WHICH YANK WILL BE RING LEADER?Byline: Michael Rosenthal Boxing Who will be the David Reid David Reid may refer to:
Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776 B.C. ? The Cubans won't win all 12 gold medals in the boxing competition, although anything is possible in light of their past success. At least one American probably will beat a Cuban or another top amateur champion and a ridiculous scoring system Noun 1. scoring system - a system of classifying according to quality or merit or amount rating system classification system - a system for classifying things to come home with gold and the opportunity to make millions before he steps in a professional ring, as Reid did after becoming the United States' only gold medalist in 1996. Of course, several Americans most likely will win silver and bronze medals, as well. The boxing competition begins Saturday and concludes Oct. 1. Here's the U.S. team: Name: Brian Viloria Brian Viloria (born November 24, 1980 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a Filipino-American professional boxer. Amateur In 1999 he won the US championships, the national Golden Gloves and the world title as an amateur at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Age: 19 Hometown: Honolulu Weight class: Light flyweight light flyweight Noun a professional boxer weighing up to 108 pounds (49 kg) or an amateur boxer weighing up to 48 kg Noun 1. (106 pounds) Notable accomplishment: 1999 world champion Factoid fac·toid n. 1. A piece of unverified or inaccurate information that is presented in the press as factual, often as part of a publicity effort, and that is then accepted as true because of frequent repetition: : Viloria is the first Hawaiian to make an Olympic boxing team since 1956, when two made it Chances of winning gold: Good Name: Jose Navarro Age: 19 Hometown: Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Weight class: Flyweight fly·weight n. 1. a. A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 112 pounds (50.4 kilograms), between junior flyweight and junior bantamweight. b. A boxer competing in this weight division. (112) Notable accomplishment: 1999 Pan American Games Pan American (Sports) Games Quadrennial sports festival. The games, conceived in 1940 as an event for the nations of the Western Hemisphere, were first held in 1951. silver medalist Factoid: Navarro's brother, Carlos, is a rising professional who failed to make the 1996 Olympic team. Chances of winning gold: Not good Name: Clarence Vinson Clarence Adam Vinson (born July 10, 1978 in Washington DC) is an American boxer. Nicknamed "Untouchable", Vinson won the bantamweight bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Age: 22 Hometown: Washington, D.C. Weight class: Bantamweight ban·tam·weight n. 1. A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 118 pounds (53.1 kilograms), between junior bantamweight and junior flyweight. 2. A boxer competing in this weight division. 3. (119) Notable accomplishment: Three-time U.S. champion (1997-99) Chances of winning gold: Not good Name: Ricardo Juarez Age: 20 Hometown: Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the Weight class: Featherweight (125) Notable accomplishment: 1999 world champion Factoid: Juarez's middle name, Rocky, is the result of his father's admiration of heavyweight legend Rocky Marciano. Chances of winning gold: Good Name: David Jackson Age: 24 Hometown: Seattle, Wash. Weight class: Lightweight (132) Notable accomplishment: 1997 national champion Factoid: Jackson, inactive a year ago because of personal problems, reported to his first training session at 175 pounds. He lost 43 pounds in four months. Chances of winning gold: Not good Name: Ricardo Williams Jr. Age: 19 Hometown: Cincinnati Weight class: Light welterweight (139) Notable accomplishment: 1998 Goodwill Games champion Factoid: Williams, trained by his father, Ricardo Williams Sr., is the youngest member of the team. Chances of winning gold: Not good Name: Dante Craig Age: 22 Hometown: Cincinnati Weight class: Welterweight (147) Notable accomplishment: 1999 Golden Gloves champion Factoid: Craig was inactive a year ago because of the death of mother from breast cancer. Chances of winning gold: Not good Name: Jermain Taylor Age: 22 Hometown: Little Rock, Ark. Weight class: Light middleweight (156) Notable accomplishment: Two-time Golden Gloves champion (1998-99) Factoid: Taylor is the first boxer from Arkansas to make an Olympic team. Chances of winning gold: Not good Name: Jeff Lacy Age: 23 Hometown: St. Petersburg, Fla. Weight class: Middleweight (165 pounds) Notable accomplishment: 1998 U.S. champion Factoid: Lacy's boxing career began at 8 when his father took him to a gym as punishment for fighting in school. Chances of winning gold: Not good Name: Olanda Anderson Age: 27 Hometown: Ft. Carson, Colo. Weight class: Light heavyweight (178) Notable accomplishment: Two-time U.S. champion (1998 and 2000) Factoid: Anderson is a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army and the first Army boxer to compete in the Olympics since 1988. Chances of winning gold: Not good Name: Michael Bennett Age: 29 Hometown: Chicago. Weight class: Heavyweight (201) Notable accomplishment: 1999 world champion (won on walkover over Cuban Felix Savon, the favorite in Sydney) Factoid: Bennett has been boxing only two years after serving a seven-year prison sentence for armed robbery. Chances of winning gold: Fair Name: Calvin Brock Age: 25 Hometown: Charlotte, N.C. Weight class: Super heavyweight (201-plus) Notable accomplishment: 1999 U.S. champion Factoid: Brock is a computer financial consultant for Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. . Chances of winning gold: Not good TELEVISION On CNBC CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (artificial intelligence) CNBC Consumer News and Business Channel CNBC Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. (with the exception of Oct. 1) Saturday: 4-9 p.m. Sunday: 4-9 p.m. Sept. 18: 5-9 p.m. Sept. 19: 5-9 p.m. Sept. 20: 5-9 p.m. Sept. 21: 5-9 p.m. Sept. 22: 5-9 p.m. Sept. 23: 4-9 p.m. Sept. 24: 4-9 p.m. Sept. 25: No competition Sept. 26: 5-9 p.m. (quarterfinals) Sept. 27: 5-9 p.m. (quarterfinals) Sept. 28: 5-9 p.m. (semifinals) Sept. 29: 5-9 p.m. (semifinals) Sept. 30: 4-9 p.m. (finals) Oct. 1: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. (finals, on NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. ) Note: Boxing shares air time with other sports on most telecasts. CAPTION(S): box Box: Television (see text) |
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