'Boxing: From bars to boot camp as playboy Olympic boxers are sent packing to rural Vietnam (Independent) Thailand have sent their Olympic fighters into exile in rural Vietnam to prevent them from going off the rails in the run-up to next month's Olympic Games. The head of the country's boxing federation, Taweep Jantararoj, is concerned that his fighters would be lured into Bangkok's clubs and bars because of their celebrity status ? boxing is the country's strongest Olympic sport.
'USA Boxing upholds decision to ban Yanez (USA Today) USA boxing's judicial committee upheld the organization's decision to ban Luis Yanez from the Olympic team Monday, leaving the light flyweight with just one more chance to make it to Beijing.