The Quest for Gold: Demetrius Andrade’s Round-1 Report Card

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By Cliff Rold - It was far from pretty but Team USA bounced back right away from its first defeat at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. In opening round of 32 action at 152 lbs., 20-year old Welterweight Demetrius Andrade of Providence, Rhode Island narrowly outpointed 24-year old Kakhaber Jvania of Georgia by a score of 11-9 in a rough four rounds of Boxing and grappling. [details]

[mgkirkpatrick]

Andrande looked far from good. He has amazing speed and some very nice skills but he really seemed to lack composure. I don't see him taking the gold.

[Joe2608]

I don't think he will take the gold his defence is pretty shocking when he comes forward for the attack, he got tagged a lot. If he sorted his defense out he would be a good prospect for the pro boxing world i think.