Early next year, a scout team led by Nawal El Moutawakel, a Moroccan gold medalist, will visit Chicago (as well as the other cities competing for the 2016 Olympics) to look at the pros and cons of each city hosting the games. The group will then present a report to the IOC presenting its assessment of each city but will not make an official recommendation to the IOC. Another member of the team, Taiwan's C.K. Wu, could give Chicago an edge. Wu happens to also be president of the International Amateur Boxing Association; the AIBA held their world championships here last year, an event Wu called "the best ever" and saw 500 boxers from 100 countries compete in front of over 40,000 total fans. We're not sure if that number counts defections or not. more ›