Written by Matt Bozeat
THE Olympic Games in Paris have passed.
Of the six Great Britain boxers who won, only Delicious Orie won the super-heavyweight title.
The 27-year-old from Small Heath ABC is No 2, behind Joshua Edwards (USA).
America has not produced a super-heavyweight Olympic champion since the introduction of the weight class in 1984 and Tyrell Biggs finished atop the podium in Los Angeles.
Bakhodir Jalolov, the defending champion from Uzbekistan, who defeated Frazer Clarke in the semi-finals en route to gold in Tokyo, is ranked No.4.
That puts Orie in a position to meet Jalolov in the semi-finals in Paris.
The International Olympic Committee explained that three of the four top seeds in each weight category were allocated to the winners of the Asian Games (Jalolov), the European Games (Orie) and the Pan-American Games (Edwards).
The remaining top four spots and No. 5 are allocated to the champions of the African Qualifying Tournament (Mourad Kadi of Algeria) and the Pacific Games (Teremoana Junior of Australia).
Number 7 is Kamshybek Kunkabayev from Kazakh southpaw who took bronze in Tokyo where he was beaten by Richard Torrez (USA).
Kunkabayev entered the finals of the Asian Games held in China last October where he was defeated by Jalolov.
Kunkabayev won the rounds on three judges' cards.
Jalolov has now won six of his nine bouts and the last by unanimous points decision.
Orie's form has been poor since winning gold at the European Games in Poland last June.
He was beaten by Italy's Diego Lenzi at the Boxam Championships in January, but the 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medalist heading to Paris was boosted by a points win over Omar Shiha (Norway) in the Czech Republic last month.
Cindy Ngamba, from Bolton and the representative of the refugee team in Paris, has not yet been discovered, but she has won the No 7 and No 8 seeds, Atheyna Bylon and Lovlina Borgohain, this year.
Three Irish boxers have been seeded.
Harrington followed in Katie Taylor's footsteps
Reigning lightweight champion Kellie Harrington is number 3 at 60kgs.
The top seed is Yang Wenlu (China) and the number 2 is Beatriz Ferreira, the Brazilian whom Harrington knocked out in the final in Tokyo three years ago.
Ferreira heads to Paris as the IBF lightweight champion, having won the vacant belt in Liverpool in April with a technical points win over Yanina del Carmen Lescano.
At middleweight, Aoife O'Rourke comes in at number 2 behind Li Quan (China) and Jack Marley is number 7 at heavyweight.
Cuban heavyweight Julio Cesar la Cruz, aiming for a third Olympic gold in Paris, came in at number 4 and Adam Olaore was at number 5.
Based in the North East, Olaore represents Nigeria.
Team Great Britain: Men: Delicious Orie (92 kgs plus), Pat Brown (92kgs), Lewis Richardson (71kgs).
Women: Chantelle Reid (75kgs), Rosie Eccles (66kgs), Charley Davison (54kgs).
Refugee team: Cindy Ngamba (75kgs).
Team Ireland: Men: Jude Gallagher (57kgs), Dean Clancy (63.5kgs), Aidan Walsh (71kgs), Jack Marley (92kgs).
Women's: Daina Moorehouse (50kgs), Jennifer Lehane (54kgs), Michaela Walsh (57kgs), Kellie Harrington (60kgs), Grainne Walsh (66kgs), Aoife O'Rourke (75kgs).
Men 51kgs: 1) Billal Bennama (France), 2) Hasanboy Dusmatov (Uzbekistan), 3) Patrick Chinyemba (Zambia), 4) Junior Alcantara Reyes (Dom), 5) Yusuf Chothia (Australia), 6) Thitisan Panmot (Thai ), 7) Samet Gumus (Turk), 8) Michael Da Silva Trindade (Bra).
57kgs: 1) Abdulmalik Khalolov (Uzb), 2) Javier Ibanez Diaz (Bul), 3) Jahmal Harvey (USA), 4) Harry Senior (Aus), 5) Dolapo Omole Dolapo (Ngr), 6) Saidel Horta Rodriguez Del Rey (Cuba), 7) Shudai Harada (Japan), 8) Jose Quiles Brotons (Esp).
63.5kgs: 1) Wyatt Sanford (Can), 2) Lai Chu-en (Tpe), 3) Jugurtha Ait Bekka (Alg), 4) Sofiane Oumiha (Fra), 5) Harry Garside (Aus), 6) Bunjong Sinsiri (Thai), 7) Lasha Guruli (Geo), 8) Miguel Martinez Ramirez (Mex).
71kgs: 1) Shannan Davey (Aus), 2) Marco Verde Alvarez (Mex), 3) Sewon Okazawa (Jap), 4) Nikolai Terteran (Den), 5) Omar Elawady (Egypt), 6) Vahid Abbasov (Serbia) , 7) Jose Rodriguez Tenorio (Ecu), 8) Kan Chia-wei (Tpe).
80 kgs: 1) Tanglatihan Touhetaerbieke (Chi), 2) Arlen Lopez Cardona (Cub), 3) Oleksandt Khyzhniak (Ukr), 4) Abdelgawwad Oraby (Egypt), 5) Callum Peters (Aus), 6) Wanderley De Souza Pereira (Bra), 7) Eumir Marcial (Phi), 8) Gabrijel Veocic (Cro).
92kgs: 1) Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali (Sam), 2) Daviat Boltaev (Tjk), 3) Azziz Abbes Mouhiidine (Ita), 4) Julio Cesar la Cruz (Cuba), 5) Adam Olaore (Nig), 6) Keno Machado (Bra), 7) Jack Marley (Irl), 8) Han Xuezhen (Chi).
92 kgs plus: 1) Joshua Edwards (USA), 2) Delicious Orie (GB), 3) Mourad Kadi (Alg), 4) Bakhodir Jalolov (Uzb), 5) Teremoana Junior (Aus), 6) Abner Teixeira Da Silva Junior (Bra), 7) Kamshybek Kunkabayev (Kaz), 8) Mahammed Abdullayev (Azer).
Women 50kgs: 1) Wu Yu (China), 2) Roumaysa Boualam (Alg), 3) Buse Naz Cakiroglu (Tur), 4) Caroline Barbosa De Almeida (Bra), 5) Monique Suraci (Aus), 6) Jennifer Lozano (USA), 7) Wassila Lkadri (Fra), 8) Chuthamt Raksat (Thai).
54kgs: 1) Stanimira Petrova (Bul), 2) Yeni Arias Castaneda (Col), 3) Tiana Eche Garay (Aus), 4) Pang Choi-mi (Prk), 5) Widad Bertal (Mar), 6) Lacramioara Perijoc (Rou), 7) Tatiana De Jesus Chagas (Bra), 8) Chang Yuan (Chi).
57kgs: 1) Lin Yu-ting (Tpe), 2) Tina Rahimi (Aus), 3) Amina Zidani (Fra), 4) Jucielen Cerquera Romeu (Bra), 5) Khouloud Hlimi Ep Moulahi (Tun), 6) Valeria Abroleda Mwndoza (Col), 7) Karina Ibrgaimova (Kaz), 8) Svetlana Staneva (Bul).
60kgs: 1) Yang Wenlu (Chi), 2) Beatriz Soares Ferreira (Bra), 3) Kellie Harrington (Ire), 4) Cynthia Ogunsemilore (Ngr), 5) Tyla McDonald (Aus), 6) Angie Valdes Pana (Col ), 7) Won Un-gyong (Pkr), 8) Natalia Shadrina (Srb)
66kgs: 1) Busenaz Surmeneli (Tur), 2) Yang Liu (Chi), 3) Barbara Maria Dos Santos (Bra), 4) Marissa Williamson (Aus), 5) Imane Khelif (Alg), 6) Morelle McCane (USA) ), 7) Oshin Derieuw (Bel), 8) Janjaem Suwannapheng (Thai).
75kgs: 1) Li Qian (Chi), 2) Aoife O'Rourke (Irl), 3) Tammara Thibeault (Can), 4) Khadjia El-Mardi (Mar), 5) Caitlin Parker (Aus), 6) Davina Michel (Fra), 7) Atheyna Bylon (Pan), 8) Lovlina Borgohain (Ind).
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