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Washington Banian
Washington Banian is a Papua New Guinean Olympic boxer. He represented his country in the light-flyweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... He lost his first bout against Scotty Olson. 1988 Olympic results Below is the record of Washington Banian, a light flyweight boxer from Papua New Guinea who competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics: * Round of 64: bye * Round of 32: lost to Scotty Olson (Canada) referee stopped contest in the first round References External links * 1963 births Living people Papua New Guinean male boxers Olympic boxers for Papua New Guinea Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Light-flyweight boxers Place of birth missing (living people) {{PapuaNewGuinea-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxing
Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring. Although the term "boxing" is commonly attributed to "western boxing", in which only the fists are involved, boxing has developed in various ways in different geographical areas and cultures. In global terms, boxing is a set of combat sports focused on striking, in which two opponents face each other in a fight using at least their fists, and possibly involving other actions such as kicks, elbow strikes, Knee (strike), knee strikes, and headbutts, depending on the rules. Some of the forms of the modern sport are western boxing, Bare-knuckle boxing, bare knuckle boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, muay-thai, lethwei, savate, and Sanda (sport), sanda. Boxing techniques have been incorporated into many martial ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
