(HOUSTON, TEXAS) - Athletes in the flyweight, featherweight, light welterweight, middleweight and heavyweight divisions donned their gloves once more at the evening session of the 2008 Olympic Team Trials-Boxing at the George R. Brown Convention Center…
HOUSTON — The light has been dim for Olympic boxing hopefuls from New York City for two decades now. Former heavyweight champ Riddick Bowe of Brownsville who won silver at the 1988 Seoul Games is the last boxer from one of the five boroughs to represent the U.S. in the Games. As the USA Boxing Olympic Trials unfold at the George R. Brown Convention Center this week three boxers from Brooklyn—Sa…