The Great American Olympic Story Contest

An Olympic Boxing Story


Only a boxer can get away with a name of Boo Boo.  Now when you are a potential Olympic Boxer you can have any name that you want.  Look at it this way, who is going to forget a name like Boo Boo.  So from a marketing standpoint the name is perfect.  You will not forget Boo Boo's name.

Boxing is the king of sports.  You can't fake it.  When you get in the ring it is show time all the time.  I think boxing is the test of tests.

Demetrius "Boo Boo" Andrade (born. February 26, 1988, in Providence, Rhode Island ) is an amateur welterweight boxer from the United States best known to win the 2007 world championships. Demetrius won the 2007 Olympic box-off at 152 pounds, where he will represent the United States in the 2008 Olympics. He is trained by David Keefe and his father, Paul Andrade.[2]
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A Providence native of Cape Verdean descent, Andrade (pronounced "AN-draid") began boxing in 1994 at the age of 6. His nickname is "Boo Boo" and he currently competes in the welterweight division.
Andrade won the United States Amateur Boxing Championship in 2005, and repeated in 2006 when he also won the National Golden Gloves. He again won the National Golden Gloves in 2007, but did not compete in the U.S. Amateurs that year due to injury.
Andrade initially struggled at the international level, losing to Eastern European opponents at the World Cup in 2005 and 2006. However, he won the silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, losing controversially in the gold medal match to Brazilian hometown favorite Pedro Lima by a narrow 7-6 margin.
He won Gold at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships, where he beat Kakhaber Zhvania, Dmitrijs Sostaks, 2005 silver medalist Magomed Nurutdinov, Jack Culcay-Keth, Adem Klc in the semifinal round and then battered Non Boonjumnong of Thailand in the finals, a match in which Andrade inflicted a standing eight count upon Boonjumnong and was leading by a score of 10-1 after only one round when Boonjumnong retired with an injury. By finishing in the top eight in his weight class, Andrade immediately qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.