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Boxing Families
This is a list of boxing families with two or more notable boxers. Many families have had multiple members become famous in the sport of boxing, with some having held multiple world titles. While this does not have extensive details, their highest career achievements are listed. Argentina ;Matthysse siblings *Walter Matthysse: 1978-08-29 to ----, WBO Latino welterweight champion *Edith Soledad Matthysse: 1980-08-06 to ----, WBA and WBC female featherweight champion * Lucas Matthysse: 1982-09-27 to ----, WBA (Regular) welterweight, WBC interim light welterweight champion ;Bermúdez siblings *Gustavo David Bermúdez: 1988–02–05 to ----, WBC Latino interim light welterweight champion *Daniela Romina Bermúdez: 1989–07–07 to ----, WBO female super flyweight; IBF, and WBO female bantamweight champion *Roxana Ayelyn Bermúdez: 1995–07–19 to ---- *Evelyn Nazarena Bermúdez: 1996–04–01 to ----, IBF female light flyweight champion Australia Mundine family * Tony Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Australian Middleweight Boxing Champions
The Australian middleweight boxing championship is a title administrated by the Australian National Boxing Federation. The current Australian middleweight champion is Issac Hardman. Recognition In 1886 a boxing match between Jack Donohue and Alf Pickering at Foley's Gymnasium in Sydney was promoted as being for the middleweight champion of Australia, however the winner was not referred to as the middleweight champion after the fight and neither boxer was ever promoted as defending the title. Billy McCarthy was being referred to as middleweight champion of Australia as of 1886 however his matches were not promoted as though it was an official title which was on the line. In January 1889 a bout between Bob Fitzsimmons and Jim Hall at Foley's Gymnasium in Sydney was promoted as being for the middleweight championship, however again no champion was announced after the fight which was won by Fitzsimmons. In October 1889 another match involving Jim Hall, this time against Jim Fogarty, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kubrat Pulev
Kubrat Venkov Pulev ( bg, Кубрат Венков Пулев; born 4 May 1981) is a Bulgarian professional boxer. He has challenged twice for the unified heavyweight title in 2014 and 2020. At regional level, he has held multiple heavyweight championships, including the European title twice between 2012 and 2016. As an amateur, he won multiple medals at international tournaments, including gold at the 2008 European Championships and bronze at the 2005 World Championships, all in the super-heavyweight division. He also represented Bulgaria at the 2008 Olympics. As of December 2020, he is ranked as the world's tenth best active heavyweight by '' The Ring'' magazine, and ninth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. He was ranked by BoxRec as the world's top 10 heavyweight from 2011 to 2018. Amateur career Heavyweight In February 2002, Pulev won the Strandzha Cup in his native Bulgaria. Pulev, who is nicknamed "The Cobra", beat Cuban world champion Odlanier Solís in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxing At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Middleweight
The men's middleweight boxing competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 28 July to 12 August at the ExCeL London, ExCeL Exhibition Centre. Twenty-eight boxers from 28 nations were competed. Ryōta Murata, representing Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Japan, won the gold medal, defeating Brazil at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Brazil's Esquiva Falcão Florentino, Esquiva Falcão in the final. Both semi-finalists, Anthony Ogogo and Abbos Atoev from Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Great Britain and Uzbekistan at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Uzbekistan respectively, were awarded bronze medals. 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. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships – Middleweight
The Middleweight competition was the fourth heaviest class featured at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships, held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex. Boxers were limited to a maximum of in body mass. Medalists Seeds # Abbos Atoev ''(first round)'' # Andranik Hakobyan ''(quarterfinals)'' # Jaime Cortez ''(second round)'' # Artem Chebotarev ''(second round)'' # Abdelmalek Rahou ''(first round)'' # Michel Tavares ''(second round)'' # Vijender Singh ''(first round)'' # Darren O'Neill ''(quarterfinals)'' Draw Finals Round of 128 Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 External linksDraw {{DEFAULTSORT:2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships - Middleweight Middleweight Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the middleweight division is contested above and up to . Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esquiva Falcão
Esquiva Falcão Florentino (born 12 December 1989) is a Brazilian professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships and silver at the 2012 Olympics. Early life Falcão was born in Vitória, Espírito Santo, and he is the younger brother of professional boxer Yamaguchi Falcão. Amateur career He became famous in his amateur years by winning the Middleweight bronze medal at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships losing his semi to Ryōta Murata. He hereby qualified for the 2012 Olympics, where he won the silver medal, becoming the first Brazilian to reach an Olympic boxing final after defeating Soltan Migitinov, Zoltán Harcsa and local hero Anthony Ogogo. His name is literally Portuguese for " dodge\slip", as his amateur boxer father wanted to circumvent the prohibition given for coach instructions during the fight, and guide his son simply by shouting his name. He finished his amateur career with a record of 215 wins an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Boxing At The 2011 Pan American Games – Light Heavyweight
The men's light heavyweight competition of the boxing events at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, was held between October 24 and 29 at the Expo Guadalajara Arena. Light heavyweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than or equal to 81 kilograms. Like all Pan American boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. Both semifinal losers were awarded bronze medals, so no boxers competed again after their first loss. Bouts consisted of four rounds of two minutes each, with one-minute breaks between rounds. Punches scored only if the white area on the front of the glove made full contact with the front of the head or torso of the opponent. Five judges scored each bout; three of the judges had to signal a scoring punch within one second for the punch to score. The winner of the bout was the boxer who scored the most valid punches by the end of the bout. Schedule All times are Central Standard Time The North American Central ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middleweight
Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the middleweight division is contested above and up to . Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1867. Chandler won, becoming known as the American middleweight champion. The first middleweight fight with gloves ''may'' have been between George Fulljames and Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey (no relation to the more famous heavyweight Jack Dempsey). Current world champions Current world rankings =''The Ring''= As of , . Keys: : Current '' The Ring'' world champion =BoxRec= As of , . Longest reigning world middleweight champions Below is a list of longest reigning middleweight champions in boxing measured by the individual's longest reign. Career total time as champion (for multiple time champions) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamaguchi Falcão
Yamaguchi Falcão Florentino (born 24 January 1988) is a Brazilian boxer, currently a professional and a former holder of the World Boxing Council Latino Middleweight Title.Yamaguchi Falcão . Boxrec.com. Retrieved on 2014-05-03. In his amateur years, he won silver at the 2011 Panamerican Games and a bronze at the 2012 Olympics at light heavyweight. Early life Falcão was born in |
The Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia and "the most widely-read masthead in the country." The newspaper is published in compact print form from Monday to Saturday as ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and on Sunday as its sister newspaper, '' The Sun-Herald'' and digitally as an online site and app, seven days a week. It is considered a newspaper of record for Australia. The print edition of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' is available for purchase from many retail outlets throughout the Sydney metropolitan area, most parts of regional New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. Overview ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' publishes a variety of supplements, including the magazines ''Good Weekend'' (included in the Saturday edition of ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of IBO World Champions
This is a list of IBO world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the International Boxing Organization (IBO) since 1993. *r – Champion relinquished title *s – Champion stripped of title Heavyweight Cruiserweight Light heavyweight Super middleweight Middleweight Super welterweight Welterweight Super lightweight Lightweight Super featherweight Featherweight Super bantamweight Bantamweight Super flyweight Flyweight Light flyweight Minimumweight See also *List of IBO female world champions *List of WBA world champions *List of WBC world champions *List of IBF world champions *List of WBO world champions This is a list of WBO world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Organization (WBO). The WBO is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing, and has awarded world championships in 17 different w ... * List of ''The Ring'' world champions References Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
