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Boxing At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's Lightweight
The men's lightweight boxing competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held from 6–16 August at the Riocentro Riocentro is an exhibition and convention center located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Built in 1977, it is the largest exhibition center in Latin America. Notable events 1981 May Day attack On April 30, 1981, during a May Day music concert, R .... Schedule All times are Brasília Time ( UTC−3). Results Finals Top half Bottom half References {{DEFAULTSORT:Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Men's lightweight Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics Men's events at the 2016 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riocentro
Riocentro is an exhibition and convention center located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Built in 1977, it is the largest exhibition center in Latin America. Notable events 1981 May Day attack On April 30, 1981, during a May Day music concert, Riocentro was the target of a terrorist attack by hardliner members of the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964–1985). Sergeant Guilherme Pereira do Rosário and then-Captain Wilson Dias Machado, nowadays a Colonel, were responsible for detonating two bombs at the venue. Around 9 p.m., however, one of the bombs exploded in the lap of Sergeant Rosário, killing him and seriously wounding Machado. A second bomb exploded a few miles away at a powerhouse responsible for providing electrical energy to Riocentro; it was thrown over the fence and exploded on the ground, and the electric power supply was never interrupted that evening. The government immediately blamed left-wing radicals for the attack. This theory had no support at the tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurshid Tojibaev
Khurshid Tadjibayev/Hoorshid Tojibaev (13 November 1989) is an Uzbek professional and former amateur boxer who competed at bantamweight at the 2008 Olympics and at lightweight at the 2016 Olympics. He qualified for the 2008 Olympics by beating fighters like Han Soon Chul. In Beijing, he upset German veteran Rustamhodza Rahimov 11:2 but lost to Bruno Julie from Mauritius 4:16. Tojibaev continued his boxing career after the 2008 Olympics, earning a bronze medal at lightweight at the 2010 Asian Games in China. There, he won his opening three bouts (two by TKO) before losing a decision to India's Vikas Krishan Yadav, who went on to win the gold. Tojibaev went on to compete with mixed success in the World Series of Boxing (WSB) and with great success in AIBA professional boxing (APB). He won the 60kg APB World Championship by avenging a loss to champion Berik Abdrakhmanov, who had previously won gold at the Asian Championships and bronze at the World Championships. In the APB, Tojiba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amnat Ruenroeng
Amnat Ruenroeng ( th, อำนาจ รื่นเริง; IPA:; born December 18, 1979), also known as Amnat Kasetphatthana ( th, อำนาจ เกษตรพัฒนา) is a Thai professional boxer and kickboxer who held the IBF flyweight title from 2014 to 2016. Early life Ruenroeng was born without knowing who his parents were, when he was first born he didn't even have a birth certificate because the officer refused to register him due to not being sure he was Thai. He grew up in his grandmother's care in poverty and had to fight at the age of seven, starting in Muay Thai named "Petch Por Burapha" (เพชร ป.บูรพา) and "Petch Tor Bang Saen" (เพชร ต.บางแสน) and won Lumpinee Stadium champion Flyweight division. Amateur career Ruenroeng began boxing while serving a fifteen-year prison sentence for robbery. In 2007, he won a Thai national title in the Light Flyweight division, and was released from prison for good behavio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teófimo López
Teófimo Andrés López Rivera (born July 30, 1997) is an American professional boxer. He is a former unified lightweight world champion, having held the IBF title from 2019 to November 2021, and the WBA (Super), WBO, and '' The Ring'' magazine titles from October 2020 until November 2021. As an amateur, he represented Honduras at the 2016 Summer Olympics. As of June 2022, López is ranked as the world's Third best active lightweight by ''The Ring'' magazine and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, Fourth by BoxRec and fifth by ESPN. Early life López was born to Honduran immigrants on July 30, 1997 in Brooklyn, New York. His paternal grandfather, a Spaniard, was born in 1916 and emigrated to Honduras after the Second World War. His father, Teófimo López Sr. emigrated to Brooklyn with his mother at age 5. López Sr., started training his son at the age of 6, shortly after moving to Florida. Amateur career López won the U.S. Olympic Trials but Carlos Balde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reda Benbaziz
Reda Benbaziz (born 9 September 1993) is an Algerian boxer Boxer most commonly refers to: * Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing *Boxer (dog), a breed of dog Boxer or boxers may also refer to: Animal kingdom * Boxer crab * Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans * Boxer snipe ee .... He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. On December 2nd, 2022 Reda had his professional debut at the Centre 200 arena in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Canada. He won by a second round knock out and was signed to a promotional agreement the following week by professional boxing promotional company Three Lions Promotions of Canada. According to Daniel Otter, Managing Director of the promotional outfit, Reda will be progress very well in the professional lightweight division. World Series of Boxing record References External links * * * Reda Benbaziz at World Series of Boxing 1993 births Living people S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahmoud Abdelaal Mahmoud Abdelaal (born 1 January 1992) is an Egyptian boxer Boxer most commonly refers to: *Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing *Boxer (dog), a breed of dog Boxer or boxers may also refer to: Animal kingdom *Boxer crab * Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans * Boxer snipe eel, .... He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He won the silver medal at the 2015 African Championships in the men's lightweight division. References External links * * * 1992 births Living people Egyptian male boxers Olympic boxers for Egypt Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Lightweight boxers 21st-century Egyptian people Boxers from Cairo {{Egypt-boxi |
