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Jabir Herbert Muhammad, longtime manager of Muhammad Ali and son of the late Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, has died following triple bypass heart surgery at the age of 79. Muhammad managed Ali's career from shortly after Ali defeated Sonny Liston to win the heavyweight title in 1964 until 1981, and then managed his post-fighting career for an additional 10 years. Known as a brilliant negotiator, one of his greatest achievements was securing Ali's $10 million purse to fight Joe Frazier on March 8, 1971 in "The Fight of the Century."

Muhammad is survived by his wife and, according to his son, 14 children, numerous grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

The boxing finals are complete at the 2008 Olympics and, as has been widely reported, the U.S. team did not win a Gold (or Silver) medal at these games. Much more shockingly, Cuba did not win any Gold medals either - despite having eight fighters advance to the medal round. The 11 Gold medals went to fighters representing nine different countries, with China and Russia leading the way:

China - 2
Russian Federation - 2
Dominican Republic - 1
Great Britain - 1
Italy - 1
Kazakhstan - 1
Mongolia - 1
Thailand - 1
Ukraine - 1

Complete Olympic Boxing Results

The boxing competition is complete at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The final six Gold medals were awarded today and they went to the following fighters:

Super Heavyweight: Roberto Cammarelle (Italy)
Light Heavyweight: Xiaoping Zhang (China)
Welterweight: Bakhyt Sarsekbayev (Kazakhstan)
Lightweight: Alexey Tischenko (Russian Federation)
Bantamweight: Badar-Uugan Enkhbat (Mongolia)
Light Flyweight: Shiming Zou (China)

Complete Olympic Boxing Results

The boxing finals kicked off today in Beijing with the first five Gold medals being awarded. The fighters winning Gold were:

Flyweight: Somjit Jongjohor (Thailand)
Featherweight: Vasyl Lomachenko (Ukraine)
Light Welterweight: Felix Diaz (Dominican Republic)
Middleweight: James Degale (Great Britain)
Heavyweight: Rakhim Chakhkiev (Russian Federation)

The remaining six Gold medal bouts take place tomorrow.

Complete Olympic Boxing Results
Complete Olympic Boxing Schedule

The 2008 Olympics are over for the U.S. boxing team and - thanks to the least experienced boxer on the squad - they've won't be coming home empty-handed. Heavyweight Deontay Wilder lost his semi-final match to Italy’s Clemente Russo by a score of 7-1 but he still receives a bronze medal for reaching the semi-finals (two bronze medals are awarded in each weight-class).

Winning a bronze medal is an impressive individual achievement for the 22-year-old Wilder who only started boxing three years ago. However, for the team, winning a single bronze medal ranks as the worst performance in U.S. Olympic boxing history. The last time an American team won only one medal at an Olympics was in 1948, but that medal was silver.

Complete Olympic Boxing Results
Complete Olympic Boxing Schedule

Frustrated by the lack of Olympic boxing on television? NBC offers more comprehensive video coverage online, including daily highlights and clips from individual bouts:

Olympic Boxing Video Clips

The boxing quarterfinals are complete at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. 44 men will take home medals -- one Gold, one Silver and two Bronze in each of 11 weight categories. Those men represent the following countries:

Cuba - 8
China - 4
France - 3
Great Britain - 3
Ireland - 3
Italy - 3
Russia - 3
Kazakhstan - 2
Mongolia - 2
Thailand - 2
Ukraine - 2
Armenia - 1
Azerbaijan - 1
Dominican Republic - 1
India - 1
Mauritius - 1
Moldova - 1
South Korea - 1
Turkey - 1
United States - 1

That's right, the once-proud U.S. amateur boxing program will bring home one fewer medal than either Kazakhstan or Mongolia. What is wrong with U.S amateur boxing and what - if anything - can be done to fix it?

Evander Holyfield showed up at the Olympics to watch some boxing and guess what happened? Believe it or not, a boxer got disqualified for biting his opponent. Holyfield, on the receiving end of the most famous bite in sports history, may have already left the Workers’ Gymnasium before the evening's final bout. If he did, he missed Tajikistan's Dzhakhon Kurbanov get disqualified for biting Kazakhstan’s Yerkebulan Shynaliyev on the shoulder in the third round of their quarter final light heavyweight bout. Kurbanov, who was trailing 12-6 at the time, had already been warned multiple times for shoving and holding before biting - and drawing blood from - his opponent.

Complete Olympic Boxing Results
Complete Olympic Boxing Schedule

The U.S. boxing team came to Beijing with nine boxers and high hopes of bringing home multiple medals. Scratch that plan. In what has been a non-stop nightmare for the U.S. squad, only one fighter will win a medal. By narrowly winning his quarterfinal bout, heavyweight Deontay Wilder has assured himself no worse than a bronze medal from the 2008 Games. Welterweight Demetrius Andrade lost his quarterfinal bout. Everyone else on the U.S. team was eliminated prior to the quarterfinals.

For more information, check out the complete boxing schedule and updated results.

The boxing competition is well underway in Beijing and we've got all the latest results. All eight American boxers have had at least one bout ... but only two are still in the running for a Gold medal. Find out how Shawn Estrada, Demetrius Andrade, Javier Molina, Sadam Ali, Raynell Williams, Deontay Wilder and Luis Yanez have fared and which two American are still in medal contention.

SHOCKER: Gold medal favorite Rau’shee Warren - back for his second Olympic Games - had his first bout end in controversy and confusion. Find out what happened.

For more information, check out the complete boxing schedule and updated results.