Profile: US Olympic boxer Michael Bennett

From: All Things Considered (NPR) | Date: July 24, 2000| Author: ROBERT SIEGEL | Copyright information


NPR All Things Considered

07-24-2000

Profile: US Olympic boxer Michael Bennett

Host: ROBERT SIEGEL
Time: 9:00-10:00 PM

ROBERT SIEGEL, host:

American boxer Michael Bennett will go to the Summer Olympics hoping to cap his brief and improbable career with a medal. He's got a good chance considering that he's the reigning amateur world champion in the heavyweight division. Bennett is 29, but he has been boxing only for six years. Perhaps e...

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