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U.S.’ top amateur boxer mulls giving up Olympic dream

The vast majority of Olympic hopefuls will continue on for the Tokyo Games in 2021. The U.S.’ top boxer at last year’s world championships said he might not.

Such is the conundrum in boxing, the rare sport where going pro usually means giving up an Olympic dream.

Keyshawn Davis, the world silver medalist in the lightweight division, remains undecided whether to start fighting professionally or wait another year for what would likely be his one and only Olympics.

“The Olympics is most definitely huge, I’m not going to lie,” Davis said earlier this week on BBC Radio.