China to meet Ireland in the final of the light-heavyweight class

  2008-08-22 15:02:19 GMT    2008-08-22 23:02:19 (Beijing Time)    BOCOG

  (BEIJING, August 22) -- Zhang Xiaoping of China will meet Irish boxer Kenny Egan in the final of the Olympic Boxing competition's light-heavyweight (81kg) class.

  Zhang and semifinal opponent Kazakhstan's Yerkebulan Shynaliyev were tied at 4-4 after four rounds, but Zhang won after being judged the superior boxer.

  In the other semifinal of the weight class, Tony Jeffries of Great Britain was beaten by Kenny Egan of Ireland 10-3. Both Shynaliyev and Jeffries will be awarded bronze medals.