1. Light heavyweight Antonio Tarver, who fights in a gold medal bout on Sunday, is the only U.S. boxer left in the tournament. 2. No Americans fought Saturday, but two are in gold medal bouts on Sunday. 3. Six more gold medal bouts will be fought Sunday, but no Cubans are in them. 4. Savon was cut under the left eye in a semifinal fight he won over a German, but was allowed to continue and fight in the gold medal bout. 5. Their encounter was a rematch of the gold medal bout in Atlanta last year. 6. Three of the six Bulgarian boxers in the tournament are in gold medal bouts. 7. Three Americans, including heavyweight DaVarryl Williamson, are in contention in the first group of boxing medal bouts. 8. While Zolotov picked up another easy bronze, Gutierrez won the Goodwill Games gold medal bout against Russian Aidin Gasanov. |
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