1960 Olympic boxing champion Bohumil Němeček dies at 72

The one-time Olympic boxing champion Bohumil Němeček has died at the age of 72. Němeček, who was born in Tábor, took gold for Czechoslovakia in the light welterweight division at the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960. Seven years later he became European champion. He died on Sunday after a long fight against illness, the head of the Czech Boxing Association told reporters.