Boxing
From Staff and Wire Reports
Cuban Olympic champion Roberto Balado defeated American Joel Scott, 8-0, in the super-heavyweight semifinal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships at Tampere, Finland.
Lightweight Larry Nicholson became the only member of the U.S. team to get to the gold-medal round when he beat Vasile Nistor of Romania, 14-2.
American Albert Guardado lost his semifinal in the light-flyweight division, 7-2, to Nashan Munchian of Armenia.
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