By Paul Daugherty
Enquirer staff writer

Rau Shee Warren and China's Zou Shiming fight during the light flyweight boxing preliminaries. (AP photo)

ATHENS - Cincinnati light flyweight Rau'Shee Warren became the first American boxer to lose in the 2004 Olympics, dropping a 22-9 decision to Shiming Zou of China.

Zou, the 2003 world champion, outboxed Warren in the last two rounds of the four-round fight to turn a close bout into a rout. Warren was the youngest male Olympian from the United States.