Zhang xiaoping wins China's second boxing gold in light-heavyweight class

(Beijing, August 24) -- China's Zhang xiaoping won his country's second-ever Olympic boxing gold medal in the light-heavyweight class by defeating Kenny Egan of Treland11-7.
The bout between Zhang and Egan was hard-fought and intense from the beginning to the end.
The first round saw the two boxers hustling each other and exchanging punches, but Zhang won the round 2-0.
The Irish boxer fought back in the next two rounds, with the boxers scoring the same amount of points in rounds, 3-3 and 2-2.
Egan was equally aggressive in the last round but Zhang, cheered on by a boisterous home crowd, landed another four stinging point-scoring punches to claim the title.
"I'm really excited," said Zhang, "before the Olympic Games, I was just a normal athlete but now I am a gold medalist. I was perfect today and did very well psychologically and physically. Throughout the Games, I fought with 100 per cent of my skills. I put myself in a low position and tried my best to fight against my opponent."
China's first boxing gold medal was won by Zou shiming in the light-flyweight class earlier today.

(Beijing , August 24) --China's Zou shiming won China's first boxing gold today by defeating Mongolia's Serdamba Purevdorj in the final of the light-flyweight class. Zou hit Purevdorj with a combo of punches in the first round, earning one point.
The bout ended abruptly in the second round with Purevdorj retiring due to a shoulder injury that he suffered in his bout against Yampier Hernandez G of Cuba
"When I was fighting today I felt a lot of pain in my shoulder and I decided not to force myself," said Purevdorj.
Zou was ecstatic at being able to better the bronze medal that he won at Athens 2004.
"I am very happy because I won the first Boxing gold medal for my country," said Zou after winning the gold medal.
"I wanted to give the spectators a wonderful show, but I did not expect that my opponent would get injured. However, the gold medal is the most important thing."

Ma realizes his gold medal dream

Ma Lin scored a hard-fought win over teammate Wang Hao 4-1 to finally add Olympic gold to his gold medal collection. Ma was fierce and aggressive from the start and enjoyed a 2-0 lead before Wang, who also won the Men's Singles silver medal in Athens, found his pace in the third game. But Ma would come back to win the next two games for the gold medal.
Earlier in the afternoon, Jorgen Persson of Sweden and Wang Liqin in the bronze medal match gave the spectators a great show with a splendid match of many long rallies and slams. Sixth time Olympian Persson, 42, lost the medal but won the applause of the audience for his extraordinary performance and also for the true Olympic spirit he demonstrated during the match as he fought heroically after receiving medical treatment at the start of the fourth game due to pain in his left leg. Wang won the match 4-0.