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2008 Olympic Boxing - Photo Illustration By Zhenyu (Bruce) Li About two hours after China's light flyweight hopeful Shiming Zou made history in becoming the nation's first Olympic boxing gold medalist, the dark horse light heavyweight Xiaoping Zhang beat the odds to bag the second boxing gold medal for China, outpointing Ireland's Kenny Egan 11-7.
1 China's light heavyweight Olympic gold medalist Xiaoping Zhang (Photo/Zhenyu Li)
2 Xiaoping Zhang of China, left, fights Kenny Egan of Ireland during their light heavyweight (81kg) final boxing match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 24, 2008. (Photo/Zhenyu Li)
3 Xiaoping Zhang of China, right, is named gold winner following the men's light heavyweight 81 kilogram final boxing match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 24, 2008. (Photo/Zhenyu Li)
4 Xiaoping Zhang of China celebrates after defeating Egan of Ireland in their light heavyweight (81kg) final boxing match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 24, 2008. (Photo/Zhenyu Li)
5 China's light heavyweight Olympic gold medalist Xiaoping Zhang kisses the medal during medal ceremony after the light heavyweight (81kg) final boxing match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 24, 2008. (Photo/Zhenyu Li)
6 Silver medalist Kenny Egan of Ireland, gold medalist Zhang Xiaoping of China and bronze medalists Yerkebulan Shynaliyev of Kazakhstan and Tony Jeffries of Britain (L-R) pose during medal ceremony after the light heavyweight (81kg) final boxing match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 24, 2008. (Photo/Zhenyu Li)
7 China's light heavyweight Olympic gold medalist Xiaoping Zhang, right, poses with Ireland's silver medalist Kenny Egan after the medal ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 24, 2008. (Photo/Zhenyu Li) Photo Illustration 2 China's light flyweight Shiming Zou launched China's Olympic boxing medal bonanza by winning in an unexpectedly easy fashion when the other finalist from Mongolian retired with a shoulder injury that had plagued him before the Games early in the second.
8 The pre-fight ritual between Zou and "Teacher Zhang" (Photo/Zhenyu Li)
9 Zou Shiming, right, of China fights Purevdorj Serdamba of Mongolia during their light flyweight (48kg) final boxing match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 24, 2008. (Photo/Zhenyu Li)
10 Zou Shiming, left, of China celebrates after beating Purevdorj Serdamba of Mongolia in the light flyweight (48kg) final boxing match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 24, 2008. (Photo/Zhenyu Li)
11 Zou Shiming, centre, of China reacts on the podium at the awarding ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 24, 2008. (Photo/Zhenyu Li)
12 Silver medalist Purevdorj Serdamba of Mongolia, gold medalist Zou Shiming of China and bronze medallists Paddy Barnes of Ireland and Yampier Hernandez of Cuba (L-R) pose during the medal ceremony after the light flyweight (48kg) final boxing match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 24, 2008. (Photo/Zhenyu Li)
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