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Boxing At The 1956 Summer Olympics – Light Middleweight
The men's light middleweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The weight class was allowed boxers of up to 71 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 24 November to 1 December 1956. 14 boxers from 14 nations competed. Medalists Results First round * Boris Nikolov (BUL) def. Muhammad Safdar (PAK), PTS * Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL) def. Rychard Karpov (URS), PTS * Ulrich Kienast (FRG) def. James Montgomery (CAN), PTS * John McCormack (GBR) def. Alexander Webster (RSA), PTS * José Torres (USA) def. Peter Read (AUS), PTS * Franco Scisciani (ITA) def. Eugène Legrand (FRA), PTS Quarterfinals * László Papp (HUN) def. Alberto Sáenz (ARG), RSC-3 * Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL) def. Boris Nikolov (BUL), PTS * John McCormack (GBR) def. Ulrich Kienast (FRG), RSC-3 * José Torres (USA) def. Franco Scisciani (ITA), PTS Semifinals * László Papp (HUN) def. Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL), PTS * José Torres (USA) def. John McCo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festival Hall (Melbourne)
Festival Hall is a heritage listed entertainment venue located at 300 Dudley Street, West Melbourne, Victoria. It is one of Melbourne's larger concert venues and has hosted a variety of local and international acts over many years. In October 2020, Hillsong purchased the Festival Hall venue. It will continue to host entertainment events, in addition to hosting Hillsong Church Melbourne City's weekly church services. The building is set to undergo renovation to better suit the new uses. History The site began its sporting history as the West Melbourne Stadium (shortened to The Stadium) in 1913, developed by R.L.Baker, the Sydney boxing promoter, opening just in time for the Mehegan-Wells fight of 3 November 1913. In 1915 it came under the control of John Wren (chairman) and Dick Lean (general manager) of Stadiums Limited as a multi-function venue for boxing and pro wrestling. It quickly became known to locals as "the House of Stoush", as over the years it has featured some of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Safdar (boxer)
Muhammad Safdar (born 1 September 1934) is a Pakistani boxer. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics. At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he lost to Giulio Saraudi Giulio Saraudi (3 July 1938 – 20 April 2005) was an Italian boxer, and an Olympic bronze medalist. In 1961, he held 49 titles and a line of 45 bouts, whom he won 37 . References External links * 1934 births Living people Pakistani male boxers[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Legrand
Eugène Legrand (17 July 1934 – 15 November 2004) was a French boxer. He competed in the men's light middleweight event at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi .... References 1934 births 2004 deaths French male boxers Olympic boxers for France Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Light-middleweight boxers {{France-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Scisciani
Franco Scisciani (born 8 January 1934) is an Italian boxer. He competed in the men's light middleweight event at the 1956 Summer Olympics. At the 1956 Summer Olympics, he defeated Eugène Legrand of France, before losing to José Torres José ("Chegüi") Torres (May 3, 1936 – January 19, 2009) was a Puerto Rican-born American professional boxer. As an amateur boxer, he won a silver medal in the junior middleweight division at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. In 1965, he ... of the United States. References 1934 births Living people Italian male boxers Olympic boxers for Italy Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Boxers from Rome Light-middleweight boxers 20th-century Italian people {{Italy-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Read
Peter Read may refer to: * Peter Read (boxer), Australian Olympic boxer * Peter Read (historian), professor at the Australian National University, the first to use the phrase "stolen generation" *Peter Read, music magazine publisher, see music of Arkansas Arkansas is a Southern state of the United States. Arkansas's musical heritage includes country music and various related styles like bluegrass and rockabilly. State songs Arkansas has four official state songs: *State Anthem: "Arkansas" by M ... See also * Peter Reade (born 1939), British former sailor * Peter Reed (other) * Peter Reid (other) {{hndis, Read, Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Webster (boxer)
Alexander Grant Webster (12 December 1933 – 8 November 1994) was a South African boxer. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi .... At the 1956 Summer Olympics, he lost to John McCormack of Great Britain. References 1933 births 1994 deaths South African male boxers Olympic boxers for South Africa Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Boxers from Johannesburg Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Boxers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Light-middleweight boxers Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games {{SouthAfrica-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Montgomery (boxer)
James Montgomery (26 December 1934 – 13 February 2015) was a Canadian boxer. He competed in the men's light middleweight event at the 1956 Summer Olympics. A native of Montreal, he played for the Verdun Shamcats of the Quebec Senior Football League in the late 1950s and early 1960s. At the 1956 Summer Olympics, he lost to Ulrich Kienast of West Germany. Montgomery's son Jim Jim or JIM may refer to: * Jim (given name), a given name * Jim, a diminutive form of the given name James * Jim, a short form of the given name Jimmy * OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism * ''Jim'' (comics), a series by Jim Woodring * ''Jim ... is a former ice hockey player who is now a National Hockey League coach. References 1934 births 2015 deaths Boxers from Montreal Anglophone Quebec people Players of Canadian football from Quebec Canadian football people from Montreal Canadian male boxers Olympic boxers for Canada Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Light-middleweight boxe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulrich Kienast
Ulrich Kienast (born 20 March 1937) is a German boxer. He competed in the men's light middleweight event at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi .... References 1937 births Living people German male boxers Olympic boxers for the United Team of Germany Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics People from the Free City of Danzig Sportspeople from Gdańsk Light-middleweight boxers {{Germany-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rychard Karpov
Rychard Karpov (8 August 1931 – 2 April 2012) was a Ukrainian boxer. He competed in the men's light middleweight event at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi .... References 1931 births 2012 deaths Ukrainian male boxers Olympic boxers for the Soviet Union Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics People from Yevpatoria Light-middleweight boxers {{Ukraine-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Nikolov (boxer)
Boris Georgiev Nikolov ( bg, Борис Георгиев Николов; 10 March 1929 – 29 January 2017) was a Bulgarian boxer from Dobrich. Nikolov was the first Bulgarian ever to win a medal at the Olympics. He competed for Bulgaria in boxing in the held in , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
László Papp
László Papp (25 March 1926 – 16 October 2003) was a Hungarian professional boxer from Budapest. He was left-handed and won gold medals in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, and the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia. In his final Olympic competition he became the first boxer in Olympic history to win three successive gold medals. He won 12 of his 13 Olympic fights without losing a round, dropping only one, in his last Olympic final, to American boxer José Torres. There was not another triple gold medalist for 20 years, when Teófilo Stevenson won three, followed by Félix Savón as the third of the three men to accomplish the feat. Amateur career Papp was an Olympic gold medalist three times, at middleweight in London in 1948, then as a light middleweight in Helsinki in 1952 and in Melbourne in 1956. Papp also was the European amateur middleweight champion as a middleweight in 1949 at Oslo and at light middleweigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which were held in Stockholm, Sweden, in June 1956. These Games were the first to be staged in the Southern Hemisphere and Oceania, as well as the first to be held outside Europe and North America. Melbourne is the most southerly city ever to host the Olympics. Due to the Southern Hemisphere's seasons being different from those in the Northern Hemisphere, the 1956 Games did not take place at the usual time of year, because of the need to hold the events during the warmer weather of the host's spring/summer (which corresponds to the Northern Hemisphere's autumn/winter), resulting in the only summer games ever to be held in November and December. Australia did not host the Games again until 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, and will host them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
