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Boxing At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification
Qualification for the boxing events at the 2016 Summer Olympics is based on the APB and WSB World Rankings, APB and WSB World and Olympic Qualifier, the 2015 World Championships, and the 2016 World Olympic Qualifying Tournament. For the women's events, qualification is based only on the 2016 Women's World Championships. For both men and women, each boxer is selected to compete for the Games through the four Continental Olympic Qualifying Tournaments to be held in 2016. Summary Timeline Men's events Olympic qualification system per continent and by weight category. Light flyweight (49 kg) Flyweight (52 kg) Bantamweight (56 kg) Lightweight (60 kg) Light welterweight (64 kg) Welterweight (69 kg) Middleweight (75 kg) Light heavyweight (81 kg) Heavyweight (91 kg) Super heavyweight (+91 kg) Women's events Olympic qualification system per continent and by weight category. Flyweight (51 kg) Lightweight (60 kg) Middleweight (75 kg) Notes * Cuba's An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxing At The 2016 Summer Olympics
The boxing tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 21 August 2016 at the Pavilion 6 of Riocentro. However, boxing at the games was overshadowed with controversy after there were doubts raised that results in certain bouts had been manipulated. These concerns were upheld in a report published in 2021. Competition format On March 23, 2013, the Amateur International Boxing Association instituted significant changes to the format. The World Series of Boxing, AIBA's pro team league which started in 2010, already enabled team members to retain 2012 Olympic eligibility. The newer AIBA Pro Boxing Tournament, consisting of pros who sign 5 year contracts with AIBA and compete on pro cards leading up to the tournament, also provides a pathway for new pros to retain their Olympic eligibility and retain ties with national committees. The elimination of headgear and the adoption of the "10-point must" scoring system further clears the delineation between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships
The 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held at Astana, Kazakhstan and took place between 19 and 27 May 2016. Medal summary Medal table Medalists References External linksOfficial Website {{World championships in 2016 2016
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Simplice Fotsala
Simplice Fotsala (born 9 May 1989) is a Cameroonian professional boxer. As an amateur, he competed in the men's light flyweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In April 2018, he was one of eight Cameroonian athletes who went missing from their accommodation during the 2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ... in Australia. Professional boxing record References External links * 1989 births Living people Cameroonian male boxers Olympic boxers for Cameroon Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Boxers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Cameroon Light-flyweight boxers Cameroonian emigrants to Australia Sportspeople from Yaoundé Bantamweight boxers 20th-cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joahnys Argilagos
Joahnys Oscar Argilagos Perez (born 11 January 1997) is a Cuban professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics as well as winning a gold medal at both the 2015 and 2017 World Championships. Argilagos took up boxing in 2007 at the age of 10. He is fighting at amateur level for the World Series of Boxing, under the auspices of the (amateur) International Boxing Association. He has won the 2013 AIBA Junior World Championships, the 2015 AMBC American Confederation Boxing Championships, and the 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships in light flyweight. He also won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games and a bronze at the 2016 Olympics. Amateur career Olympic result Rio 2016 *Round of 16: Defeated Galal Yafai (Great Britain) 2–1 *Quarter-finals: Defeated Peter Mungai Warui (Kenya) 3–0 *Semi-finals: Defeated by Yuberjen Martínez (Colombia) 2–1 World Championship results Doha 2015 *Round of 16: Defeated Samuel Carmona (Spain) 3–0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasily Yegorov
Vasily Mikhailovich Egorov (russian: Василий Михайлович Егоров; born 16 September 1993 in Megino-Kangalassky District, Yakutia, Russia) is a Russian boxer of Yakut descent in Light flyweight category. He won silver at the 2015 World Championships and gold at the 2015 European Championships. Career Egorov is born in the village of Hara in Megino-Kangalassky District, Yakutia. He started boxing after his elder brother, Nikolai took up boxing. At the 2013 Russian Championships. Egorov began competing in the category up to 49 kg. He reached the finals but lost to Balik Galanov. Thus, Egorov won a silver medal in the senior level at the Russian Nationals. At the 2014 Russian Championships up to 49 kg. In the 1/8 finals he defeated Gore Hakobyan. In the quarterfinals, he defeated Ivan Varlamov. In the semifinals, he defeated 2012 Olympic bronze medalist David Ayrapetyan and in the final, he defeated Alexander Samoilov, becoming the Russian Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birzhan Zhakypov
Birzhan Zhakypov (born July 7, 1984) is an amateur boxer from Kazakhstan, best known for winning the light flyweight gold medal at the 2013 World Amateur Boxing Championship. He qualified for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, where he beat Pál Bedák and Hovhannes Danielyan before losing to top favorite Zou Shiming (4:9). At the 2010 Asian Games he beat Shin Jong-Hun before losing in the final to Zou Shiming. At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he lost his first fight to a Cuban. He later qualified for the 2012 Olympics in London, beating Jérémy Beccu and Mark Anthony Barriga before losing again to eventual gold medalist Zou Shiming Zou Shiming (; born 18 May 1981) is a Chinese former professional boxer who competed from 2013 to 2017 and held the WBO flyweight title from 2016 to 2017. As an amateur, Zou is China's most successful boxer of all time. In the light-flyweight div .... References Qualification* Birzhan Zhakypov's boxing stats International Boxin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lü Bin (boxer)
Lü Bin (; born 18 October 1994) is a Chinese professional boxer who challenged for the WBA light-flyweight title in 2018. As an amateur he won a bronze medal at 2013 Asian Amateur Championships in the light-flyweight division and represented China at the 2016 Summer Olympics, reaching the round of 16. Amateur career Highlights *Gold Medal (Light flyweight) at the 2012 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships in Yerevan *Bronze Medal (Light flyweight) at the 2013 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Amman *Represented China at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games as a Light flyweight. Results were: **Lost to Peter Mungai Warui (Kenya) 1-2 Professional career Bin turned professional in 2017 and won by knockout on his debut before challenging Venezuelan boxer Carlos Cañizales for the WBA light flyweight (Regular) title in his second professional fight. Had Bin been won he would've beaten the record set by Saensak Muangsurin Saensak Muangsurin (แสนศักดิ์ เมื ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddy Barnes
Patrick Gerard Barnes (born 9 April 1987) is an Irish former boxer who competed as an amateur from 2005 to 2016 and as a professional from 2016 to 2019. As an amateur he competed in the light-flyweight division, representing Ireland at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympics; winning bronze medals in Beijing and London, and represented Northern Ireland at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games; winning a gold medal at both events. As a professional, he challenged for the WBC flyweight title in 2018. Early life Barnes began boxing aged 11. He later joined the East Coast Boxing club. Barnes had an amateur record of 2-19 after his first 21 fights Aged 16, he joined Holy Family ABC in Belfast. Amateur career 2007 , European Union Amateur Championships In 2007, Barnes competed at the EU Championships in Dublin. He had his medal hopes crushed however when he suffered an eye injury. With bleeding found behind his retina, Barnes was forced out of the competition. 2007 , World Amateur Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Lourenço
Patrick Chagas Valério Lourenço (born 2 July 1993) is a Brazilian amateur boxer. He reached the quarterfinals at the 2013 World Championships and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 .... References 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city) Olympic boxers for Brazil Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Brazilian male boxers Light-flyweight boxers 21st-century Brazilian people {{Brazil-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It has a territorial extension of , and its population was estimated at 29 million in 2022. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas. The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana. The Venezuelan government maintains a claim against Guyana to Guayana Esequiba. Venezuela is a federal presidential republic consisting of 23 states, the Capital District and federal dependencies covering Venezuela's offshore islands. Venezuela is among the most urbanized countries in Latin America; the vast majority of Venezuelans live in the cities of the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vargas (state)
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2016 APB And WSB Olympic Qualifier
The 2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier for the boxing tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was held between July 3 and July 8, 2016 in Vargas, Venezuela. Medal table Qualified boxers Boxer qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics Summary Results Light flyweight (49 kg) The top three boxers will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Flyweight (52 kg) The top three boxers will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Bantamweight (56 kg) The top three boxers will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Lightweight (60 kg) The top three boxers will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Light welterweight (64 kg) The top three boxers will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Welterweight (69 kg) The top three boxers will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Middleweight (75 kg) The top three boxers will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Light heavyweight (81 kg) The top three boxers will qualify for the 2016 Sum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
