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VICTORY SECURES MEDAL FOR BARNES
BBC SPORT
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport1/hi/o lympics/boxing/7570230.stm
2008/08/19 11:24:22 GMT
Belfast boxer Paddy Barnes claimed the Irish team's first medal at
the Beijing Olympics after a quarter-final win over Poland's Lukasz
Maszczyk on Tuesday.
The light-flyweight was level with Maszczyk after the first round but
pulled clear in the remaining three rounds to secure an 11-5 victory.
The 21-year-old is assured of a bronze medal but he will fight for
gold if he wins his semi-final on Friday.
Barnes' opponent will be Chinese star and world champion Zou Shiming.
Barnes beat Ecuador's Jose Luis Meza 14-8 in his opener on Saturday.
Maszczyk defeated Barnes in the north Belfast man's first international
contest three years ago.
However, Barnes progressed further than Maszczyk in last year's World
Championships after making his way to the quarter-finals before losing
to Zou Shiming.
Zou Shiming was impressive in his 9-4 win over Kazakhstan's Birzhan
Zhakypov which secured his semi-final meeting with Barnes.
Later in Tuesday's boxing programme, Irish light-heavyweight Kenny
Egan will box Brazil's Washington Silva for a medal (1416).
Egan is reckoned to have a great chance of making the semi-finals.
Silva's best international performance came when he reached the World
Championship quarter-finals where he suffered a countback defeat
against Armenia's Artak Malumyan.
Egan beat Turkey's Bahram Muzaffer 10-2 in his opening bout on
Thursday.
BBC SPORT
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport1/hi/o lympics/boxing/7570230.stm
2008/08/19 11:24:22 GMT
Belfast boxer Paddy Barnes claimed the Irish team's first medal at
the Beijing Olympics after a quarter-final win over Poland's Lukasz
Maszczyk on Tuesday.
The light-flyweight was level with Maszczyk after the first round but
pulled clear in the remaining three rounds to secure an 11-5 victory.
The 21-year-old is assured of a bronze medal but he will fight for
gold if he wins his semi-final on Friday.
Barnes' opponent will be Chinese star and world champion Zou Shiming.
Barnes beat Ecuador's Jose Luis Meza 14-8 in his opener on Saturday.
Maszczyk defeated Barnes in the north Belfast man's first international
contest three years ago.
However, Barnes progressed further than Maszczyk in last year's World
Championships after making his way to the quarter-finals before losing
to Zou Shiming.
Zou Shiming was impressive in his 9-4 win over Kazakhstan's Birzhan
Zhakypov which secured his semi-final meeting with Barnes.
Later in Tuesday's boxing programme, Irish light-heavyweight Kenny
Egan will box Brazil's Washington Silva for a medal (1416).
Egan is reckoned to have a great chance of making the semi-finals.
Silva's best international performance came when he reached the World
Championship quarter-finals where he suffered a countback defeat
against Armenia's Artak Malumyan.
Egan beat Turkey's Bahram Muzaffer 10-2 in his opening bout on
Thursday.