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After a year of qualifiers there will be an unprecedented 12 British boxers at the Rio Olympics.In London, the British boxers topped the medal table, beating the angry Cubans and the scheming Russians. The Kazakhs and Uzbeks could only look at the five medal haul from our slim team of 10 and shake their heads in envy.Every single one of the 12 qualified boxers has fought over five times in qualifiers, and some had as many as 12 fights to make the plane to Rio. This is a team selected, shaped and made through seemingly relentless qualification heartbreak. There is not one weak link, not one shock or inexperienced lucky member.The only missing member is Chantelle Cameron, the solid choice at 60 kilograms, and she has a tale or two to tell about bad decisions and an awful draw at the two qualifiers she went to. The final qualification -- a mercenary mix potentially involving every boxer on the planet -- starts in Venezuela this weekend and thankfully not one GB male boxer will have to make the perilous journey to compete in what will be a madhouse event.Qualification for the Olympic boxing tournament was introduced in 1992 and seven boxers reached Barcelona after a series of gruelling events. Robin Reid returned with a bronze, the only medal. Four years earlier the GB selectors, who resembled a gang of cattle traders, picked eight for Seoul hoping they would not all get stopped or knocked out. At the time GB boxers were an easy touch, like an English football team. Richie Woodhall returned with the solitary medal. The boxing world laughed at us.The qualification for Atlanta in 1996 was brutal and over 20 British boxers went to the various tournaments. In the end just David Burke made it, but he was joined by Fola Okesola, who was given the place when the Danish authorities withdrew their man because he was rubbish. Burke and Okesola lost their first fights and GB boxing was in crisis. I was in Atlanta and there was genuine despair.The disaster of Sydney qualification, where just two scraped across the line, was softened by Audley Harrisons ridiculous win against all odds at super-heavyweight. It was the first GB gold since Chris Finnegan in 1968. The truth is that in 2000 the GB boxers still lacked the depth and the mental toughness to succeed against the Cubans and Russians. Big Aud was, lest we forget, all about the mind.The reality behind the celebrations in Athens in 2004 is even harder to accept than the failings in Sydney four years later. The Harrison win had increased the funding but in 2004 over 25 British boxers tried and failed to make Athens. Just one, the 17-year-old Amir Khan made it and he won a silver.There were a lot of big names in the 2004 qualification events and it was the same in 2008, where finally an edge surfaced and eight top fighters made it, delivering one gold and two bronze medals. The success continued, the team started winning gold medals at European championships and reached the finals at the World championship. In the Seventies and Eighties British boxers were often not sent to the either the World or the European championships for fear of being savagely embarrassed. Every single one of the 12 boxers on their way to Rio is a veteran of two or more major tournaments and some, such as Nicola Adams, have been at six or seven.The team for Rio is hard, hardened and hungry. It feels like it has been a decade since both the lower league and the top league nations walked over us. It seems inconceivable that anybody other than a medal winner will beat a British boxer in Rio. 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The league has discussed placing its next two expansion teams in Miami and Atlanta.Young gun Jesse Hogan has hurt his knee and could miss Melbournes clash with triple reigning AFL premiers Hawthorn in round 20.Power forward Hogan managed two behinds in the Demons two-point win over Gold Coast on Sunday.Hogan looked restricted for much of the match, with coach Paul Roos confirming the gifted 21-year-old played through pain at the MCG.He struggled on. He hit his knee I think when he marked the ball early on, Roos said.I think its just a bruise rather than anything else.He looked like he was struggling for most of the day and it got the better of him in the last quarter.Weve got a six-day break. Itll be interesting to see how he comes up.Roos praised the commitment of Hogan, who the club is desperate to retain beyond his current contract, which expires after the 2017 season.He was actually a pretty effective player for us, more up the ground, but as the game wore on he just couldnt keep going, he said.Roos refused to dwell on his sides many turnovers againnst Gold Coast.ddddddddddddt looks like the theme of the weekend was skill levels really dropped. Teams are tired now, fighting their way through - whether it be the draw, young players or whatever, he said.I watched a lot of footy this weekend and its probably been as bad a weekend of football as weve seen.Its always an interesting time of year. As a coach youre trying to remain positive and remind them of the good footy youve played.Suns coach Rodney Eade conceded his injury-hit side would be tested in the final four rounds, starting with Saturdays match against in-form Greater Western Sydney.You would think in the last four weeks our midfield is going to tire, Eade said.Because we havent got a lot of options there.One thing that is pleasing is the leadership, character and resilience that they are showing and the toughness to hang in there. ' ' '