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  • Britain's Degale has boxing's latest upset

    James Degale strolled through the back hallway at Workers' Gymnasium bellowing a tuneless song. Degale wasn't the only fighter with a song in his heart after the final day of quarterfinal bouts.



  • Watch day 11's biggest hits

    Biting, blows, and stunning bouts characterized day 11 of Olympic boxing. Watch all the biggest hits from the day's quarterfinals in light flyweight, lightweight, and light heavyweight by clicking here.



  • Bite caps busy Olympic boxing night

    Evander Holyfield apparently already had left Workers' Gymnasium by the time Dzhakhon Kurbanov decided to bite his opponent's shoulder in the evening's final bout.



  • Watch day 10's biggest hits

    Watch highlights from boxing's day 10. Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR) continued dismantling opponents, while Khedafi Djelkhir (FRA) followed his victory over Raynell Williams (USA) with another win.



  • Mauritius clinches first medal

    Bruno Julie has a burnt-orange mop of hair that sits atop his otherwise shaved head like a plate of spaghetti Bolognese. Mauritius, meet your nation's first Olympic medalist - and he's hungry for a gold.



  • Team USA: What went wrong?

    NBC analysts dissect day 9 for Team USA, which will have one of its worst Olympic boxing performances ever in Beijing. Only one U.S. boxer has made the medal round for the first time in 60 years.



  • Encore: U.S. boxing bouts
    Click here to watch an encore of all U.S. bouts from day 9, including heavweight Deontay Wilder and welterweight Demetrius Andrade.

  • Boxing's biggest hits: day 9

    Watch the biggest hits from day 9, as boxing's quarterfinals kicked off.  Reigning world champion Demetrius Andrade (USA) fell, while U.S. heavyweight Deontay Wilder won.



  • Day 9: boxing quarterfinals

    Heavyweight Deontay Wilder became the only American to advance to the semifinals, capping one of the worst U.S. Olympic boxing performances in history.



  • Winners: middleweight day 8

    U.S. boxer Shawn Estrada was eliminated by Great Britain's James Degale, 11-5, while gold-medal favorite Matvey Korobov (RUS) was upset by Bakhtiyar Artayev (KAZ).



  • Wilder lone American winner
    Heavyweight Deontay Wilder became the only American boxing medalist, advancing to the semifinals. Earlier, U.S. welterweight Demetrius Andrade lost to South Korea's Kim Jungjoo.

  • Biggest boxing hits: Day 8
    Click to watch the biggest hits and tumbles from the eighth day of Olympic boxing competition. These hits come from the flyweight, middleweight, and light flyweight divisions.


  • Korobov joins Russia's boxing shame

    Bakhtiyar Artayev of Kazakhstan pulled off the biggest upset, defeating world champion Matvey Korobov. China's gold-medal hope Zou Shiming escaped with his closest win yet. Both Americans lost.



  • Fighters feeling cheated at Olympic boxing

    Close fights and narrow decisions produced a wealth of indignation Friday night, where a Russian world champion and an American medal contender both felt wronged by subjective calls.



  • Zou seeks first Chinese boxing gold

    Chinese martial arts never made it onto the Olympic program, but light flyweight (48kg/106 lbs) Zou Shiming may be the next best thing.