Tony Jeffries hopes of competing in the Olympic final on Sunday could be scuppered by top golfer Padraig Harrington, who has been given advice to Jeffries' opponent, Kenny Egan.
Merseyside boxer David Price will go for Olympic gold in Beijing over the weekend buoyed by words of encouragement from Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher.
Joe Calzaghe very kindly gave Tom Walker an interview for British Amateur Boxing.net in the Matadors changing room within the patio de cuadrillos (luxurious by dressing room standards) during the lead up to the show in the Plaza de Toros in Benidorm on the 12th August. Calzaghe was guest of honour on the evening.
David Price (super-heavyweight, 91kg+), Tony Jeffries (light-heavyweight, 81kg) and James Degale (middleweight, 75kg) have all made it through to the quarter-finals of the 2008 Olympic Games boxing tournament.
Middleweight James Degale lifted the gloom which must have descended on Team GB by outclassing American Shawn Estrada in their round of 16 match by 11-5.
Sunderland's Tony Jeffries scraped through his light-heavyweight (81kg) round of 16 match against Colombia's Eleider Alvarez, only winning on countback after the contest finished 5-5.
Liverpudlian David Price took a big step towards an Olympic medal by stopping reigning European champion and pre-tournament favourite Islam Timurziev in the second round of their Super-heavyweight contest.