Boxers hope for surprise :
Web-posted June 10, 1996
Antonio Tarver looks around the stuffy gym and sees the improvement, little by little, day after day.He sees young men - kids, really - written off by the experts but training feverishly to prove those experts wrong. He sees veterans like himself and super heavyweight Lawrence Clay-Bey sweating and straining to live up to international reputations.

No Olympic spotlights for alternates :
Web posted on July 9, 1996
A dozen boxers were fortunate enough to make the United States Olympic team. A world audience awaits their noble stab at glory, beginning in just 10 days. And then there are the alternates.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.
wants a win for his dad :
Web-posted July 6, 1996
Floyd Mayweather Jr. still has hope. Time is dwindling, though. The days are rapidly flying by as the Olympics approach. Only a few bouts remain in his amateur boxing career.

U.S. Olympic Boxing Team
makes first Augusta appearance:
July 1, 1996
They were 75 minutes late, but the United States Olympic boxers finally made their first public appearance. The 1996 U.S. Olympic Boxing team had an open sparring session for the public and the media at the Augusta Boxing Club on Walton Way.

U.S. Olympic Boxing Team arrives in Augusta:
June 27, 1996
The U.S. Olympic Boxing Team has arrived in Augsuta for two weeks of training, sparring sessions and a few public appearances.

U.S. Team is selected; Box-offs End:
April 22, 1996
What do you do after winning a spot on the U.S. Olympic Boxing Team? ``I'd like to order a big pizza,'' Albert Guardado said after defeating Californian Jauquin Gallardo Saturday to secure the light flyweight spot on the team as the U.S. Olympic Box-offs ended.

Augusta hopeful falls short this time:
April 21, 1996
Despite a hometown crowd that cheered and clapped and chanted his every move from the moment he appeared from a tunnel at the Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center, local boxer Brandon Mitchem couldn't defeat this country's top welterweight at the U.S. Olympic Box-offs.

Box-offs begin in Augusta:
April 18, 1996
Twenty-four of amateur boxing's best athletes will fight for three days at the Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center to determine the dozen boxers who will represent the United States in July.

Champion pro boxers are often Olympic winners first:
April 16, 1996
Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Ray Leonard, Evander Holyfield, Cassius Clay - before they were professionals and before they became champions, they were U.S. Olympic medalists.

Hopes pinned on Mitchem:
April 17, 1996
After 12 years of early-morning runs, afternoon weight training and evening sparring, two three-round fights stand between Brandon Mitchem and a spot on the U.S. Olympic Boxing Team.

Foreign competition will be fierce:
Aug. 8, 1995
Coaches from Finland and Poland have asked Augusta Boxing Club coach Tom Moraetes if they can bring their Olympians to town before the 1996 games in Atlanta.

Team practice open to all comers:
June 14, 1995
For the first time in Olympic boxing history, fans will be able to talk with and watch the United States boxing team make last-week preparation for an Olympic Games.