Olympic Boxing – Men's Featherweight Gold Medal Fight – Duke Ragan vs Albert Batyrgaziev Preview & Prediction
GENERAL OVERVIEW
When is the Tokyo 2020 Olympics taking place? The Tokyo 2020 Olympics is taking take place between 23rd July, 2021 and 8th August 2021, although some preliminary events began on 21st July, 2021.
Where is the Tokyo 2020 Olympics taking place? While the vast majority of Olympic action will naturally take place in Tokyo or the surrounding areas, the likes of Yokohama, Saitama, Sendai, Kashima and Sapporo are also hosting events.
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What TV channel is the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on in the UK? Televised Olympic coverage is shared between BBC and Eurosport so it is worth checking their schedules for the full breakdown.
Where can I stream the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the UK? Unlike in previous Olympic Games, the Beeb can only show two live events at any one time, which are viewable on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website & app. Eurosport subscribers can stream the action on Eurosport Player, while the biggest offering is available for subscribers of discovery+, the new player in town. For those not inclined, the BBC have a highlights programme at 19:30 every evening.
EVENT OVERVIEW
What time is the Men’s Featherweight final bout taking place? 07:35 on Thursday 5th August (UK time)
Where is the Men’s Featherweight final bout taking place? Ryogoku Kokugikan
WHO ARE THE LEADING MEDAL CONTENDERS?
Boxing has continued to evolve as an Olympic sport and this is the first time there has been a men’s featherweight division.
The finalists are Duke Ragan of the United States and Albert Batyrgaziev of the Russian Olympic Committee.
Both have suffered at times in the games so far with Batyrgaziev coming through a very tight encounter against Lazaro Alvarez of Cuba in the semi-final. That was his second difficult fight in as many matches following a close quarter-final against Tsendbaatar Erdenebat of Mongolia.
Ragan had a difficult fight against Irishman Kurt Anthony Walker in the quarter-final but came through his semi-final against Ghana’s Samuel Takyi in fairly convincing fashion.
TSZ’S PREDICTION
Neither of these two came into the games as favourites and in the instance of Duke Ragan, he wasn’t even expected to be in a position to pick up a medal. Batyrgaziev has already come through some difficult bouts so will be confident in his ability to come through another. The ROC will be expectant of another gold.
TSZ Tip: ALBERT BATYRGAZIEV (Russian Olympic Committee) TO WIN
