Top seed loses in men's mild heavyweight division

Brazilian boxer Yamaguchi Falcao Florentino upset the best seed inside the men's mild heavyweight type Wednesday in the London Games.

Falcao Florentino won an 18-15 choice over Cuba's Julio la Cruz Peraza inside the quarterfinals. That arranged up a semifinal matchup between the Brazilian and Egor Mekhontcev of Russia. Mekhontcev defeated Uzbekistan's Elshod Rasulov on Wednesday.

The other mild heavyweight semifinal bout will pit Adilbek Niyazymbetov of Kazakhstan versus the Ukraine's Oleksandr Gvozdyk.

Zou Shiming of China and Cuba's Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo also earned trips in the direction of semifinals within their respective unwanted weight classes.

Zou, the best seed inside the mild flyweight division, won a 13-10 choice over Birzhan Zhakypov of Kazakhstan to accomplish the semis, in which he'll cope with Paddy Barnes of Ireland. Barnes posted a 23-18 gain over India's Devendro Singh Laishram.

David Ayrapetyan of Russia and Thailand's Kaeo Pongprayoon will encounter within another flyweight semifinal. The Russian beat Turkey's Ferhat Pehlivan, even although Pongprayoon ousted Bulgarian Aleksandar Aleksandrov.

Iglesias Sotolongo defeated Uzbekistan's Uktamjon Rahmonov and will cope with Vincenzo Mangiacapre of Italy inside the semifinals in the mild welterweight division. Also, Mongolia's Munk-Erdene Uranchimeg will hold on second-seeded Denys Berinchyk in the Ukraine inside the subsequent round.

Eli: Albany camp exceptional for Giants set unity

If the reigning extremely Bowl Most useful participant has his way, nighttime will possibly be the ideal time all through the up coming three weeks, as Eli Manning is anticipating evenings for that Giants to hang out and develop even closer as they hunker lower for instruction camp.

Before last summer, all Manning actually knew as much as NFL instruction camp was an off-site desired destination in the college at Albany, but last year’s lockout forced the Giants to stay residence and educate at their Timex proficiency center facility. Manning as well as another 89 avid gamers concerning the roster this morning are scheduled to assertion to their dorms concerning the Albany campus, also it is obvious the now-elite quarterback is content to turn out to be packing up and steering north.

“I like steering to Albany just from the set bonding experience, residing in dorm rooms, you have roommates,’’ Manning informed The Post. “This year’s whatsoever instances merely a tiny specific — using the Olympics coming on, everyone will sort of get from identical room, you will get 10 guys, twelve guys, occasionally a whole whole lot more in one space seeing a specific event and rooting for that U.S. team. which is whatsoever instances really special. last year, we stayed within a hotel. You do not really get that hanging out at evening or all through lower time.’’

Manning has won extremely Bowls in seasons ideal after he experienced in Albany (2007) and ideal after the one summer time he experienced in New Jersey (2011).

“At our residence facility you have all of your film there, you have your regular getting together with rooms, everything’s sort of near proximity,’’ he said. “There could possibly be considered a definite optimistic to every solo of them. I’m sort of looking forward to acquiring back. I think instruction camp in Albany, it is sort of like, I went to summer time camp when i experienced been 10 many years aged and I even now arrive at go to summer time camp when I’m 31. I sort of like that element of that.’’

Players nowadays will collect for meetings from the morning and go by method of a conditioning operating check from the afternoon. instructor Tom Coughlin will current his theme for that summer time since the Giants, ideal after their stunning late-season run, actual physical appearance to decide on up precisely where they left off.

“I’m steering to say this, we experienced been a 9-7 football set last twelve weeks from the normal time period — there’s lots of space for improvement, which excites us,’’ stated defensive tackle Chris Canty, who possibly will possibly be limited earlier in camp coming away knee surgery. “We recognize it is steering to turn out to be considered a tougher road, it is steering to turn out to be considered a whole whole lot more challenging this year.

“People do not treatment about what we do last season, it is designed to be about what have you executed for me recently and 2012 could possibly be considered a totally new football team, it is a totally new campaign. I think guys recognize how clubs are perceiving us, as extremely Bowl champions, what sort of challenge that brings. Any real competitor is up for that challenge. we are steering to relish in it. we are steering to embrace it and we are looking forward to strapping it up.’’

As much as problems and controversies, the Giants checked theirs in the entrance lengthy preceding to the start of camp. on account of the simple fact of an influx of talent, rivalry figures to turn out to be intense for roster spots but there are really few of starting work up for grabs.

Chase Blackburn will make an effort to sustain away Mark Herzlich and possibly Keith Rivers at center linebacker, and cornerback Terrell Thomas, if completely recovered coming away knee surgery, will possess the upper hand greater than Prince Amukamara. The offense, not owning Brandon Jacobs, Mario Manningham, will actual physical appearance to incorporate rookies David Wilson and Rueben Randle.

“There’s not just a whole whole large amount of distractions,’’ Manning said. “Obviously we’ve obtained some youthful guys who obtained to fill some spots, some youthful guys who are steering to turn out to be playing, specifically concerning the offensive side. But which is element of football.’’