BEIJING // The Samoan boxer Farani Tavui was taken to hospital after a knockout on the first day of the Olympic boxing competition today. Tavui was floored by a right hook from Croatia's Marijo Sivolija-Jelica in the third round of their light-heavyweight bout. He managed to stand up but immediately went down again and medical personnel intervened. China's state news agency Xinhua said Tavui had been taken to the Chaoyang Hospital in eastern Beijing.
No information on his condition was immediately available. *Reuters
