Olympic boxing is by no means an indicator of future success at the sport's professional level, although often times it does serves as a showcase for truly elite athlete's rise to prominence. The biggest name to arise from the '04 Olympics was England's young lightweight sliver medalist Amir Khan, who immediately turned pro and has since become one of the sport's most promising rising stars. This time around the most promising fighter to come out of the games could be an American, and his name is Demetrius "Boo Boo" Andrade. Last night the 20 year-old '07 world champion made his Olympic debut in the opening round of the welterweight tournament with a not-so-narrow 11-9 victory over Georgia's Kakhaber Jvania (who just can't be excited to go back home) thanks in part to a snapping left hook late in the proceedings. I'm not...
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