Light-flyweight
THE draw for the boxing tournament at the Olympic Games was held Thursday (August 4). British light-flyweight Galal Yafai will contest the first boxing bout of Rio 2016 on Saturday (August 6), taking on Cameroonโs Simplice Fotsala. If the GB 49kgs wins heโll progress to a clash with Cubaโs flashy World champion Joahnys Argilagos on August 8.
Irelandโs Paddy Barnes has a bye in the first round, on August 8 he will bo the winner of Samuel Carmona Heredia (Spain) and Artur Hovhannisyan (Armenia). Americaโs Nico Herndandez gets Italyโs Manuel Cappai on August 6 in their first bout of the tournament.
Flyweight
The USAโs Antonio Vargas boxes host nationโs Juliao Neto on August 13.
GBโs Muhammad Ali gets a bye and then on August 15 boxes the winner of Yoel Segundo Finol (Venezuela)-Leone De Los Santos Nunez (Dominica). Irelandโs Brendan Irvine boxes Uzbekistanโs Shakhobidin Zoirov on August 13.
Britainโs Nicola Adams gets a bye in the first stage.
Bantamweight
Irish World gold medallist Michael Conlan has a bye in the first and then on August 14 goes up against the winner of Aram Avagyan (Armenia) versus Arashi Morisaka (Japan). GBโs Qais Ashfaq has it tough. Heโs drawn against Thailandโs skilled and experienced Chatchai Butdee on August 10. If he gets through that challenge itโs most likely Russiaโs rough, tough Vladimir Nikitin next.
American hope Shakur Stevenson gets a bye and then winner of Brazilโs Robenilson De Jesus versus Algeriaโs Fahem Hammachi.
Lightweight
USAโs Carlos Balderas boxes Berik Abdrakhmanov (Kazakhstan) on August 6. GBโs European gold medallist Joe Cordina is up against Charley Suarez (Philippines) on the same day. Irelandโs David Olive Joyce boxes Andrique Allisop (Seychelles) on August 6. He should be confident of winning that but then it would be Azerbaijanโs Albert Selimov on August 9, a far tougher ask.
Irelandโs Katie Taylor gets a bye. Mikaela Mayer (USA) boxes Micronesiaโs Jennifer Chieng on August 12.
Light-welterweight
On August 10 Gary Russell (USA) boxes fellow American, Richardson Hitchins representing Haiti. August 11 sees Pat McCormack boxing Kazakhstanโs Ablaikhan Zhussupov. He has a tough draw, victory will see him go in with brilliant Cuban Yasnier Toledo Lopez on August 14.
Welterweight
Irelandโs 69kgs Steven Donnelly opens his account against Zohir Kedache (Algeria) on August 7. Britainโs Josh Kelly has Egyptโs Walid Mohamed on August 8, win that though and heโll have outstanding Kazakh Daniyar Yeleussinov on August 11.
Middleweight
A hard draw for Britainโs Antony Fowler โ former World gold medallist, a fast southpaw Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (Kazakhstan). Irelandโs Michael OโReilly gets a bye. The USAโs Charles Conwell boxes Indiaโs Krishan Vikas on August 9.
Elite American Claressa Shields, an Olympic and two-time World gold medallist gets a bye. Savannah Marshall will have to do it the hard way. She boxes Sweden Anna Laurell on August 14 and would then move on to Nouchka Fontjin (Netherlands), who beat at the Worlds earlier this year.
Light-heavyweight
Irish World silver medallist Joe Ward gets a bye, to then box the winner of Serge Michel (Germany)-Carlos Mina (Ecuador) on August 10.
Britainโs Joshua Buatsi takes on capable Kennedy Katende (Uganda) on August 7, if he wins heโd then face Uzbekistanโs Elshod Rasulov, a very good fighter on August 11.
Heavyweight
GBโs Lawrence Okolie will start off against Igor Jakubowski (Poland) on August 6, but victory would then see him go in with Cubaโs Erislandy Savon, who stopped Lawrence earlier this year, on August 8.
Super-heavyweight
Davilson Dos Santos Morais of Cape Verde stands in the way of Britainโs Joe Joyce on August 13.
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