(Reuters) - Ryota Murata, who ended Japan's long wait for Olympic boxing gold by taking the men's middleweight title in London last year, had decided to turn professional. The 27-year-old has joined the Misako Gym stable in Tokyo, Japanese media reported on Friday. No details of his debut bout were disclosed. Murata beat Brazilian Esquiva Falcao Florentino 14-13 with some shrewd inside fighting at the London Games to win Japan's first boxing gold since 1964. (Reporting by Patrick Johnston in Singapore; Editing by John O'Brien)
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| Medal/Final | Men's Welterweight (64-69 kg) | Final | See Results |
| Medal/Final | Men's Lightweight (56-60 kg) | Final | See Results |
| Medal/Final | Men's Flyweight (49-52 kg) | Final | See Results |
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- Silver Freddie Evans Great Britain
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- Silver Esquiva Falcao Florentino Brazil
- Bronze Abbos Atoev Uzbekistan
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- Gold Luke Campbell Great Britain
- Silver John Joe Nevin Ireland
- Bronze Lazaro Alvarez Estrada Cuba
- Bronze Satoshi Shimizu Japan
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- Gold Shiming Zou China
- Silver Kaeo Pongprayoon Thailand
- Bronze Paddy Barnes Ireland
- Bronze David Ayrapetyan Russia
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- Gold Claressa Shields United States
- Silver Nadezda Torlopova Russia
- Bronze Marina Volnova Kazakhstan
- Bronze Jinzi Li China
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- Boxing-Olympic gold medallist Murata to turn …
April 12 (Reuters) - Ryota Murata, who ended Japan's long wait for Olympic boxing gold by taking the men's middleweight title in London last year, had decided to turn professional. The 27-year-old has joined the Misako Gym stable in Tokyo, Japanese media reported on Friday. No details of his debut bout were disclosed. Murata beat Brazilian Esquiva Falcao Florentino 14-13 with some shrewd inside fighting at the London Games to win Japan's first boxing gold since 1964. (Reporting by Patrick Johnston in Singapore; Editing by John O'Brien)
- China's Olympic champion Zou wins professional …
(Reuters) - Double Olympic gold medallist Zou Shiming of China scored a unanimous points victory in a four-round professional boxing debut in Macau on Saturday as the gambling hub took a step towards becoming a boxing destination. Zou, whose bronze in Athens was China's first Olympic boxing medal, won gold at the Beijing Games and beat Thailand's Kaeo Pongprayoon in London last year to become the first light-flyweight to win three Olympic medals. ...
- Boxing-China's Olympic champion Zou wins …
April 6 (Reuters) - Double Olympic gold medallist Zou Shiming of China scored a unanimous points victory in a four-round professional boxing debut in Macau on Saturday as the gambling hub took a step towards becoming a boxing destination. Zou, whose bronze in Athens was China's first Olympic boxing medal, won gold at the Beijing Games and beat Thailand's Kaeo Pongprayoon in London last year to become the first light-flyweight to win three Olympic medals. ...
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By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) - When Ireland's Katie Taylor was taking hits and striking blows for boxing's Olympic debut in an east London ring last year, John Hardy did not want to look. To this leading neuroscientist and molecular biologist, a boxing bout is little more than a session of mutual brain injury. He was horrified to see women boxing at Olympic level for the first time at the London 2012 Games. ...
- Boxing-Roach irons out Zou's amateur mistakes …
March 21 (Reuters) - Double Olympic boxing gold medallist Zou Shiming admits he has a lot to learn ahead of his professional debut next month but the Chinese flyweight enjoyed the best possible education from hall of fame trainer Freddie Roach on Wednesday. Having bossed the amateur circuit, where he also claimed three world championships, Zou will enter the paid ranks on April 6 when he faces Mexican Eleazar Valenzuela in a four-round bout in Macau. ...
- FEATURE-Boxing-Should science on brain injury …
By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON, March 21 (Reuters) - When Ireland's Katie Taylor was taking hits and striking blows for boxing's Olympic debut in an east London ring last year, John Hardy did not want to look. To this leading neuroscientist and molecular biologist, a boxing bout is little more than a session of mutual brain injury. He was horrified to see women boxing at Olympic level for the first time at the London 2012 Games. ...
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Rising star Adrien Broner and legend Bernard Hopkins set to join Floyd Mayweather on Showtime.
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| 1 | Russia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Cuba | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
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