Italian super-heavyweight Clemente Russo, a double Olympic silver medallist, bla...
LONDON - Italian super-heavyweight Clemente Russo, a double Olympic silver medallist, blamed digestive problems for a no-show in his Tokyo 2020 qualifying bout with Britain’s Frazer Clarke on Saturday.
“I’ve tried to train, I’ve tried to react but I am somewhat weakened and they will not let me fight,” said Russo, whose coach cited an abdominal problem, according to the event organizers. Russo said his dreams were not over, with one more European qualifying tournament scheduled for Paris from May 13-20. Whether that happens in the current climate remains to be seen, however.
The 28-year-old is making his third attempt to qualify for a Games after losing out to eventual gold medallist Joshua in 2012 and Joe Joyce in 2016.British lightweight Caroline Dubois, a junior world and Olympic champion who started in boxing pretending to be a boy called Colin, won her first senior fight by outpointing Ala Staradub of Belarus.
“It was an alright fight, I’ll give it a C, I could have done a lot better but obviously there was a lot of pressure that was built up,” said Dubois of her debut.
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