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Boxing At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Welterweight
The men's welterweight boxing competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympic Games in London was held between 31 July and 12 August at the ExCeL London, ExCeL Exhibition Centre. Twenty-eight boxers from 28 nations 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. Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Results Finals Top half Bottom half *Spence successfully appealed his initial 11–13 loss. Using video review, AIBA determined the bout referee gave too few cautions for holding fouls and should have awarded Spence at least four more points. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Men's welterweight Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics Men's events at the 2012 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis Vastine
Alexis Vastine (17 November 1986 – 9 March 2015) was a French boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Light Welterweight division. He also competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the quarterfinals in a controversial decision. He died in the Villa Castelli helicopter collision during the filming of French TV reality show '' Dropped'' for the TF1 network. Career At the 2004 junior world championships, Vastine was knocked out by Britain's Amir Khan at lightweight and won bronze. At the 2007 senior world championships in Chicago, he was outpointed by Britain's Bradley Saunders at junior welter but qualified for the Olympics. At the 2008 Olympics, Vastine reached the semifinal where he faced Manuel Félix Díaz from the Dominican Republic. With Vastine leading by two in the final round, the Dominican fighter made a comeback and won the fight. Vastine lost the match by two points after being penalised twice by the referee, having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmad Abdul-Karim
Ahmad Abdul-Karim Ahmad (born 28 April 1992 in Baghdad) is an Iraqi boxer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ..., he competed in the Men's welterweight, but was defeated in the first round by South African Siphiwe Lusizi. References Iraqi male boxers 21st-century Iraqi sportsmen 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Baghdad Olympic boxers for Iraq Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Welterweight boxers {{Iraq-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maimaitituersun Qiong
Mehmet Tursun Chong (; ; born January 13, 1988, in Kashgar, Xinjiang) is a Chinese amateur boxer, who qualified for the 2008 Olympics in his native country at Light welterweight. He lost his opening match to Gennady Kovalev of Russia on a 15-8 decision. Qiong is an ethnic Uyghur. He qualified for the 2012 Olympics in London at welterweight. He again lost in the first round, to another Russian boxer, Andrey Zamkovoy. References His profile on Official site of the London 2012 Olympic*China at the 2008 Summer Olympics China was the host nation of the 2008 Summer Olympics. It 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 qua ... *http://big5.olympic.cn/b5/2008teamchina.olympic.cn/index.php/personview/personsen/5162 1988 births Living people Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Light-welterweight boxers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Nolan
Adam Nolan (born 11 March 1987) is an Irish retired boxer from Enniscorthy, County Wexford who qualified for the 2012 Olympics. Boxing career Adam is the second Wexford-born boxer to qualify for the Olympics, the first being his coach on the Irish team, Billy Walsh. Nolan was the fifth Irish boxer to qualify for the 2012 Olympics to compete at Welterweight. He is a club mate at Bray Boxing Club with five-time World Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist Katie Taylor. Bray was the only boxing club in the world who qualified two boxers to London 2012, and is the only boxing club in history to have a male and a female boxer feature in the Olympic games. Nolan finished in the top two at welterweight at the 2012 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament which gained him qualification to the Olympics. He ultimately won the Qualification Tournament. Adam won his first match of the 2012 Olympics 14-8 against Ecuador's Carlos Sanchez but lost to Russia's Andrey Zamkovoy by nine p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Sánchez (boxer)
Carlos Sánchez (born 25 July 1988) is an Ecuadorian boxer. He competed in the 2011 Pan American Games and in the Men's welterweight event at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ... but lost to Irish Adam Nolan in the first round. References External links * 1988 births Living people People from Loja, Ecuador Boxers at the 2011 Pan American Games Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Ecuador Pan American Games competitors for Ecuador Ecuadorian male boxers Welterweight boxers 21st-century Ecuadorian sportsmen {{Ecuador-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Errol Spence
Errol Spence Jr. (born March 3, 1990) is an American professional boxer. He is a former unified champion in the welterweight division, having held the World Boxing Association (WBA) ( Super version), World Boxing Council (WBC), and International Boxing Federation (IBF) titles between 2017 and 2023. As an amateur, in the welterweight division, he won three consecutive United States national championships and represented the U.S. at the 2012 Olympics, where he reached the quarter-finals. In 2015, Spence was named Prospect of the Year by ESPN. Amateur career Spence took up boxing at the age of 15. In 2009, Spence won the U.S. National Golden Gloves, and also won three consecutive national amateur welterweight championships from 2009 to 2011, all in the welterweight division. Spence reached the quarter-finals at the 2011 World Championships, losing to Serik Sapiyev. Spence lost in the quarter finals of the 2012 London Olympics to Russia's Andrey Zamkovoy and turned profession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myke Carvalho
Myke Michel de Carvalho (born October 28, 1983, in Belém do Pará) is a Brazilian retired amateur boxer, best known for his participation in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics and for winning bronze medals at the Panamerican Games in 2007 and 2011. Career Carvalho stems from a boxing family, his uncle Dalgírio was a professional boxer. He started working out at the age of 11 and had his first amateur bout at 15. He won silver at the South American Games 2002 at featherweight losing to Nehomar Cermeno. He qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by ending up in first place at the 2nd AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At age 21 Carvalho lost at the Olympics 2004 in the men's lightweight division to Alex de Jesús of Puerto Rico, 24:39. Now at junior welter he won the 2006 South American Games. At the PanAm Games 2007 he lost at junior welter 8:9 to eventual winner Karl Dargan in the semis and settled for bronze. At his 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egidijus Kavaliauskas
Egidijus Kavaliauskas (born June 29, 1988) is a Lithuanian professional boxer. As an Amateur boxing, amateur, he represented Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympic Games, and won a bronze medal at the 2011 AIBA World Boxing Championships, 2011 World Championships. Biography Kavaliauskas participated in 2008 at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Summer Olympics, but lost his first fight to bronze-winning Frenchman Alexis Vastine. In 2009 the boxer successfully started in the world championship and was among the eight strongest. In 2011 He won a gold medal in the Lithuanian championship. In the same year, Kavaliauskas participated in the world championship, where he reached the semifinals. In the finals competition, the athlete suffered a hand injury and won a bronze medal for not finishing the fight. Selected as the best of 2011 Lithuanian boxer. Amateur career * 2004 – Cadet European Champs (Saratov, RUS) 3rd place – 52 kg. * 2005 � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilyas Abbadi
Ilyas Abbadi (born 21 October 1992) is an Algerian professional boxer. As an amateur, he competed in the men's welterweight event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but was defeated in the first round by British fighter Fred Evans. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he competed in the men's middleweight division. He was defeated in the second round by Zhanibek Alimkhanuly of Kazakhstan. Abbadi also won silver medals at the 2011 African Championships An African Championship is a top level international sports competition between Africa, African athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports club, sports clubs. List of championships ;Athletics * African ... and the 2011 Arab Championships. As a professional Abbadi holds two victories over Anthony Brard (UD) and Cesar Teme (KO). References External links * Living people 1992 births Algerian male boxers Welterweight boxers Southpaw boxers Olympic boxers for Algeria Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Hammond
Cameron Hammond (born 20 September 1989 in Moree, New South Wales) is an Aboriginal professional boxer who represented Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India and the 2012 Summer Olympics in the middleweight division. Background Hammond played rugby league from the age of nine before discovering a talent for boxing when he followed a friend to the Moree PCYC at the age of 14. Cameron was an all round sportsman in primary and high school days. At the primary school level he competed in events such as rugby league, union, touch football, 100m, cross country, 400m, and swimming, where he won the aged championship and also aged champion for athletics. Cameron continued his love of sport into high school, as he was cross country champion for his age group, and swimming champion. He also competed in the local squash competition, where he was a winner in the (doubles) in the winter/summer competition. Also Cameron played rugby union in the U17's. Cameron has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moustapha Hima
Moustapha Abdoulaye Hima (born 1 January 1992) is a Nigerien boxer. He competed for Niger in the 2012 Summer Olympics as a welterweight Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term ''welterweight'' was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify th ... (69 kg). Abdoulaye Hima was Niger's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. On 29 July Abdoulaye Hima lost a 6-13 points decision in the Round of 32 to Cameron Hammond of Australia. . Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, consulted 2012-07-31. See also *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
