Friday, August 22, 2008

World champion to take on Chinese boxer in final of super-heavyweigh

(BEIJING, August 24) – China's Zhang Zhilei and Italy's Roberto Cammarelle will meet in the final of the Olympic Boxing tournament's super-heavyweight class after both boxers won their semifinals yesterday.

To be fair, Zhang did not actually 'win' his semifinal as he won via a walkover. Zhang's semifinal opponent, Vyacheslav Glazkov pulled out of the bout with an elbow injury.

World champion Cammarelle won after the referee stopped the contest in the second round following a head blow to Great Britain's David Price.

"Price is tall but it was easy to demolish him. I looked for a sparring partner today - and he was it," said Cammarelle after the fight.