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  • Chinese Top Light Flyweight Zou, U.S. Bet Yanez Advance But Tanamor

    CHINESE TOP LIGHT FLYWEIGHT ZOU, U.S. BET YANEZ ADVANCE BUT TANAMOR FALLS
    Norman Vergara

    AHN
    August 13, 2008 9:40 p.m. EST

    Beijing, China (AHN) - China's Zou Shiming, the only boxer with
    previous Olympic experience in Beijing, stamped his class against
    Venezuelan Eduard Bermudez 11-2 to reach the Round of 16 in the light
    flyweight division Wednesday night at the Workers' Gymnasium.

    The host nation's only gold bet in the division moved on to the next
    round against Frenchman Nordine Oubaali, who nipped his Uzbekistani
    foe Rafikjon Sultonov 8-7.

    While Zou coasted to a searing win, his old rival Harry Tanamor of
    the Philippines suffered a crushing loss against Ghana's Manyo Plange
    6-3. Tanamor, the silver medalist in last year's world championships,
    was in disarray early on and was a shadow of his earlier self that
    appeared in the Chicago event.

    The defeat gives Zou almost a clear path in duplicating his gold-medal
    finish in the worlds. In Athens four years ago, Zou copped the
    bronze medal.

    In other light flyweight matches held Wednesday night, Winston Mendez
    Montero carved out a 9-3 beating of Kenya's Suleiman Bilali. Thai
    Amnat Ruanroeng bombed out Jack Willie of Papua New Guinea 14-2 and
    American Luis Yanez held off Spaniard Kelvin de la Nieve 12-9.

    Yanez's victory came almost a month after he was reinstated to the
    USA Boxing Olympic team. He next faces Mongolian Purevdori Serdamba
    in the Round of 16.

    The rest who made the next round include Ukrainian Georgiy Chygayev,
    Cuban Yampier Hernandez, Irish Paddy Barnes, Ecuadorian Jose Luis
    Meza, Namibian Japhet Uutoni, Polish Lukasz Maszczyk, Kazakh Birzhan
    Zhakypov and Armenian Hovhannes Danielyan.

    In heavyweight action, world champion Clemente Russo of Italy secured a
    place in the quarterfinals by beating Belarus' Viktar Zuyev 7-1. Russo
    will face Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk in the last eight.

    The United States' Deontay Wilder also advanced by defeating Algerian
    Abdelaziz Toulbini, and Frenchman John M'Bumba likewise moved on
    after nipping Colombian Deivi Julio Blanco.
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