London 2012: Tom Stalker stunned by boxing defeat and waits on appeal

Posted by on Aug 09, 2012

• Munkh-Erdene Uranchimeg sees off Team GB captain • Veteran Mongolian given the verdict 23–22 Tom Stalker stormed out of the Olympics, a punch or two shy of a bronze medal and with a face filled with indignation, after losing his middleweight quarter-final by a point to a Mongolian opponent whose name he almost certainly could not spell but whose boxing he looked to have deciphered well enough after nine minutes. It was a bitter blow for the Great Britain team captain, who left the ring with barely a nod to his conqueror and disappeared into the changing rooms without comment. The judges saw a desperately tight contest 23-22 in favour of Munkh-Erdene Uranchimeg, a veteran boxing in his third Olympics, but not for the first time the raucous new army of boxing fans at the packed ExCel arena rained boos on the officials. Team GB have appealed the decision.

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London 2012: Tom Stalker stunned by boxing defeat and waits on appeal

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