Olympics-Boxing-Tommasone to get his moment of fame (Reuters)
By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Olympic historians will record 11.45 local time in Rio on Saturday as the moment boxing history was made. According to the schedule following Thursday’s draw, little-known Italian lightweight Carmine Tommasone will become the first fully professional boxer to step into the ring at an Olympic Games. Facing the 32-year-old, who secured his slot last month in a special qualifying tournament reserved for professionals, in the fourth bout of the opening day’s action will be Mexican Lindolfo Delgado.