VOA常速英语2007年-Olympic Qualifiers Set at World Boxing Champion

By Parke Brewer¹
Chicago
02 November 2007

All 80 Beijing Olympics berths³ available have been determined⁴ with the completion of the quarterfinals at the World Boxing Championships in Chicago. VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer is covering the tournament in the Midwest U.S. state of Illinois and has details.

Boxers⁶ fight in 11 divisions, from light flyweight at 48 kilograms to super heavyweight, above 91 kilos. All of the boxers in the first 9 weight classes who reached the quarterfinals here earned berths at next year's Olympics. Boxers in the heavyweight and super heavyweight classes had to reach the semifinals.

In Thursday's quarterfinals, Russia had the most representatives with 9 fighters in the 11 classes, followed by China with 7 and the United States with 6. In all, 36 countries of the 107 that began these World Championships last week have had boxers earn Olympic berths.

The heavyweight semifinalists who booked their trips to Beijing late Thursday with victories are: Russian Rakhim Chakhkeiv, who beat Eichin Alizade of Azerbaijan, 17-6; Frenchman John M'Bumba, who beat Moldova's Mihail Munteam, 22-13; Italian Clemente Russo, who beat Montenegro's Milorad Gajovic, 15-3; and China's Yushan Najiati, who beat Hungarian Jozsef Daniel Darmos, 28-11.

The final four from the super heavyweight category are Ukrainian Vyacheslav Glazkov, who beat Lithuanian Jaroslav Jaksto when the referee⁷ stopped the contest in the second round; China's Zhang Zhilei, with a second round knockout of Australian Daniel Beahan; Italian Roberto Cammarelle in a walkover over England's David Price; and Russian Islam Timurziev, who earned an Olympic berth² over American Michael Hunter by scoring a 22-15 victory.

Hunter gave the Russian credit for a good fight. "He was very strong, you know. Some of the punches, you know, he was moving my body," said Hunter. "I mean he wasn't really hurting me, but he was knocking me off balance, so that's how I knew he was very strong. I couldn't really step to him and get my balance. You know it's stuff I just have to work on."

Earlier Thursday, American flyweight (51 kg) boxer⁵ Raushee Warren won his quarterfinal over Russian Georgy Balakshin, 23-13. Warren led 10-7 after two rounds but had a dominating third round in which he outpointed the Russian, 11-3.

Warren said he followed his coach's instructions. "My corner was just telling me, like, keep pressing him, keep landing punches," said Warren. "So the third round they just told me, just make him chase you for the fourth round. Don't go out there just trying to knock him out. Just gain points and let him chase you. And you could see it in the fourth round; I was just moving."

Since he has already earned a 2008 Olympics berth, Raushee Warren says he has high hopes here for the world title. "I'm in the medal round. I've already qualified⁸ to go to Beijing. That was my main focus coming to Chicago," said Warren. "I've got another thing to worry about and that's getting the gold medal and representing the United States and myself."

Of the four other Americans who fought for semifinal berths, only one advanced. Welterweight (69 kg) Demetrius Andrade scored a convincing 30-9 win over German Jack⁹ Culcay-Keth. "I expected that to happen. My game plan was to wear him down the first two rounds with body shots, and the third and fourth just sit there and box, and that's what I did and it came out well," said Andrade.

Nearly all of the boxers who did not qualify for the 2008 Bejing Olympics at these World Championships will still have two more opportunities at regional meets next year to earn berths.

1 brewer   

n. 啤酒制造者

参考例句：

• Brewer is a very interesting man. 布鲁尔是一个很有趣的人。
• I decided to quit my job to become a brewer. 我决定辞职，做一名酿酒人。

2 berth   

n.卧铺，停泊地，锚位；v.使停泊

参考例句：

• She booked a berth on the train from London to Aberdeen.她订了一张由伦敦开往阿伯丁的火车卧铺票。
• They took up a berth near the harbor.他们在港口附近找了个位置下锚。

3 berths   

n.（船、列车等的）卧铺( berth的名词复数 )；（船舶的）停泊位或锚位；差事；船台vt.v.停泊( berth的第三人称单数 )；占铺位

参考例句：

• Berths on steamships can be booked a long while in advance. 轮船上的床位可以提前多日预订。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Have you got your berths on the ship yet? 你们在船上有舱位了吗？ 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

5 boxer   

n.制箱者，拳击手

参考例句：

• The boxer gave his opponent a punch on the nose.这个拳击手朝他对手的鼻子上猛击一拳。
• He moved lightly on his toes like a boxer.他像拳击手一样踮着脚轻盈移动。

6 boxers   

n.拳击短裤；（尤指职业）拳击手( boxer的名词复数 )；拳师狗

参考例句：

• The boxers were goaded on by the shrieking crowd. 拳击运动员听见观众的喊叫就来劲儿了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The boxers slugged it out to the finish. 两名拳击手最后决出了胜负。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 referee   

n.裁判员．仲裁人，代表人，鉴定人

参考例句：

• The team was left raging at the referee's decision.队员们对裁判员的裁决感到非常气愤。
• The referee blew a whistle at the end of the game.裁判在比赛结束时吹响了哨子。

8 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

9 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。