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2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The 2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualification Tournament for the boxing tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was held between June 16 and June 25, 2016 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Medal table Qualified boxers Boxer qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics Summary Results Light flyweight (49 kg) The top two boxers will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Flyweight (52 kg) The top four semifinalists and the quarterfinalist who lost to the eventual champion will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics. ;Section A ;Section B ;Final Bantamweight (56 kg) The top four semifinalists and the quarterfinalist who lost to the eventual champion will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics. ;Section A ;Section B ;Final Lightweight (60 kg) The top four semifinalists and the quarterfinalist who lost to the eventual champion will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics. ;Section A ;Section B ;Final Light welterweight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baku
Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world and also the largest city in the world located below sea level. Baku lies on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, alongside the Bay of Baku. Baku's urban population was estimated at two million people as of 2009. Baku is the primate city of Azerbaijan—it is the sole metropolis in the country, and about 25% of all inhabitants of the country live in Baku's metropolitan area. Baku is divided into twelve administrative raions and 48 townships. Among these are the townships on the islands of the Baku Archipelago, and the town of Oil Rocks built on stilts in the Caspian Sea, away from Baku. The Inner City of Baku, along with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower, were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000. The c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mykola Butsenko
Mykola Valeriyovych Butsenko ( uk, Микола Валерійович Буценко, born 25 June 1991) is a Ukrainian amateur boxer who competes in the -56 kg weight division. In the quarterfinals of the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships he defeated Selçuk Eker of Turkey to win his 1st medal at the World Championships. He is also a two-time European silver medalist. He participated at the 2016 Summer Olympscs where he lost his first bout against Mohamed Hamout from Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to .... References External links * * * * 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Odesa Ukrainian male boxers Olympic boxers of Ukraine Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists European Games med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richardson Hitchins
Richardson Hitchins (born September 26, 1997) is an American professional boxer. As an amateur he represented Haiti at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where he lost to Gary Antuanne Russell. Hitchins was born in Brooklyn to Haitian parents. Having failed to qualify for the U.S. Olympic team, he decided to represent his parents' country instead. He is currently signed with Matchroom Boxing. He was previously signed with Mayweather Promotions founded by Floyd Mayweather Jr. Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (''né'' Sinclair; February 24, 1977) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer. He currently owns a team in the NASCAR Cup Series named The Money Team Racing. As a professional boxer he competed b ... Professional boxing record References 1997 births Boxers from Brooklyn Haitian male boxers Olympic boxers for Haiti Living people Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics American sportspeople of Haitian descent Light-welterweight boxers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat McCormack (boxer, Born 1995)
Pat McCormack (born 8 June 1995) is a British boxer who is affiliated with Birtley ABC. He is the 2018 69 kg Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist. He also competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2019, McCormack was selected to compete at the European Games in Minsk, Belarus. He also competed at the World Championships in Yekaterinburg, Russia, where he won the silver medal after losing by split decision (4:0) to Andrey Zamkovoy in the final. In 2021, McCormack qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, going in as the No 1 seed and for many insiders he was viewed as the favourite to win the gold due to his stellar performances in previous competitions, McCormack made it to the final losing out to previous gold medallist Roniel Iglesias taking home a Silver Medal He is the twin brother of fellow boxer Luke McCormack Luke J. McCormack was the chief information officer of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from December 16, 2013, to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light Welterweight (64 Kg)
Light welterweight, also known as junior welterweight or super lightweight, is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional boxing In professional boxing, light welterweight is contested between the lightweight and welterweight divisions, in which boxers weigh above 61.2kg or 135 pounds and up to 63.5 kg or 140 pounds. The first champion of this weight class was Pinky Mitchell in 1946, though he was only awarded his championship by a vote of the readers of the ''Boxing Blade'' magazine. There was not widespread acceptance of this new weight division in its early years, and the New York State Athletic Commission withdrew recognition of it in 1930. The National Boxing Association continued to recognize it until its champion, Barney Ross relinquished the title in 1935 to concentrate on regaining the welterweight championship. A few commissions recognized bouts in the 1940s as being for the light welterweight title, but the modern beginnings of this championship date fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hakan Erşeker
Hakan Erşeker (born 5 July 1994) is a Qatari boxer Boxer most commonly refers to: * Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing *Boxer (dog), a breed of dog Boxer or boxers may also refer to: Animal kingdom * Boxer crab * Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans * Boxer snipe ee .... He competed in the men's lightweight competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics. References External links * * * * 1994 births Living people Qatari male boxers Olympic boxers for Qatar Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Boxers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Qatar Lightweight boxers {{Qatar-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lai Chu-en
Lai Chu-en (; born 23 July 1996) is a Taiwanese boxer Boxer most commonly refers to: * Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing *Boxer (dog), a breed of dog Boxer or boxers may also refer to: Animal kingdom * Boxer crab * Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans * Boxer snipe ee .... He competed in the men's lightweight competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Lai was born in Pingtung County, and is of Paiwan ethnicity. His parents separated before he was born, leaving his mother to support him and his elder brother alone through her job as a nurse. He did not do well at school, and describes himself as having no direction in life until his decision to join the track team while in middle school. He later took up boxing, and was admitted to the National Taiwan University of Physical Education and Sport. References 1996 births Living people Taiwanese male boxers Olympic boxers for Taiwan Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Paiwan people People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shan Jun
Shan Jun (; born 7 August 1994 in Luliang, Yunnan) is a Chinese male Lightweight boxer. He won the bronze medalist at Olympic Qualifying Tournament in June 2016 in Baku, Azerbaijan, qualifying for the Rio 2016 Olympics. Career Born in Xiaobaihu town (小白户镇), Luliang county, Yunnan province, When Shan was a preteen, his brother and he went to Qujing Sports School, he practised boxing and his brother did sprint running there. At his age of 15, he won the champion in a teenagers boxing match held by Kunming Kunming (; ), also known as Yunnan-Fu, is the capital and largest city of Yunnan province, China. It is the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province as well as the seat of the provincial government. The headquar ... Sports Federation in 2009, soon afterwards he was a member of Yunnan provincial boxing Team. Although his boxing skills were so-so in the early days after being a member there, he got more and more excellent than the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anvar Yunusov
Anvar Yunusov (born February 1, 1987, Dushanbe) is a Tajikistani boxer who currently competes as a professional in the super featherweight division. As an amateur, he won bronze at the 2011 amateur world championships, gold at the 2011 Asian championships, and qualified for the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics. He is also known for giving Asian Games winner Violito Payla his first ever stoppage defeat at the 2007 World Championships. Amateur career Southpaw Yunusov beat Bato-Munko Vankeev at the 2005 World Championships but lost to surprise winner Lee Ok-Sung. He finished second at the 2006 Military World Championships and the Ahmet Comet Cup 2007 where he beat Mirat Sarsenbayev but lost to local Kadri Kordel. At the 2007 World Championships he stopped Payla, but lost to Samir Mammadov later. At the 2008 Olympic qualifier he beat Payla again, then Mongol Luvsantseren Zorigtbaatar and North Korean Pak Jong Chol. In Beijing, he lost his quarterfinal to experienced Thai favorite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrico Lacruz
Enrico Lacruz (born 31 August 1993) is a Dutch boxer. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He defeated Lai Chu-en of Chinese Taipei in his first fight before losing to Dorjnyambuugiin Otgondalai of Mongolia. In 2016, prior to the Rio 2016 Olympics, Enrico Lacruz won a gold medal in the Eindhoven Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lightweight (60 Kg)
Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing. Boxing Professional boxing The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) weight class in the sport of boxing. Notable lightweight boxers include Henry Armstrong, Ken Buchanan, Tony Canzoneri, Pedro Carrasco, Joel Casamayor, Al "Bummy" Davis, Oscar De La Hoya, Roberto Durán, Joe Gans, Artur Grigorian, Benny Leonard, Ray Mancini, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Juan Manuel Márquez, Sugar Shane Mosley, Miguel Ángel González, Carlos Ortiz, Katie Taylor, Edwin Valero, Len Wickwar, Pernell Whitaker, Manny Pacquiao and Ike Williams. Current world champions Current world rankings =''The Ring''= As of June 20, 2022. Keys: : Current '' The Ring'' world champion =BoxRec= As of , . Longest reigning world lightweight champions Below is a list of "longest reigning lightweight champions" career time as champion (for multiple time champions) does not apply. Amateur boxin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fahem Hammachi
Fahem Hammachi is an Algerian boxer. He represent Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig ... at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, but he was defeated in the round of 32 against the Brazilian Boxer Robenílson de Jesus 1-2. References Living people Olympic boxers for Algeria Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Bantamweight boxers 1992 births Algerian male boxers Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Algeria 21st-century Algerian people Place of birth missing (living people) {{Algeria-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
