clock menu more-arrow no yes mobile

Filed under:

Olympics 2012 Boxing Results - Flyweights: USA's Rau'Shee Warren Out in First Fight, Selby Advances

Rau'Shee Warren was one-and-done in the Olympics for a third time, losing a nail-biting decision to France's Nardine Oubaali. (Photo by Jim Cowsert-US PRESSWIRE)
Rau'Shee Warren was one-and-done in the Olympics for a third time, losing a nail-biting decision to France's Nardine Oubaali. (Photo by Jim Cowsert-US PRESSWIRE)
Scott Christ is the managing editor of Bad Left Hook and has been covering boxing for SB Nation since 2006.

Team USA is down to one following flyweight Rau'Shee Warren's afternoon opener loss. Here's the quick rundown.

[ 8/3 Morning Results: Flyweight / Welterweight ]

Nordine Oubaali (France) def. Rau'Shee Warren (United States), 19-18: The scores were fair, and Warren lost this fight in the second and third rounds, getting beaten around and out-fought by the Frenchman, who has his second straight strong performance. After seeing in Oubaali in the round of 32, I said then that Warren was going to have a tough task in the round of 16. He did. Warren, in his third Olympics, got up 9-6 in the first round, but he faded while Oubaali rose to the occasion. Warren never did win an Olympic fight. I'm devastated for him, but he lost to a good fighter, and there's nothing you can do.

Michael Conlan (Ireland) def. Duke Micah (Ghana), 19-8: Conlan showed his class here, easily handling Ghana's Micah, who won a tough fighter over a Mauritian opponent in the first round. Micah was fun to watch in that one, at his level, but Conlan was a different story for him. Oubaali vs Conlan could be very good next round.

Robeisy Ramirez (Cuba) def. Chatchai Butdee (Thailand), 22-10: This was a real eye-opener. In the first round, Ramirez outpointed a solid-looking Japanese fighter by a tally of 19-7. Here, he blew out a guy who looked very good himself in the first round. Ramirez, 18, may be a major factor in this division. But he's up against it next round, too.

Andrew Selby (Great Britain) def. Ilyas Suleimenov (Kazakhstan), 19-15: Selby had a few issues here, and may well be vulnerable against the very talented Cuban in the quarterfinals. This wasn't the most promising start for Selby.

Sign up for the newsletter Sign up for the Bad Left Hook Daily Roundup newsletter!

A daily roundup of all your global boxing news from Bad Left Hook