Two boxers will be among the 68 Lithuanian athletes who will be competing for Olympic medals at the Rio de Janeiro Games this summer. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
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Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius have congratulated boxer Eimantas Stanionis on winning gold in the welterweight category (under 69 kg) in the EUBC European Confederation Continental Championships 2015 held in Bulgaria.
On this day in sport American teenager George Foreman was crowned as the 1968 Olympic heavyweight champion after defeating 29-year-old Jonas Čepulis (USSR).
On this day in sport boxing legend Ričardas Tamulis secured a spot in his first Olympic final during the midst of Lithuania’s dominance in the ring under Soviet occupation.