![Zou Shiming of China celebrates victory after Men's Light Fly(48kg) Final Bout against Serdamba Purevdorj of Mongolia at Beijing 2008 Olympic Games boxing event at Workers' Gymnasium in Beijing. Zou Shiming won the gold medal of the event.[Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080826/000cf1a487730a1dd6f50c.jpg "Zou Shiming of China celebrates victory after Men's Light Fly(48kg) Final Bout against Serdamba Purevdorj of Mongolia at Beijing 2008 Olympic Games boxing event at Workers' Gymnasium in Beijing. Zou Shiming won the gold medal of the event.[Xinhua]") |
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Zou Shiming of China celebrates victory after Men's Light Fly(48kg) Final Bout against Serdamba Purevdorj of Mongolia at Beijing 2008 Olympic Games boxing event at Workers' Gymnasium in Beijing. Zou Shiming won the gold medal of the event.[Xinhua]
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Zou Shiming -- the 2004 bronze medalist -- grabbed China's first-ever Olympic boxing gold when he defeated Serdamba Purevdorj of Mongolia in the 48-kilogram class in the second round.
In the men's 81-kilogram boxing class, Zhang Xiaoping defeated Ireland's Kenny Egan 11 to 7 -- to win another gold for China.
In other boxing classes, Nkhbat Badar-Uugan of Mongolia won gold in the 54-kilogram division. The gold medal in the 60-kilogram class went to Russia's Alexy Tishchenko. The winner of the gold in the 69-kilogram class was Bakhyt Sarsekbayev of Khazkstan. And Roberto Cammarelle of Italy beat China's Zhang Zhilei to win gold in the 91-kilogram class.
