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Boxing At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Light Heavyweight
The men's light heavyweight boxing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 30 July to 12 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre. Twenty-six boxers from 26 nations competed. Competition format The competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Bronze medals were awarded to both semi-final losers. Bouts were three rounds of three minutes each. Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Results Finals Top half Bottom half Controversy India's Sumit Sangwan fought well against Brazil's Yamaguchi Falcão before losing the bout 14–15 in what appeared to be a controversial decision in favour of the Brazilian. The decision not only angered the Indian team and the country's sports minister, Ajay Maken Ajay Maken (born 12 January 1964) is a politician from the Indian National Congress party. He is the general secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) and member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC). He was formerl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ExCeL London
ExCeL London (an abbreviation for Exhibition Centre London) is an exhibition centre, international convention centre and former hospital in the Custom House, Newham, Custom House area of London Borough of Newham, Newham, East London. It is situated on a site on the northern quay of the Royal Victoria Dock in London Docklands, located between Canary Wharf and London City Airport History The centre was designed by Moxley Architects and built by Sir Robert McAlpine. It opened in November 2000. In May 2008 it was acquired by Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company. Phase II of development, which included building London's first International Convention Centre (ICC) and creating an "eastern arrival experience", was completed on 1 May 2010 with Phase 3 expected to be completed by 2023/24. In 2015, CentrEd at ExCeL was opened, which expanded the centre's facilities to incorporate training and meeting space near the western entrance of the venue overlooking Royal Victoria Dock. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meng Fanlong
Meng Fanlong (born 5 February 1988) is a Chinese professional boxer who held the IBF Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title between 2017 and 2019. Amateur career As an amateur, he represented China at the 2012 London Olympics, competing in the light-heavyweight division. At the 2010 Asian Games (results) he beat two opponents before being outclassed 1:12 by Elshod Rasulov. At the Asian Championships he lost the final to Kim Hyeong-kyu (KOR) 13:15. At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he beat three opponents before losing to Adilbek Niyazymbetov. At the 2012 Olympics he defeated Ahmed Barki 17:8 but lost to Yamaguchi Falcão Florentino 17:17 on countback. Professional career Meng vs. Buglioni On 24 November, 2018, Meng fought and beat Frank Buglioni Frank Buglioni (born 18 April 1989)Frank Buglioni ", ''Box N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boško Drašković
Boško Drašković (4 January 1987, Nikšić Nikšić ( cnr, Никшић, italic=no, sr-cyrl, Никшић, italic=no; ), is the second largest city in Montenegro, with a total population of 56,970 located in the west of the country, in the centre of the spacious Nikšić field at the foot ..., Montenegro) is a Montenegrin boxer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's light heavyweight, but was defeated in the first round. Boško Drašković won a gold medal at the Mediterranean Games in Pescara (Italy) in 2009. References Montenegrin male boxers Living people Mediteran Games Peskara 2009 gold medal Olympic boxers for Montenegro Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Light-heavyweight boxers 1987 births Boxers at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Montenegro Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Montenegro Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing {{Montenegro-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Dauhaliavets
Mikhail Dauhaliavets (born May 18, 1990 in Minsk, Belarusian SSR) is a Belarusian boxer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's light heavyweight, but was defeated in the first round by Oleksandr Hvozdyk. He also competed in the same weight division at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He beat Valentino Manfredonia before losing to eventual silver medalist Adilbek Niyazymbetov Adilbek Sabituly Niyazymbetov ( kz, Әділбек Сәбитұлы Ниязымбетов; born 19 May 1989) is an Uzbekistani-born amateur light-heavyweight boxer who competes for Kazakhstan. He won silver medals at the world championships in .... References External links * * * * 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Minsk Belarusian male boxers Light-heavyweight boxers Olympic boxers of Belarus Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in boxing Universiade bronze medalists for Belarus European Games competitors fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleksandr Hvozdyk
Oleksandr Serhiyovych Gvozdyk ( uk, Олександр Сергійович Гвоздик, ; also Hvozdyk; born 15 April 1987) is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed from 2014 to 2019. He held the WBC and lineal light-heavyweight titles from 2018 to 2019. As an amateur, Gvozdyk won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and a gold at the 2013 Summer Universiade. Nicknamed "The Nail" as the Russian translation of Gvozdyk is nail, Gvozdyk's knockout-to-win ratio stands at 82.4%. He is part of the Ukrainian golden generation of boxing along with Vasiliy Lomachenko and Oleksandr Usyk. Amateur career Gvozdyk began boxing when he was 10, at the encouragement of his friends. As an amateur, he won gold in the light-heavyweight division at the 2008 World University Boxing Championship. He was a three-time national Ukrainian amateur champion, winning the title for the first time in 2009, beating Vyacheslav Shabranskyy in the final. He won the national title again in 2010, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ehsan Rouzbahani
Ehsan Rouzbahani ( fa, احسان روزبهانی; born June 23, 1988) is an Iranian boxer who competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics at light heavyweight. At the 2010 Asian Games he lost his second bout to Elshod Rasulov. At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he beat three fighters including Joe Ward then lost again to veteran Elshod Rasulov (UZB). He qualified for the 2012 Olympics. At the 2012 Olympics he defeated Jeysson Monroy (COL) in his first bout. In the round of 16, he defeated number 6th seed, Bayram Muzaffer (TUR).Round of 16 Olympic 2012 . london2012.com The Iranian edged past the first round 5–4 and the Turkish boxer clinched the second round with a similar result. In the final round, Rouzbahani gained the upper hand and upped his work rate and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeysson Monroy
Jeysson Monroy Varela (born March 14, 1985) is a Colombian professioal boxer, model, and actor. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's light heavyweight, but was defeated in the first round by Boško Drašković of Montenegro. Jeysson plans to be a professional boxer by 2016. He is part of the cast of the Colombian reality TV show Desafío 2016: Súper Humanos He was born in Medellin, Colombia but raised in Bogota. He began his career at the age of 14 but it was not until he turned 18 that he decided to dedicate his life to boxing. He has represented Colombia in many national and international competitions such as WSB, the National Games of Colombia and the Pan American Games. He has been boxing national champion of Colombia 12 times in total. He obtained second place in the National Games in 2004 and later obtained first place in 2007 and 2008. In 2010 and 2011, he won the Central American and South American Games. Finally in 2015 he won a gold medal for his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vatan Huseynli
Vatan Huseynli is an Azerbaijani boxer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ..., he competed in the Men's light heavyweight, but was defeated in the first round. According to BBC, Huseynli was 1.85m tall and weighed 81 kg as of August 13, 2012. References Azerbaijani male boxers Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Olympic boxers of Azerbaijan Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Light-heavyweight boxers 21st-century Azerbaijani people {{azerbaijan-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Góngora
Carlos Góngora Mercado (born April 25, 1989) is an Ecuadorian professional boxer who held the IBO super middleweight title between 2020 and December 2021. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio in the men's middleweight division. Amateur career Middleweight At the 2006 South American Games southpaw Góngora lost the final to Venezuelan Alfonso Blanco. At the 2007 Pan American Games the then 18-year-old from El Coca easily beat Blanco 20:6 in a rematch before losing to eventual winner Emilio Correa from Cuba in the semis 13:21. At the 2007 World Championships he beat Ivano del Monte but ran into superstar and eventual winner Matvey Korobov and lost when the referee stopped the contest. At the Copa Independencia 2008 he reached the final but lost to old foe Correa 3:16. At the Olympic qualifier he lost once again to Correa but qualified nevertheless after beating fighters like Shawn Estrada. At the 2008 Olympics he won his first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elshod Rasulov
Elshod Rasulov (born March 7, 1986) is an amateur boxer from Uzbekistan, who won gold at the 2006 Asian Games and at the 2010 Asian Games and silver at 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships. Career In 2004 the southpaw counterpuncher knocked out Emilio Correa in the welterweight finals of the 13th World Junior Championships in Jeju then he moved up to middleweight. That year, he won the silver medal at the 48th World Military Boxing Championship in the 69 kg weight class. The gold was won by Boyd Melson of the US. At the Chemiepokal 2006 he beat Sergiy Derevyanchenko (UKR) but lost to world #1 Matvey Korobov. In Doha at the 2006 Asian Games he won the final bout against Kazakhstan's Olympic welterweight champion Bakhtiyar Artayev 32–22.http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/SPORTS/BX/IGBXBoutResult.aspx?rscid=0-075-1-01-00001-1 At the 2007 World Championships he lost by knock out to Argenis Casimiro Núñez and didn't medal. He qualified for the 2008 Olympics by defeating t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julio César La Cruz
Julio César De La Cruz Peraza (born 11 August 1989) is a Cuban professional boxer. As an amateur he won gold medals at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics, and the 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships. Amateur career At the 2011 World Championships, he captained the Cuban national team, where he beat number 1 seeded Egor Mekhontsev from Russia on points (21–15) in semi-final, and defeated Adilbek Niyazymbetov from Kazakhstan after 3 rounds by 17–13 finishing score in final, being the 4th World amateur boxing champion boxer from Camagüey. He grasped the gold medal at 2011 Pan American Games in which Cuba national team topped the medal table with 8 golds and 1 silver. He beat Carlos Gongora of Ecuador in the semi-finals and Yamaguchi Falcão Florentino of Brazil in the final on points (22–12). At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was upset by Falcão Florentino in the quarterfinals in a rematch from the 2011 Pan American Games. At the 2013 World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Browne
Marcus Browne (born November 10, 1990) is an American professional boxer who fights at light heavyweight. As of December 2020, he was ranked the world's sixth best active light heavyweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, eighth by ''The Ring Magazine'' and seventh best by Boxrec. Controversy On April 6, 2018, Browne was arrested for two domestic incidents. Authorities alleged that Browne had violated an order of protection by demanding entry to his ex-girlfriend's apartment and threatening to break in if she didn't obey his demands. The incident took place on March 30, 2018, while the order of protection against Browne was issued on December 28, 2017, after Browne had allegedly assaulted the woman in question. It was later revealed that Browne had been arrested once again for attacking his ex-girlfriend. He allegedly kicked in the woman's door and choked her. Browne later pleaded guilty to criminal contempt in the second degree on January 19, 2019, and was sentence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
