America's hope for the Olympics?

[stu]

Hi there, I live in Britain where I subscribe to Boxing News and in the recent issue they had world rankings for the Amateur ranks, and there were not that many Americans in the top 15 of each weight class. I appreciate this is probably due to them not having the same number of fights as their European counterparts who mostly dominated the rankings (especially Eastern European countries).

I was therefore wondering who you guys would suggest looking out for in the forthcoming Olympics in respect of American hopes for medals.

Thanks.

[mspiegelo]

Hi there, I live in Britain where I subscribe to Boxing News and in the recent issue they had world rankings for the Amateur ranks, and there were not that many Americans in the top 15 of each weight class. I appreciate this is probably due to them not having the same number of fights as their European counterparts who mostly dominated the rankings (especially Eastern European countries).

I was therefore wondering who you guys would suggest looking out for in the forthcoming Olympics in respect of American hopes for medals.

Thanks.

rashee warren- flyweight

gary russel jr. - bantamweight

shawn andrade - welterweight


another guy who is one of the top fighters but might not medal, cause his style is suited more towards pro fighting is Saddam Ali at lightweight... plus that is a very deep division