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08-18-2008, 06:10 PM
Light welterweight Feliz Diaz won his match (11-6) against the Iranian Morteza Sepahvandi in the quarterfinals of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and could win the DR's first medal in the Games, at least a bronze. This would be only the third in DR sports history and the second in boxing.
Diaz had almost made bronze in the Athens Olympics. This time around, although Diaz started off behind in the points, little by little he came back, tiring out his opponent and scoring points. Cuban trainer Pedro Luis Diaz's strategy paid off. After two rounds Diaz had turned around the score, and in the third and fourth rounds he dominated the fight. From then on his rival was left behind and his corner yelled at him to fight smart and maintain his advantage. Diaz, according to some reports, will earn RD$3.5 million and a new car for his medal efforts. If he were to win his next fight against Frenchman Alexis Vastine, the ante will be raised to RD$5 million. Meanwhile, his family is cleaning out mud and rubbish from their shack next to the Ozama River after the flooding caused by Tropical Storm Fay.
The semifinal fight is scheduled for Friday, 22 August.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2008/results/BXM064.html
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)
Diaz had almost made bronze in the Athens Olympics. This time around, although Diaz started off behind in the points, little by little he came back, tiring out his opponent and scoring points. Cuban trainer Pedro Luis Diaz's strategy paid off. After two rounds Diaz had turned around the score, and in the third and fourth rounds he dominated the fight. From then on his rival was left behind and his corner yelled at him to fight smart and maintain his advantage. Diaz, according to some reports, will earn RD$3.5 million and a new car for his medal efforts. If he were to win his next fight against Frenchman Alexis Vastine, the ante will be raised to RD$5 million. Meanwhile, his family is cleaning out mud and rubbish from their shack next to the Ozama River after the flooding caused by Tropical Storm Fay.
The semifinal fight is scheduled for Friday, 22 August.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2008/results/BXM064.html
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)