tishchenko (Russian Fed.)
Silver Medal – Daouda Sow (France)

Bantamweight:
Gold Medal – Badar-Uugan Enkhbat (Mongolia)
Silver Medal – Yankiel Leon Alarcon (Cuba)

Light Flyweight:
Gold Medal – Shiming Zou (China)
Silver Medal – Serdamba Purevdorj (Mongolia)

Heavyweight:
Gold Medal – Rakhim Chakhiev (Russian Fed.)
Silver Medal – Clemente Russo (Italy)

Middleweight:
Gold Medal – James Degale (Great Britain)
Silver Medal – Emilio Correa Bayeaux (Cuba)

Light Welterweight:
Gold Medal – Felix Diaz (Dominican Rep.)
Silver Medal – Manus Boonjumnong (Thailand)

Featherweight:
Gold Medal – Vasyl Lomachenko (Ukraine)
Silver Medal – Khedafi Djelkhir (France)

Flyweight:
Gold Medal – Somjit Jongjohot (Thailand)
Silver Medal – Andris Laffita Hernandez (Cuba)

So were the results as you expected? Great boxers all of them are. And watch out next Olympics Boxing Events! For the first time women boxing is allowed to enter the contest in the Olympic Games. And they would be a lot more results for you to see. There are some great female boxers out there. And we will see which countries have got those best of the best boxers both men and women.

Only less than a week now and what we have been waiting for will start. People around the world know that China has done and has spent an enormous bunch of money preparing for it and we will all see how it turns out really soon.

Now let’s talk a bit about the boxing events since this is Muay Thai Talk website. Boxing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games, including this one in Beijing, since it was first introduced at the 1904 Summer Olympics. What is interesting about the Boxing in Olympics is that the only one time that Boxing was not included in the Games was at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm because the country at that time banned the sport.

And what really interesting again about the boxing in this Olympic Games in China is it will be the last time that only male boxing events can join. That’s right the next Summer Olympics which will be held in London, England allows women’s boxing into the program.

Now let’s see the list of the boxing events on the program of Games of the XXIX Olympiad, 2008. All men boxing!
- Super Heavyweight (+91 kg)
- Heavyweight (81-91 kg)
- Light Heavyweight (75-81 kg)
- (69-75 kg)
- (64-69 kg)
- (60-64 kg)
- Lightweight (57-60 kg)
- Featherweight (54-57 kg)
- Bantamweight (51-54 kg)
- Flyweight (48-51 kg)
- Light Flyweight (-48 kg)

So be prepared and don’t miss any great match and cheer for the country you like.

Boxing events will be held at the Workers’ Indoor Arena from August 9 to 24, 2008. Make sure you don’t miss all the good fights. Click here for detailed event schedule from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Official Website. See you next time!