Ren retains flyweight world title
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May 20, 2012, Sunday
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REN Cancan of China emerged victorious in the flyweight final while Ireland's Katie Taylor won a fourth consecutive title in the lightweight category at the women's world boxing championships in Qinhuangdao, north China's Hebei Province, yesterday.
The flyweight bout was a repeat of last year's final as Ren again prevailed over Nicola Adams of England.
Ren led 6-2 after two rounds, but Adams won 3-2 in the third and also put up a stiff fight in the last that Ren won 6-5.
"It was a tough fight. I lost before to Nicola but I am satisfied to win here and now I look forward to the Olympics," said the 24-year-old home favorite.
Taylor scored an 11-7 win over two-time Russian world champion Sofya Ochigava in a competitive final that saw both boxers score two points each in the first two rounds for a 4-4 scoreline.
Taylor, 25, zipped ahead in the third with a 4-2 score and sealed the win with a 3-1 final round edge. Taylor will now battle for a historic Olympic gold as the world No. 1.
The world title topped off a glorious week for the Irish fighter after she qualified earlier in the tournament for the 2012 London Games, the first time women's boxing is included in the Olympics. "It was a tense fight and I had no idea until the end of the bout if I had won because it was that close," she said.
China also won two other gold medals through Yuan Meiqing in the light heavyweight category and Li Yunfei in the heavyweight category but in the light flyweight class Xu Shiqi narrowly lost 9-10 as Josie Gabuco made history for the Philippines by overcoming a vocal crowd.
Eight London places in each of the three Olympic categories - flyweight, lightweight and middleweight - have been up for grabs at the championships.
The flyweight bout was a repeat of last year's final as Ren again prevailed over Nicola Adams of England.
Ren led 6-2 after two rounds, but Adams won 3-2 in the third and also put up a stiff fight in the last that Ren won 6-5.
"It was a tough fight. I lost before to Nicola but I am satisfied to win here and now I look forward to the Olympics," said the 24-year-old home favorite.
Taylor scored an 11-7 win over two-time Russian world champion Sofya Ochigava in a competitive final that saw both boxers score two points each in the first two rounds for a 4-4 scoreline.
Taylor, 25, zipped ahead in the third with a 4-2 score and sealed the win with a 3-1 final round edge. Taylor will now battle for a historic Olympic gold as the world No. 1.
The world title topped off a glorious week for the Irish fighter after she qualified earlier in the tournament for the 2012 London Games, the first time women's boxing is included in the Olympics. "It was a tense fight and I had no idea until the end of the bout if I had won because it was that close," she said.
China also won two other gold medals through Yuan Meiqing in the light heavyweight category and Li Yunfei in the heavyweight category but in the light flyweight class Xu Shiqi narrowly lost 9-10 as Josie Gabuco made history for the Philippines by overcoming a vocal crowd.
Eight London places in each of the three Olympic categories - flyweight, lightweight and middleweight - have been up for grabs at the championships.
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