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Double Olympic champion flyweight Zou Shiming has vowed to put China on the global boxing map by winning his first professional world title in Macau next month. The 2008 and 2012 Olympic gold medallist was a three-time world champion in a glorious amateur career, but he believes that if he beats the undefeated Thai Amnat Ruenroeng in March he would finally bring Chinese boxing to the world's attention. "I swore to fulfil my dreams to become a professional fighter, to achieve world titles and to bring China into the worldwide boxing family," Zou told AFP in an interview in Los Angeles. The boxer denied that fanatical support in his homeland -- where up to 300 million are expected to watch the clash for the International Boxing Federation belt -- was heaping pressure on him.
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