Alexis Vastine
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Alexis Vastine is a French
boxer
who qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics
.
At the junior world championships he was knocked out by Amir Kahn
at lightweight and won bronze.
At the senior world championships in Chicago he was outpointed by Bradley Saunders
at junior welter but qualified for the Olympics.
At the 2008 Olympics
, Vastine reached the semi final where he faced Manuel Félix Díaz
from the Dominican Republic
. With Vastine leading by two in the final round, the Dominican fighter made a come back and won the fight. Vastine lost the match by ten points to twelve after being penalised twice by the referee, having four points deducted from his score. France 24
reported:
The Agence France-Presse
described the referee's ruling as "controversial". Diaz, however, went on to win the gold medal.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
who qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
.
Career
Vastine who comes from a boxing family is a lanky boxer-puncher who fights for the club BC Fourmetot.At the junior world championships he was knocked out by Amir Kahn
Amir Khan (boxer)
Amir Iqbal Khan , is a British Pakistani professional boxer who is currently the unified WBA & IBF light welterweight champion....
at lightweight and won bronze.
At the senior world championships in Chicago he was outpointed by Bradley Saunders
Bradley Saunders
Bradley Saunders is a British amateur boxer who won bronze at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships and who competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.-Amateur career:...
at junior welter but qualified for the Olympics.
At the 2008 Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
, Vastine reached the semi final where he faced Manuel Félix Díaz
Manuel Félix Díaz
Manuel Félix Díaz Guzman is a professional boxer from the Dominican Republic who won Olympic Gold in 2008.Díaz Guzman had also won the bronze medal in the same division in 2003, at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo....
from the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The Dominican Republic competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.- Medalists :- Athletics:MenAlso in the 4×400 m relay pool: Joel Báez.- Boxing:...
. With Vastine leading by two in the final round, the Dominican fighter made a come back and won the fight. Vastine lost the match by ten points to twelve after being penalised twice by the referee, having four points deducted from his score. France 24
France 24
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reported:
- Vastine was robbed of his place in the final as he went down 12-10 due to a pair of two-point penalties. Vastine, who stood a full seven inches over his opponent, was largely in control throughout but was harshly penalised for pushing his opponent down, not just once but twice. Diaz was also fortunate to score on a number of wild haymakers that didn't look to have connected cleanly.
The Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse is a French news agency, the oldest one in the world, and one of the three largest with Associated Press and Reuters. It is also the largest French news agency. Currently, its CEO is Emmanuel Hoog and its news director Philippe Massonnet...
described the referee's ruling as "controversial". Diaz, however, went on to win the gold medal.
Olympic games results
2008 (as a Light welterweight)- Defeated Egidijus KavaliauskasEgidijus KavaliauskasEgidijus Kavaliauskas is a Lithuianian boxer who competed in the 2008 Olympoics but lost his first bout at junior welterweight.-External links:**...
(Lithuania) 13-2 - Defeated Bradley SaundersBradley SaundersBradley Saunders is a British amateur boxer who won bronze at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships and who competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.-Amateur career:...
(Great Britain) 11-7 - Defeated Uranchimegiin Mönkh-ErdeneUranchimegiin Mönkh-ErdeneUranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene is an amateur boxer from Mongolia who competed 2006 Asian Games in the Lightweight division and won the silver medal in lost bout against China's Hu Qing 22-38...
(Mongolia) 12-4 - Lost to Manuel Félix DíazManuel Félix DíazManuel Félix Díaz Guzman is a professional boxer from the Dominican Republic who won Olympic Gold in 2008.Díaz Guzman had also won the bronze medal in the same division in 2003, at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo....
(Dominican Republic) 10-12
World amateur championships results
2007 (as a Light welterweight)- Defeated Dilshod MahmudovDilshod MahmudovDilshod Mahmudov is a boxer from Uzbekistan who has won several medals in international tournaments.-Career:Formally of Uzbekistan Dilshod Mahmudov now based at BHS boxing gym in Blacktown, where he calls home...
(Uzbekistan) 28-27 - Defeated Edward Akora (Uganda) RSCO 3
- Defeated Vasili Belous (Moldava) 27-10
- Lost to Bradley SaundersBradley SaundersBradley Saunders is a British amateur boxer who won bronze at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships and who competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.-Amateur career:...
(England) 13-30