Gu Yu (born June 12, 1983) is a Chinese amateur boxer who qualified for the

2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

in his native country at

Bantamweight Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports. For boxing, the range is above and up to . In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between . In mixed martial arts, MMA, bantamweight is . The name for the class is derived from Ba ...

54 kg. He is from

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...

. At the Asian Games 2006 the southpaw was upset in the first round. At the 2007 world championships he reached the quarter finals where he lost to Joe Murray. In the

, Gu was able to avenge his defeat to Murray by beating him convincingly. In 2009 he again reached the quarterfinal at the world championships, losing to Irish boxer John Nevin.

World amateur championship results

2007 (as a
bantamweight Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports. For boxing, the range is above and up to . In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between . In mixed martial arts, MMA, bantamweight is . The name for the class is derived from Ba ...
)

Defeated Naoto Uebayashi (Japan) RSCO 3 Defeated Huseyin Dundar (Turkey) 24–16 Defeated

Mirzhan Rakhimzhanov Mirzhan Beybutovich Rakhimzhanov ( kk, Миржан Бейбутович Рахимжанов; born August 18, 1983, in East Kazakhstan Province) is a boxer from Kazakhstan. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Ath ...

(Kazakhstan) 25–8 Lost to Joe Murray (England) 11–14 (quarterfinal)

2009 (as a
bantamweight Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports. For boxing, the range is above and up to . In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between . In mixed martial arts, MMA, bantamweight is . The name for the class is derived from Ba ...
)

Defeated Claudio Marrero Guzman (Dominican Republic) 10–5 Defeated

Veaceslav Gojan Veaceslav Gojan (born 18 May 1983) is a Moldovan amateur boxer who won Bantamweight bronze at the 2008 Olympics. He comes from the village of Grimăncăuţi, district of Briceni (north of Moldova) and is a member of the Central Sport Club Dinamo ...

(Moldova) 13–2 Defeated

McJoe Arroyo McJoe Arroyo Acevedo (born December 5, 1985) is a Puerto Rican professional boxer who held the IBF junior bantamweight title from 2015 to 2016. As an amateur, he represented Puerto Rico in international competition, winning a bronze medal at ...

(Puerto Rico) 10–3 Lost to John Nevin (Ireland) 5–7 (quarterfinal)

Olympic games results

2008 (as a
bantamweight Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports. For boxing, the range is above and up to . In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between . In mixed martial arts, MMA, bantamweight is . The name for the class is derived from Ba ...
)

Defeated Joe Murray (Great Britain) 17–7 Lost to

(Moldova) 6–13

Controversies

China's Gu Yu caused an upset in the Olympic boxing tournament on Tuesday by defeating Britain's Joe Murray in the bantamweight category. Murray came into the competition as the world bronze medalist in the 54 kg division. Despite of that, his reputations made minimal impact as Gu advanced into the last 16 with a 17–7 win that left the British camp fuming about poor judging. Afterwards, Murray said making the weight limit had been a problem. His comments came just days after, Frankie Gavin, Britain's world lightweight champion, has been pulled out after officials feared for his health if he carried on trying to beat the scales. Edwards, Murray's Coach, agreed with his fighter. 'The judges took it away from him. I thought they were very generous to the Chinese. You expect a slight bias but you come to the Olympic Games and expect a level playing field.' There are five judges for Olympic bouts, none of whom were British or Chinese for Murray's fight. Points are recorded when at least three simultaneously press their buttons to record a hit but the reactions from the crowd can influence them. 'I am not saying Joe would have won but I am saying they forced him to do some things that weren't in his game plan. He didn't box the best I have seen him box but scoring makes a difference to the tactics and those had to be changed because of the scoring. The Ukrainians have already protested about the judging when one of their fighters lost to a Chinese,' said Edwards. Murray's defeat followed the disappointment of Richard Faulds, the 2000 Olympic champion, who finished only sixth in the double trap.

References

China at the 2008 Summer Olympics China was the host nation of the 2008 Summer Olympics. China was represented by the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC), and the team of selected athletes were officially known as ''Team China''. As the host country, China had a total of 639 athletes ...

2007 World

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gu, Yu 1983 births Living people Bantamweight boxers Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for China Sportspeople from Liaoning Boxers at the 2006 Asian Games Chinese male boxers Asian Games competitors for China 21st-century Chinese people