Monday, November 05,

Italians Stun World Amateur Boxing Championships - Beat Russians for Heavy and Super Heavyweight Titles

The ANNOTICO Report

Italian Heavyweight Clemente Russo and Super Heavy Roberto Cammarelle scored upset wins to steal the spotlight on the last day of the  World Amateur Championships in Chicago on Saturday.

Clemente Russo won a narrow 7-6 decision over Russia's Rakhim Chakhkeiv, followed by Cammarelle, who tamed Ukraine's Vyacheslav Glazkov 24-14.

 Italians Domenico Valentino Silvered at 60kg, and Vicenso Picardi  Bronzed  at 51 kg.

Italians Shock Russian Heavies

Super Sport

04 November 2007

Two Italians stunned the Russians when they won the heavyweight and super heavyweight titles at the world amateur championships in Chicago on Saturday.

Heavyweight Clemente Russo and super heavy Roberto Cammarelle scored upset wins to steal the spotlight on the last day of the tournament.

Russian boxers won three gold medals but missed an opportunity of a record haul, settling for silvers in three other weight classes.

Sixteen years after Tommaso Russo won Italy's only world championship gold medal, the unrelated Clemente Russo won a narrow 7-6 decision over Russia's Rakhim Chakhkeiv.

He was followed into the ring by Cammarelle, who tamed Ukraine's Vyacheslav Glazkov 24-14 to give Italy two gold medals in 15 minutes.

The United States and England also ended gold-medal droughts.

The Americans came into the championship without a gold medal in eight years and England had never had a world champion.

But on Saturday, flyweight Rau'shee Warren and welterweight Demetrius Andrade won gold and lightweight Frankie Gavin became the first Englishman to win a world title by outpointing Italian Domenico Valentino 18-10.

"I think I had the toughest draw of the tournament. I beat silver medallists, bronze medallists and the Olympic champion," Gavin said.

"I can only get better from this. I've never been to the world championships before and to go and win is unbelievable."

Warren outpointed Thailand's Somjit Jongjohor 13-9 to the roaring approval of a capacity crowd at the University of Illinois-Chicago Pavilion.

Andrade did not have to work nearly as hard, Thailand's Non Boonjumnong retiring in the second round with a shoulder injury.

Warren gave his gold medal to his mother and promised to do the same next year after winning gold in Beijing.

"It's wonderful," said Warren, who is bidding to become the first US boxer in more than 30 years to fight at two Olympics. "I qualified for the Olympics, I'm world champion and I'm number one. They'd better watch out, the young Americans are coming."

The finals opened with China's Zou Chiming successfully completing the defence of his light flyweight title with a 17-3 decision over the Philippines' Harry Tanamor.

Zou became the first Chinese boxer to win two world titles.

MEDAL WINNERS

Over 91 kg:
Roberto Cammarelle (ITA) - gold
Vyacheslav Glazkov (UKR) - silver
Zhilei Zhang (CHN) and Islam Timurziev (RUS) - bronze

91 kg:
Clemente Russo (ITA) - gold
Rakhim Chakhkeiv (RUS) - silver
John M4Bumba (FRA) and Nijati Yushan (CHN) - bronze

81 kg:
Abbos Atoev (UZB) - gold
Arthur Beterbiev (RUS) - silver
Daugirdas Semiotas (LTU) and Yerkebuian Shynaliyev (KAZ) - bronze

75 kg:
Matvey Korobov (RUS) - gold
Alfonso Blanco (VEN) - silver
Artayev Bakhtiyar (KAZ) and Sergiy Derevyachenko (UKR) - bronze

69 kg:
Demetrius Andrade (USA) - gold
Non Boonjumnong (THA) - silver
Adem Kilicci (TUR) and Silamu Hanati (CHN) - bronze

64 kg:
Serik Sapiyev (KAZ) - gold
Gennady Kovalev (RUS) - silver
Masatsugu Kawachi (JPN) and Bradley Saunders (ENG) - bronze.

60 kg:
Frankie Gavin (ENG) - gold
Domenico Valentino (ITA) - silver
Alexey Tishenko (RUS) and Kim Son Guk (PRK) - bronze

57 kg
Albert Selimov (RUS) - gold
Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR) - silver
Kilic Yakup (TUR) and Li Yang (CHN) - bronze

54 kg:
Sergey Vodopyanov (RUS) - gold
Enkhbat Badar-Uugan (MGL) - silver
McJoe Arroyo (PUR) and Joseph Murray (ENG) - bronze

51 kg:
Raushee Warren (USA) - gold
Somjit Jongjohor (THA) - silver
Vicenso Picardi (ITA) and Samir Mammadov (AZE) - bronze

48 kg:
Zou Shiming (CHN) - gold
Harry Tanamor (PHI) - silver
Nordine Oubaali (FRA) and Ammat Ruenroeng (THA) - bronze

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