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Boxing At The 1992 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place in the old Pavelló Club Joventut Badalona in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci .... The boxing schedule began on 26 July and ended on 9 August. Twelve boxing events (all men's individual) were contested, with the participation of 336 athletes from 78 countries. Medal table Medalists References External links Results {{Val Barker Trophy winners 1992 Olympics 1992 Summer Olympics events ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxing At The 1988 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in the Jamsil Students' Gymnasium in Seoul between 17 September and 2 October. Twelve men's individual boxing events were contested, attended by 432 athletes and 159 officials from 106 countries. The events were notable for a controversial decision in the light middleweight championship bout between American Roy Jones Jr. and South Korean Park Si-Hun, when Roy Jones was denied gold despite being vastly superior. Medalists Medal table References External links Amateur Boxing {{Val Barker Trophy winners Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics, Boxing at the Summer Olympics, 1988 1988 Summer Olympics events 1988 in boxing, Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Gwang-Sik
Ri Gwang-sik (born March 5, 1970) is a North Korean boxer who won a bronze medal in the men's bantamweight (54 kg) category at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He also captured a bronze medal at the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships. Olympic results *Defeated Laszlo Bognar (Hungary) TKO 3 (1:00) *Defeated Sergio Reyes Jr. (United States) 15-8 *Defeated Serafim Todorov (Bulgaria) 16-15 *Lost to Wayne McCullough Wayne Pocket Rocket McCullough (born Wayne William McCullough; 7 July 1970) is a former professional boxer from Northern Ireland who competed from 1993 to 2008. He held the WBC bantamweight title from 1995 to 1997, becoming the first boxer fr ... (Ireland) 16-21 ReferencesProfile 1970 births Living people Bantamweight boxers Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for North Korea Olympic boxers for North Korea Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1998 Asian Games North K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Carruth
Michael Carruth (born 9 July 1967) is a southpaw Irish Olympic boxer from Dublin. He is best known for winning the welterweight gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He turned Pro in 1994 but retired in 2000. Amateur boxing ;Olympic results ; 1988 Olympics Lightweight Boxing: *1st round bye *Defeated Satoru Higashi (Japan) 5-0 *Lost to George Scott (Sweden) KO by 1 ;1992 Olympics Welterweight Boxing: *Round of 32: bye *Round of 16: Defeated Mikaele Masoe (American Samoa) on points, 11-2 *Quarter-final: Defeated Andreas Otto (Germany) on points, 35-22 *Semi-final: Defeated Arkhom Chenglai (Thailand) on points, 11-4 *Final: Defeated Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba) on points, 13-10 Carruth's medal was Ireland's first ever gold medal in boxing, only a couple of hours after teammate Wayne McCullough had to settle for the silver in bantamweight. It was also the first Olympic gold medal for Ireland since Ronnie Delaney won the Men's 1500m event at the 1956 Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jyri Kjäll
Jyri Göran Kjäll (born 13 January 1969) is a Finnish former boxer who won the bronze medal in the light welterweight division at the 1992 Summer Olympics. A year later he captured the silver medal at the 1993 World Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 1993 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Tampere, Finland from May 7 to 16. The seventh edition of this competition, held nearly a year after the Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, was organised by the Tampere Boxing Assoc ... in Tampere, Finland. Kjäll turned pro in 1994, moved to Florida, and had limited success. Although he retired in 2002 with a career record with 23-1-0 with 18 KO's and fought frequently in the US, his career never built up momentum for a title shot. His lone defeat was a 1st-round TKO to future contender Juan Carlos Candelo. References External links * Profile on Scandinavian Boxing 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Seinäjoki Light-welterweight boxers Boxers at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Doroftei
Leonard Dorin Doroftei (, also known as ''Leonard Dorin''; born 10 April 1970) is a Romanian former boxer, the WBA Lightweight World Champion from 5 January 2002 to 24 October 2003. Amateur highlights Doroftei took up boxing at the age of 14 at the Ploieşti boxing club. From 1983 to 1984, he won every Romanian national junior title. He went on to win four national senior titles in 1992–1994 and 1997. He won bronze medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. In addition, he was declared World Champion in 1995 and European Champion in 1996. His record as an amateur was 239 victories and 15 defeats.Leonard Doroftei Romanian Olympic Committee Olympic results |
Mark Leduc
Mark Leduc (May 4, 1962 – July 22, 2009) was a boxer from Canada, who won a silver medal at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics. Amateur career *Amateur Record: 184-26 *Won an Olympic Silver Medal 1992 for Canada. Olympic results *Defeated Godfrey Wakaabu (Uganda) 9-2 *Defeated Dillon Carew (Guyana) 5-0 *Defeated Laid Bouneb (Algeria) 8-1 *Defeated Leonard Dorin (Romania) 13-6 *Lost to Héctor Vinent (Cuba) 1-11 Professional boxing career Leduc turned pro in 1992 and had limited success. He retired in 1993 with a record of 4-1-0 after losing to Michel Galarneau. Retirement and coming out In 1993, Leduc spoke about being a gay athlete in CBC Radio's documentary "The Last Closet", which aired on the weekly sports series ''The Inside Track''; as he was not yet ready to officially come out, the interview was aired anonymously and recorded through a voice filter. Another Canadian athlete who would also subsequently come out as gay, Mark Tewksbury, also granted an anon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Héctor Vinent
Héctor Vinent Cháron (born July 25, 1972, in Santiago de Cuba) was a Cuban amateur boxer, who won the Light Welterweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... Hector appears in Brin-Jonathan Butler's forthcoming documentary Split Decision. He currently trains athletes at the Istanbul-based gym Mugenhous in Turkey. Accomplishments *World Junior Champion (Lima 1990) *Cuban National Champion (1992) *Olympic Gold Medalist (Barcelona 1992) *Cuban National Champion (1993) *World Champion (Tampere 1993) *Cuban National Champion (1994) *World Champion (Berlin 1995) *Cuban National Champion (1995) *Olympic Gold Medalist (Atlanta 1996) *Cuban National Champion (1996) *Cuban National Champion (1997) *Cuban Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namjilyn Bayarsaikhan
Namjilyn Bayarsaikhan (Намжилын Баярсайхан; born 10 August 1965) is a retired Mongolian boxer. At the 1992 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the men's Lightweight category. He was born in Zavkhan Province. Olympic results *1st round bye *Defeated Mauricio Avila (Guatemala) 15–0 *Defeated Rashid Matumla (Tanzania) 9–6 *Lost to Marco Rudolph Marco Rudolph (born May 22, 1970 in Zittau, Saxony) is a retired German boxer, who won the Lightweight Silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Professional career Rudolph began his professional career in 1995 and had limited success. He fo ... (Germany) walk-over References External links * * * 1965 births Living people People from Zavkhan Province Olympic boxers for Mongolia Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Mongolia Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Mongolian male boxers Lightweight boxers 21st-century Mongolian peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Rudolph
Marco Rudolph (born May 22, 1970 in Zittau, Saxony) is a retired German boxer, who won the Lightweight Silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Professional career Rudolph began his professional career in 1995 and had limited success. He fought Artur Grigorian in 1998 for the WBO Lightweight Title, but was TKO'd in the 6th. Rudolph retired after the fight with a record of 13-1-0. Amateur career Record: 207-28-1 *1987 German National Featherweight Champion *1988 European Junior Featherweight Champion *1989 German National Featherweight Champion *1989 2nd place at Featherweight at the 1989 European Amateur Boxing Championships, losing to Kirkor Kirkorov of Bulgaria in final. *1991 3rd place at 1991 European Amateur Boxing Championships, losing to Vasile Nistor of Romania by 1st-round TKO. *1991 German National Lightweight Champion *1991 World Amateur Lightweight Champion in Sydney, Australia. **Oscar De La Hoya (United States) won on points ** Julien Lorcy (France) won o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar De La Hoya
Oscar De La Hoya ( , ; born on February 4, 1973) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2008. His accolades include winning 11 world titles in six weight classes, including the lineal championship in three weight classes. He is ranked as the 38th best boxer of all time, pound for pound, by BoxRec. De La Hoya was nicknamed "The Golden Boy of boxing" by the media when he represented the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics where, shortly after having graduated from James A. Garfield High School, he won a gold medal in the lightweight division, and reportedly "set a sport back on its feet." De La Hoya was named ''The Ring'' magazine Fighter of the Year in 1995, and was its top-rated fighter in the world, pound for pound, in 1997 and 1998. De La Hoya generated approximately $700 million in pay-per-view income, making him the top pay-per-view earner before being surpassed by Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. He announced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hocine Soltani
Hocine Soltani (December 1972 – March 2002) was an Algerian boxer, who won two Olympic medals. In 1992, the southpaw placed third in the featherweight division (54–57 kg), and at the 1996 Summer Olympics he won the gold medal in the lightweight division. Early life Hocine Soltani was born in the Algerian town of Thénia on 27 December 1972. He was introduced to boxing by his older brother Omar, who had already trained several other fighters. Omar later explained, "It is a school of life and discipline that allowed him not to drag, he quickly proved diligent and determined." Soltani fought right-handed in the southpaw stance, using his left hand as a low guard near his hip. Boxing career Amateur career He came joint third with Arnaldo Mesa at the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships. Soltani was selected for the Olympics for the first time for the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona, Spain, competing in the featherweight division. He reached the semi final, where he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
