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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3922087, member: 289"] Finally got to watch some Olympic boxing. I still remember the stirring night in Montreal in 1976 when 5 Americans won gold, including Sugar Ray Leonard and the Spinks brothers. there hasn't been an American goal medalist since Andre Ward in Athens in 2004 and it's not a sport that appeals to females so it's mostly disappeared from the Olympic airwaves. But Tokyo has bee our best showing in years and two Americans fought for the gold tonight. Both lost but the fights were interesting. Keyshawn Davis had lost three times to Cuba's Andy Cruz before and almost beat him this time. Davis won the first round with a highly tactical approach. Both men have a lot a hand speed and were wary of each other. Cruz got in some good shots and took the second round. the third round was a back-and forth war, with both men backing each other up at times. It could have gone either way but if you are going to get a decision over a guy that's beaten you three times, you'd better be clearly better and Davis wasn't. Davis was already 3-0 as a profession and is a pal of Shakur Stevenson so here's another name to add to the crowded picture at lightweight. the Super-heavyweight final was a Rocky movie without a happy ending. Richard Torrez Jr., an old-fashioned heavyweight at 6-2 face a new-fashioned heavyweight, Uzbekistan's 6-7 Bakhodir Jalolov for the second time. Jaolov had knocked Torres out cold in their previous fight two years ago: Torres left the ring in a stretcher. That meant that it took a lot of courage to face the big guy again. but Torres had improved quite a bit and gained a lot of power. He used a jab to get inside on his opponent, (it can be used both ways: to keep a man at bey or to make him vulnerable to and inside attack), and Torres used it to win the first round, raking Jalolov with body punches, (it was right in front of him), and upper-cuts. But the big guy got his own jab going in the second stanza and the refer got his act going, too, interrupting the bout several times for an unnecessary standing 8 count and to take a point away from Torres for something. That put Torres on the defensive and Jalolov got in some good shots to win the last two rounds. They always used to have somebody from Syracuse coaching the team in the old days. Maybe they need to go back to that? [/QUOTE]

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