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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/comment/three-americans-battle-for-final-beijing-boxing-slots/">Three Americans Battle For Final Beijing Boxing Slots</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted April 30, 2008 at 01:00 PM by Michael J. Sedor</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Boxing’s second (and final) Americas Qualifier got started on Friday in Guatemala City, Guatemala with three American pugilists aiming to join their eight already-qualified teammates in Beijing.&nbsp; In their first bout of the tourney middleweight Shawn Estrada picked up a decisive victory while light heavyweight Christopher Downs slumped to defeat and will not be going to the Olympics. Estrada’s match against Trinidad’s Andrew Fermin began slow; the first round ended with Fermin leading 1-0. Estrada roared back in the second scoring four points to Fermin’s none. After the third he had stretched his lead to 8-2 before closing the match out with an 11-3 advantage. Estrada’s next bout is on Sunday against Colombian Alexander Brand. Christopher Downs was not so fortunate. The 6’4” 33-year-old U.S. Army veteran never got it going against Ecuadorian Julio Cesar Castillo Torres.…<a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/comment/three-americans-battle-for-final-beijing-boxing-slots/">(<a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/comment/three-americans-battle-for-final-beijing-boxing-slots/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/comment/three-americans-battle-for-final-beijing-boxing-slots/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/comment/three-americans-battle-for-final-beijing-boxing-slots/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/archive/category/beijing-2008/">Beijing-2008</a>, <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/archive/category/beijing-results/">Beijing-Results</a>, <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/archive/category/events/">Events</a>, <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/archive/category/boxing/">Boxing</a>, <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/archive/category/featured-writers/">Featured-Writers</a>, <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/archive/category/michael-j-sedor/">Michael-J-Sedor</a><br /><br /> </P>