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Olympic Boxing Favourite KOd By Weight
Thursday 07 August 2008 at 09:04
 One of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's best hopes of a gold medal at the Olympic Games later this month, Frankie Gavin, has been forced to pull out of the competition.
The world lightweight boxing champion was the joint-favourite to win his tournament, but weight problems have intervened to prevent him from taking part.
Gavin's withdrawal leaves Alexey Tischenko the outright favourite for gold.
He is currently 2/1 at William Hill, according to Oddschecker, although the prices will likely change once the Birmingham fighter's absence is factored in.
Billy Joe Saunders is now arguably the British boxing team's best chance of securing a victory.
The highly-rated welterweight is 8/1 at Paddy Power to take gold, making him the second favourite.
However, rival Demetrius Andrade is considered to be one of the strongest pugilists at the Games pound-for-pound and William Hill is the only bookmaker which does not have him odds on to emerge the champion in the 152 lbs class.
Punters can evens from the firm on the American adding Olympic gold to his world honours from 2007.
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