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Imre Szellő
Imre Szellő (born July 27, 1983) is a Hungarian professional boxer who has qualified for the 2008 Olympics. Career 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Chicago Szellő missed out on a bronze medal after he was defeated by Russia's Artur Beterbiev in the quarter finals, Beterbiev went on to win the silver medal. However Szellő qualified for the 2008 Olympics by virtue of getting to the quarter finals. 2007 (in Chicago) *Defeated Lennon Bannis (Denmark) - walkover *Defeated Matthew Corbett (Australia) - RSCR2 (10-1) *Lost Artur Beterbiev (Russia) 9-25 2008 Olympics *KO Luis González *Lost to Tony Jeffries Tony David Jeffries (born Tony David Bryce; 2 March 1985) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2009 to 2011. As an amateur, he won the light-heavyweight bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics. In 2012, Jeffries was forced to re ... 2:10 England World Series of Boxing record Professional record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruiserweight (boxing)
Cruiserweight, also referred to as junior heavyweight, is a weight class (boxing), weight class in professional boxing between light heavyweight and heavyweight. Before the advent of the current cruiserweight class, "light heavyweight" and "cruiserweight" were sometimes used interchangeably in the United Kingdom. Professional boxing The current weight limit for the division is . When originally established, the weight limit was . The division was established in order to accommodate smaller heavyweight boxers who could not compete with the growing size of boxers in that division. While many great heavyweight champions (such as Rocky Marciano and Joe Louis) weighed around 190 pounds during their careers, during the 1970s it became fairly standard that fit heavyweight boxers weighed at least . Many boxing authorities felt that asking men weighing between and to fight these larger men was unfair. The North American Boxing Federation (NABF) was the first sanctioning body to recogniz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous administrative division, autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean.* * * Metropolitan Denmark, also called "continental Denmark" or "Denmark proper", consists of the northern Jutland peninsula and an archipelago of 406 islands. It is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, lying southwest of Sweden, south of Norway, and north of Germany, with which it shares a short border. Denmark proper is situated between the North Sea to the west and the Baltic Sea to the east.The island of Bornholm is offset to the east of the rest of the country, in the Baltic Sea. The Kingdom of Denmark, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland, has roughly List of islands of Denmark, 1,400 islands greater than in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denys Poyatsyka
Denys Poyatsyka (; born April 29, 1985, in Krementschuk, Poltava Oblast) is a Ukrainian amateur boxer, best known for winning the European title at 201 lbs in 2006. Career Poyatsyka started to box in 1995. In 2004, he moved up to light heavy from middleweight, although he didn't win the national title. In 2006 he moved up to heavyweight with a limit of 201 lbs and won the national title. Due to this, he was sent to the Euro championships. Here he surprised everyone by not only winning the whole tournament but by displaying tremendous punching power, even managing to stop four out of five foes including Elchin Alizade and usually durable Russian top favorite Roman Romanchuk. Afterwards he couldn't repeat this triumph, 2007 he was outpointed by Alizade at the world championships in Chicago and didn't medal. In addition to this he wasn't sent to the Olympics and was replaced by Oleksandr Usyk. At the Euros 2008 he was beaten by Armenian Tsolak Ananikyan. At the 2010 European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assago
Assago ( sˈsaːɡo Milanese: ''Assagh'' ˈsɑːk ''Sagh'' ɑːk is a town and ''comune'' of 9 326 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Milan, in the northern Italian region of Lombardy. It is home of the headquarters of Nestlé's Italian branch and the Unipol Forum, one of Italy's most important indoor sports arena, used also for concerts and events. Geography Topography Assago is located in the southwestern zone of the Metropolitan City of Milan, and borders directly the capital of said Metropolitan City, other than three more ''comuni'' : Buccinasco, Rozzano and Zibido San Giacomo. The town is crossed by the Autostrada A7 and the Autostrada A50. Bordered by the Naviglio Pavese, the ''comune'' is located in the Parco Agricolo Sud Milano. Many other small canals for irrigations, originated by the Navigli or underground springs, flow through Assago's territory. The elevation ranges from 102 to 111 meters, and the entirety of the municipality lies onto a single g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reno, Nevada
Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada–California border. It is the county seat and most populous city of Washoe County, Nevada, Washoe County. Sitting in the High Eastern Sierra foothills, in the Truckee River valley, on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada, it is about northeast of Lake Tahoe. Known as "The Biggest Little City in the World", Reno is the List of United States cities by population, 78th most populous city in the United States, the List of cities in Nevada, third most populous city in Nevada, and the most populous in Nevada outside the Las Vegas Valley. The city had a population of 264,165 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is named after Civil War Union major general Jesse L. Reno, who was killed in action during the American Civil War at the Battle of South Mountain, on Fox's Gap. Reno is part of the Reno, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area, Reno–Sparks metropolitan area, the second-m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kennedy Katende
Kennedy Katende (born 15 March 1985) is an Ugandan boxer from Kampala who qualified for the 2008 Olympics in the light-heavyweight division. His second place behind Kenneth Egan was good enough, and he benefitted from his compatriot Badou Jack's decision to fight for Gambia The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. Geographically, The Gambia is the List of African countries by area, smallest country in continental Africa; it is surrounded by Senegal on all sides except for .... In the 2016 Rio Olympics he fought for the country of his birth Uganda. Professional boxing record External links *Second Qualifier {{DEFAULTSORT:Katende, Kennedy 1985 births Living people Olympic boxers for Sweden Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Light-heavyweight boxers Swedish male boxers Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Ugandan male boxers 21st-century Ugandan sportsmen Olympic boxers for Uganda African Games bronze medalists for Ug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campione D'Italia
Campione d'Italia (; ) is a (municipality) of the Province of Como in the Italy, Italian region of Lombardy. Located on the shores of Lake Lugano, it is an enclave surrounded by the Switzerland, Swiss canton of Ticino. At its closest, the enclave is less than from the rest of Italy, but the intervening mountainous terrain requires a journey by road through the Swiss village of Bissone of over to reach the nearest Italian town, Lanzo d'Intelvi, and over to reach the city of Como. The commune's population was 1,748 in 2021. History In the first century BC, the Ancient Rome, Romans founded the garrison town of Campilonum to protect their territories from Helvetii invasions. In 777, Toto of Campione, a local Lombards, Lombard lord, left his inheritance to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan, archbishopric of Milan. Ownership was transferred to the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio, abbey of Sant’Ambrogio. In 1512, the surrounding area of Ticino was transferred from the ownership o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denys Solonenko
Denys Solonenko (, born 25 October 1992) is a Ukrainian boxer. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ... in the men's light heavyweight event, in which he was eliminated in the round of 32 by Teymur Mammadov. References External links * * 1992 births Living people Ukrainian male boxers Olympic boxers for Ukraine Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Light-heavyweight boxers 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porto Torres
Porto Torres (; ) is a (municipality) and a city of the Province of Sassari in north-west of Sardinia, Italy. Founded during the 1st century BC as , it was the first Roman colony of the entire Sardinia, island. It is situated on the coast at about east of Falcone Cape and in the center of the Gulf of Asinara. The port of Porto Torres is the second biggest seaport of the island, followed by the port of Olbia. The town is very close to the main city of Sassari, where the local University of Sassari, university takes office. Toponymy Historically the settlement was founded with the Latin name "''Colonia Iulia Turris Libisonis"'', composed with Colonia (name of the Colonia (Roman), Roman settlements) Iulia (name of the Julia gens) Turris (litt. "tower", referred probably to a nuraghe built not so far from the town or to the Monte d'Accoddi) and Libisonis (referred to ''Libya'', probably because in the same area there was a Phoenician trading outpost. "''Libya''" is the ancient nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the foreland of the Taunus on its namesake Main (river), Main, it forms a continuous conurbation with Offenbach am Main; Frankfurt Rhein-Main Regional Authority, its urban area has a population of over 2.7 million. The city is the heart of the larger Rhine-Main metropolitan region, which has a population of more than 5.8 million and is Germany's Metropolitan regions in Germany, second-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, Rhine-Ruhr region and the List of EU metropolitan regions by GDP#2021 ranking of top four German metropolitan regions, fourth largest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union (EU). Frankfurt is one of the ''de facto'' four main capitals of the European Union (alongside Brussels, Luxembourg Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Jeffries
Tony David Jeffries (born Tony David Bryce; 2 March 1985) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2009 to 2011. As an amateur, he won the light-heavyweight bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics. In 2012, Jeffries was forced to retire due to hand injuries. He has since become a YouTuber who began posting boxing tutorials in 2007; he has amassed 2.56 million subscribers and 400 million views as of November 2024. Life and career Jeffries was born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear and grew up around the East Herrington area of the city whilst attending Farringdon Community Sports College. He began to box at the age of ten, inspired by his uncle William Young "Billy" Bryce, a former professional boxer. He joined Sunderland Amateur Boxing Club, and in 1999 won the School Boys' Championships, gold in the European Cadets (U17) in 2001 and won the juniors of the 2003 YMCA International Cup in New Delhi. He was also a semifinalist in the 2003 Junior Brandenburg Cup and 2003 E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis González (Venezuelan Boxer)
Luis Arturo González Hurtado (born August 6, 1984) is a Venezuelan Multi Champion boxer who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ... in the men's light-heavyweight division. At the World Championships in 2007, he lost his first bout to Jahon Qurbonov. At the Olympic qualifier, he upset Julio Castillo and Christopher Downs by RSCO (20:0), and then lost the meaningless final to Carlos Negron. At his Olympic debut, he suffered a first round RSC to Hungarian Imre Szellő. ReferencesOlympic qualification [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
