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Boxing At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Super Heavyweight
The men's super heavyweight boxing competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 1 to 12 August at the ExCeL London, ExCeL Exhibition Centre. Sixteen boxers from different countries competed. Competition format The competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Bronze medals were awarded to both semifinal losers. Bouts were three rounds of three minutes each. Accessed 2 May 2012. Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Men's super heavyweight Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics Men's events at the 2012 Summer O ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magomed Omarov (boxer)
Magomed Shakhbanovich Omarov (, born 16 October 16, 1989) is a Russian Super Heavyweight amateur boxer best known to win the 2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships. He also qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, held in London, where he reached the quarter-final but lost to Azeri World Champion Magomedrasul Majidov. Career Southpaw Omarov, as 19-year-old, grasped the gold medal at 2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships, held in Ankara, Turkey, in June 2011 by upsetting 2008 Olympic Champion Roberto Cammarelle. Omarov was sent to the Olympics instead of world class local rival Sergei Kuzmin. He qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics at the European Qualifying Event, held in April 2012. In London he beat American Dominic Breazeale but ran into Azeri World Champion Magomedrasul Majidov and lost 14:17. He won the title at the 2013 Summer Universiade. At the 2013 World Championships he beat two opponents but was again defeated by eventual champion Majidov. See also * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erislandy Savón
Erislandy Savón Cotilla (born July 21, 1990) is a Cuban heavyweight amateur boxer. He won the 91 kg/201 lbs title at the 2008 Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships, the 2009 Pan American Championships at Super Heavyweight and also the AIBA World Boxing Championships 2015 and 2017 in Heavyweight. Career Savón who hails from Guantánamo is a nephew of Félix Savón and also a big puncher. He won the Youth World Championships 2008. At the National Championships he lost the 91 kg/201 lbs semifinal 2008 to Osmay Acosta 3:6 and was disqualified in 2009. Savon won his first senior title at the 2009 PanAmerican Championships against Juan Hiracheta He was sent to the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships at Super Heavyweight instead of national champion Robert Alfonso, beat two unknowns but lost to the eventual runner-up Roman Kapitonenko in his third bout. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Linde
Johan ‘Ice Man’ Linde (born 27 June 1983 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian boxer of Estonian descent. He represented Australia at the 2012 London Olympic Games in the super heavyweight division. He is the current Australian National Boxing Federation South Australian Heavyweight champion. He started boxing at the age of 15 at the ASG Boxing Club in Adelaide under the tutelage of Colin Betty and Paul Totalis Snr. Mick Campion took over as head coach and prepared Johan for the 2012 Australian Titles and 2012 Oceania Championships, which he won and booked at spot on the 2012 London Olympic Team. Other coaches involved with him were Paul Panos, Mick Daly, Nermin Sabanovic and Gerry Murphy. His amateur boxing record for 68 fights is 57 wins with 32 KOs and 11 losses. Some notable opponents include Anthony Joshua (2012 A.Socikas Tournament, Lithuania), Joseph Parker (2012 Belgrade Winner Tournament, Serbia), Junior Fa (2012 Oceania Championships) and Joe Goodall (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Zhilei
Zhilei Zhang (; born May 2, 1983) is a Chinese professional boxer. He held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) interim heavyweight title from 2023 to 2024. As of April 2025, Zhang is ranked as the world's seventh-best active heavyweight by ''The Ring'' magazine. As an amateur, he was highly regarded by American promoters by 2009 after winning a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics and bronze medals at the 2007 and 2009 World Championships. His career stalled from 2009 to 2019, however, by a combination of his belated release from the Chinese boxing authorities to turn professional, the managerial and legal fiasco of two successive fringe promotional companies, and his visa problems. He could not line up high-profile matches until he signed with Matchroom Sport in 2020 at 37 years of age. Zhang considered his fight with Jerry Forrest in 2021 to be the landmark moment of his career until that point. Early life Zhang was born on May 2, 1983, in Qianzhangying village, Shicaoji Town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Yoka
Anthony Victor James Yoka (born 28 April 1992) is a French professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2015 European Games; and gold at the 2015 World Championships and 2016 Olympics. Amateur career Yoka won the gold medal against future WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker in the Super heavyweight division at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. At the 2010 Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships, he lost the final to Croatia's Filip Hrgović. In 2011 he lost at the European (Senior) Championships to Olympic Champion Roberto Cammarelle. At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he outpointed Jasem Delavari from Iran but was knocked out by Cuban Erislandy Savón. At the 2012 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament he beat three opponents before getting stopped by Magomed Omarov. In 2015, Yoka first missed a chance to get the gold at the 2015 European Games but still managed to get the bronze medal. Following this achieveme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Kean
Simon Kean (born 11 January 1989) is a former Canadian professional boxer. He announced his retirement on 30 January 2024. As an amateur he qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics along with countryman Custio Clayton. Amateur career Kean was a semi-finalist and third-place finisher in the super-heavyweight division at the 2012 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament. Three spots were available for qualification at super-heavyweight and Kean qualified over the other semi-finalist since his loss was a knockout by the eventual winner Ítalo Perea. Qualification being dependent on how the opponent performed in later rounds was controversial and will not be used in future Olympics. At the 2012 Olympics he edged out Tony Yoka but lost to Ivan Dychko. He participated at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Pfeifer
Erik Pfeifer (born 22 January 1987) is a German professional boxer who has held the WBO European heavyweight title since 2019. As an amateur he won bronze medals at the 2011 and 2013 World Championships and competed in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. Amateur career He won his first medal in 2005, as he won the bronze medal at the Junior European Championship, in 2009 he won the Europe Championship which is not to be confused with the European Amateur Boxing Championships. In 2011, he won another bronze medal, but this time at the World Championships at super-heavyweight. He lost the semi-final to Anthony Joshua as he suffered a broken nose in the first round and as a result, the fight was stopped. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he lost to eventual bronze medalist, Ivan Dychko, in the first round. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he was defeated in the first round of the super-heavyweight class by Clayton Laurent Jr. of the Virgin Islands The Virgin Islands () ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ítalo Perea
Ítalo/Ytalo Perea Castillo (born June 10, 1993) is an Ecuadorian boxer who sensationally won the 2011 Pan American Games Super Heavyweight title at the age of 18. He is a lefthander but fights from an orthodox stance behind a tight guard. In 2009 he controversially lost the 81 kg final of the World Junior (f. Cadet) Championships in Armenia to Uzbek Kharzanov. In 2010 he won the 81 kg PanAm Junior title. In 2011 he moved up two classes to Super Heavy where he benefitted from the absence of Cuban top favorite Erislandy Savón and won the senior PanAm title by KOing Gerardo Bisbal and outpointing Juan Hiracheta. In 2012 he KOd Simon Kean (CAN) and beat Dominic Breazeale to qualify for the Olympics In London he ran right into defending champion Roberto Cammarelle Roberto Cammarelle (born 30 July 1980) is an Italian amateur boxer, best known for winning the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 2007 (Chicago) and 2009 (Milan) as a super heavyweight and a gold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaise Yepmou Mendouo
Blaise Yepmou Mendouo (born 2 January 1985 in Douala) is a Cameroonian-French boxer. He competed in the super heavyweight event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated in the round of 16 by Mohamed Arjaoui Mohamed Al-Arjaoui (, born 6 June 1987) is a Moroccan heavyweight amateur boxer who won the African Championships in 2015. He competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth ... of Morocco. After his defeat, he was one of seven Cameroonian athletes who disappeared from the Olympic Village. Professional boxing record References 1985 births Living people Super-heavyweight boxers Olympic boxers for Cameroon Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Cameroon Sportspeople from Douala Cameroonian male boxers 21st-century Cameroonian sportsmen Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Arjaoui
Mohamed Al-Arjaoui (, born 6 June 1987) is a Moroccan heavyweight amateur boxer who won the African Championships in 2015. He competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ... Olympics but was eliminated in the first or second bout on all occasions. References External links * * 1987 births Living people Heavyweight boxers Olympic boxers for Morocco Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Mohammedia Sportspeople from Casablanca-Settat Moroccan male boxers Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Morocco Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Boxers at the 2013 Mediterranean Games 21st-century Moroccan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Breazeale
Dominic Angelo Breazeale (born August 24, 1985) is an American former professional boxer. He has challenged twice for heavyweight world titles; the IBF title in 2016 and the WBC title in 2019. As an amateur, he represented the United States at the 2012 London Olympics. Early life Breazeale was born in Glendale, California, United States. He started playing football and was quarterback on the football team at Mt. SAC and the University of Northern Colorado before starting boxing. Amateur career Breazeale first started boxing at the age of 23. As an amateur, Breazeale won the 2012 U.S. National Super Heavyweight championship at the Fort Carson Special Events Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Breazeale later qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games in London after winning the Olympic trials and earning himself a place on the US Olympic team. He lost in the preliminary round to Russia's Magomed Omarov, with a score of 19–8. Professional career Early career Breazeale made his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |