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Thai Butdee tops 51kg category
  2007-11-22 14:35:00  Good Luck Beijing  
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(Beijing, November 22) In the 51kg category final of the "Good Luck Beijing" 2007 International Boxing Invitational Tournament held today at the Beijing Workers' Indoor Arena, Chatchai Butdee of Thailand came from behind to defeat Braulio Avila of Mexico to win the title.

Trailing 4-2 after the first round, Butdee found his form to tie the score at 9-9 after the second. The Thai set his advantage in the third, 14-11, and maintained it at 18-17 after the last round.

Avila won the second place as Jitender Kumar of India and Paul Michael Butler of England shared the third.