Tommasone first pro in Games

RIO DE JANEIRO: Carmine Tommasone made boxing history when he became the first fully professional fighter to compete in the Olympics on Saturday, winning his opening

RIO DE JANEIRO: Carmine Tommasone made boxing history when he became the first fully professional fighter to compete in the Olympics on Saturday, winning his opening bout against an amateur from Mexico. Tommasone, a 32-year-old lightweight from Italy, is competing after AIBA, the sport’s governing body, made a constitutional change in June that ended 112 years of amateur exclusivity at the Games. “I was asked by my federation to come to the Olympics and I was very happy to do so — for me, it’s the most important competition in the world,” he said.

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