Comments Thread For: Olympics Light Flyweight Semifinals Full Results

[JakeNDaBox]

By Jake Donovan - The good news for Ireland's Paddy Barnes is that he came closer than ever to beating longtime frequent conqueror Zou Shiming of China.

The bad news for Barnes is that "came closer" in boxing still means "lost."

Shiming is now one win away from his second consecutive Olympic Gold medal after barely surviving a countback after fighting to a 15-15 tie with Barnes in Friday's semifinals. [Click Here To Read More]

[gingeralbino]

Barnes was so close to pulling a win out of the bag. Before the scores were announced i thought he'd just done enough.