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James Degale celebrates victory Superb DeGale lands gold
James DeGale wins Great Britain's 19th Beijing gold with victory over Cuba's Emilio Correa.

Zhang Xiaoping Zhang beats Egan to clinch gold
China's Zhang Xiaoping wins boxing gold by beating Ireland's Kenny Egan 11-7 in the light heavyweight final.

Barnes (right) with the other Irish medallists Darren Sutherland and Kenny Egan Barnes wants gold in London 2012
Belfast boxer Paddy Barnes says he plans to stay amateur to chase gold at the 2012 Olympics in London.


DeGale torn over future direction
Britain's Olympic middleweight champion James DeGale admits he faces a dilemma over whether to turn professional after winning gold in Beijing.

Boxing boss backs Edwards
Keith Walters, Amateur Boxing Association chairman, wants GB head coach Terry Edwards to continue in his role.

Cammarelle eases to gold
Italian Roberto Cammarelle is in a league of his own, stopping China's Zhang Zhilei in the fourth round to win the super heavyweight title.

Russian is two-weight winner
Russia's Alexey Tishchenko becomes the first boxer in 30 years to win Olympic gold in two different weight divisions with victory over France's Daouda Sow.

Sarsekbayev denies Cuba gold
Kazakhstan's Bakhyt Sarsekbayev wins the Olympic welterweight title as Cuba fail to win a boxing gold at the Beijing Games.

Mongolia secure first boxing title
Badar-Uugan Enkhbat claims Mongolia's first Olympic boxing gold medal with victory over Cuba's Yankiel Leon.

China wins first ever boxing gold
Zou Shiming helps China to its first ever Olympic boxing gold, after his opponent, Mongolia's Serdamba Purevdorj is forced to retire with an injury.

Diaz clinches shock boxing title
Felix Diaz wins the Dominican Republic's first Olympic gold in the light-welterweight category, while Thailand's Somjit Jongjohor takes gold at flyweight.

Lomachenko storms to gold
Ukraine's Vasyl Lomachenko wins featherweight gold with a first-round victory over Frenchman Khedafi Djelkhir, while Russia's Rakhim Chakhkiev triumphs at heavyweight.

Barnes loses light-fly semi-final
Irish light-fly Paddy Barnes has to be content with a bronze in Beijing after losing his semi-final against China's Zou Shiming.

DeGale sparkles on way to final
Britain's James DeGale secures a silver Tony Jeffries and David Price end up with bronze.

Chinese target three golds
China have three opportunities to win their first ever boxing gold after two semi-final victories and a bye for Zhang Zhilei.

Saunders protests innocence
Olympic boxer Billy Joe Saunders vows to clear his name after allegations of lewd behaviour.

DeGale wins boxing medal
British middleweight James DeGale secures at least a bronze after beating Kazakhstan's Bakhtiyar Artayev 8-3.

Jeffries powers to boxing medal
British boxing light-heavyweight Tony Jeffries secures at least a bronze medal after beating Hungary's Imre Szello in their quarter-final.

Victory secures medal for Barnes
Belfast man Paddy Barnes claims Ireland's first medal in Beijing while his team-mate Kenny Egan is also guaranteed at least a bronze.

Price seals British boxing medal
Super-heavyweight David Price is guaranteed a boxing medal after his opponent is forced to retire in their quarter-final bout.

Women's boxing eyes 2012
Boxing chiefs will press for the introduction of female fighters at the London 2012 Olympics.

US fighters suffer more defeats
World welterweight champion Demetrius Andrade's defeat seals the US team's worst Olympic boxing performance.

DeGale eases into quarter-finals
James DeGale beats American Shawn Estrada, but British flyweight Khalid Yafai loses to Cuban Andris Hernadez Laffita.

Irish bantamweight Nevin loses
Irish bantamweight John Joe Nevin is beaten in the second round of the Olympic boxing tournament by Badar-Uugan Enkhbat of Mongolia.

Mixed fortunes for British boxers
Bradley Saunders and Billy Joe Saunders are knocked out of the boxing competition although Tony Jeffries makes the last eight.

Price knocks out favourite
Super-heavyweight David Price goes through to the last eight after beating Russia's Islam Timurziev with a fantastic display.

GB critical after Murray loss
British coach Terry Edwards hits out at the judges after bantamweight Joe Murray loses to a Chinese fighter in the first round.

Selimov suffers shock defeat
Pre-tournament featherweight favourite Albert Selimov is out of the Olympics in the first round after losing on points to Ukraine's Vasyl Lomachenko.

US boxer out after health scare
USA boxer Gary Russell Jr withdraws from the Olympics after collapsing while struggling to make his weight.

British boxers given tough draw
Several of Britain's boxers are handed tough opening bouts in an unseeded draw at the Beijing Olympics.

Gavin home after withdrawal
Frankie Gavin's early exit from the Olympics will be discussed by UK Sport in a boxing review after the Games.



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