WE do NOT, officially, DO NOT have a SUPERHEAVYWEIGHT in the OLYMPICS. NONE. Not a single one!!!
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DAN RAFAEL:
The notion of the American heavyweight contender has become a joke in recent years. Part of the reason is because of how poor the amateur system in this country has become at producing big men. It took another massive hit, maybe even hitting rock bottom, on Tuesday night when the United States officially failed to qualify a super heavyweight for this summer's Beijing Olympic Games. At the Americas Qualifier in Guatemala City, Guatemala, the final chance for the U.S. to qualify boxers for the Olympics, super heavyweight Michael Hunter of Las Vegas lost 10-3 in the semifinals to Venezuela's Jose Payares and was eliminated. Once again, the U.S. will take an incomplete squad of nine boxers to China, but it is almost unfathomable that we will not have a super heavyweight in the tournament.
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DAN RAFAEL:
The notion of the American heavyweight contender has become a joke in recent years. Part of the reason is because of how poor the amateur system in this country has become at producing big men. It took another massive hit, maybe even hitting rock bottom, on Tuesday night when the United States officially failed to qualify a super heavyweight for this summer's Beijing Olympic Games. At the Americas Qualifier in Guatemala City, Guatemala, the final chance for the U.S. to qualify boxers for the Olympics, super heavyweight Michael Hunter of Las Vegas lost 10-3 in the semifinals to Venezuela's Jose Payares and was eliminated. Once again, the U.S. will take an incomplete squad of nine boxers to China, but it is almost unfathomable that we will not have a super heavyweight in the tournament.
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