No headgear, new scoring, 3 pros headline Olympic boxing (The Associated Press)
After 112 years of amateur competition, the Olympics are welcoming professional boxers. The International Boxing Association’s high-profile plan to entice prominent pros to Rio de Janeiro didn’t work, leaving the sport without the star-studded tournament many apparently wanted. Only a trio of traditional pros will compete for gold medals, and only hardcore boxing fans have ever heard of them: Cameroon’s Hassan N’Dam, Thailand’s Amnat Ruenroeng and Italy’s Carmine Tommasone.