Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....

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It was held August 27 to September 10, with the participation of 357 fighters from 81 countries.

Medal table

1 3 1 1 5
2 2 0 0 2
3 1 2 1 4
4 1 1 2 4
5 1 1 0 2
6 1 0 3 4
7 1 0 1 2
1 0 1 2
9 0 1 2 3
10 0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
15 0 0 3 3
16 0 0 2 2
17 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1

Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY
György Gedo
György Gedó
György Gedó is a former Hungarian boxer.Gedó was born in Újpest, Budapest, Hungary. He won the gold medal in the light flyweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics...

Kim U-Gil
Kim U-Gil
Kim U-Gil is a former boxer from North Korea who won the silver medal in the light flyweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. In the final he was defeated by Hungary's György Gedó on points .-External links:*...

Ralph Evans
Enrique Rodríguez

First Round

  • Chanyalev Haile (ETH) def. Timothy Feruka
    Timothy Feruka
    Timothy Feruka was a Zambian boxer and coach. Nicknamed Tim the Tiger, he is regarded as a legend in his native Zambia....

     (ZAM), KO-1

  • Héctor Velasquez
    Héctor Velásquez
    Héctor "Joto" Velásquez Verga was a boxer from Chile. He represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany....

     (CHL) def. Vandui Batbayar (MGL), 5:0

  • Ralph Evans (GBR) def. Salvador García (MEX), 4:1

  • Asen Nikolov (BUL) def. Yoshimitsu Aragaki (JPN), 5:0

  • Vladimir Ivanov (URS) def. Carlos Leyes (ARG), 5:0

  • György Gedo
    György Gedó
    György Gedó is a former Hungarian boxer.Gedó was born in Újpest, Budapest, Hungary. He won the gold medal in the light flyweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics...

     (HUN) def. Sripirom Surapong (THA), TKO-3


  • Said Ahmed El-Ashry (EGY) def. Meriga Salou Seriki (BEN), 5:0

  • James Odwori (UGA) def. Vicente Arsenal (PHI), TKO-2

  • Kim U-Gil
    Kim U-Gil
    Kim U-Gil is a former boxer from North Korea who won the silver medal in the light flyweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. In the final he was defeated by Hungary's György Gedó on points .-External links:*...

     (PRK) def. Bakari Selemani (TNZ), TKO-1

  • Lee Suk-Un (KOR) def. Roman Rozek (POL), 5:0

  • Davey Armstrong
    Davey Armstrong
    Davey Lee Armstrong is a retired boxer from the United States.-Amateur career:Armstrong began boxing at the Tacoma Boys Club, along with future world champions Rocky Lockridge and Johnny Bumphus, as well as 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist Sugar Ray Seales.Armstrong represented the USA at the 1972...

     (USA) def. Arif Dorgu (TUR), 4:1

  • Enrique Rodriguez (ESP) def. Alexandru Turei
    Alexandru Turei
    Alexandru Turei is a former light flyweight Romanian boxer who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was defeated by Enrique Rodríguez in the first round of Olympic tournament.-References:...

     (ROU), 3:2

  • Rafael Carbonell
    Rafael Carbonell
    Rafael Carbonell Carrion is a retired boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1964....

     (CUB) def. Prudencio Cardona
    Prudencio Cardona
    Prudencio Cardona is a former boxer who was world flyweight champion. He represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.-Professional boxing career:...

     (COL), 5:0

  • Kadir Syed Abdul
    Kadir Syed Abdul
    Kadir Syed Abdul, born 16 February 1948, was the first Singaporean to win a medal for boxing in the Commonwealth Games, where he was awarded the bronze medal. He has also been a representative for Singapore in various regional meets.-Boxing career:...

     (SIN) def. Gaetano Curcetti (ITA), TKO-3

Second Round

  • Chanyalev Haile (ETH) def. Shekie Kongo (MLW), TKO-2

  • Ralph Evans (GBR) def. Héctor Velasquez
    Héctor Velásquez
    Héctor "Joto" Velásquez Verga was a boxer from Chile. He represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany....

     (CHL), 5:0

  • Vladimir Ivanov (URS) def. Asen Nikolov (BUL), 5:0

  • György Gedo
    György Gedó
    György Gedó is a former Hungarian boxer.Gedó was born in Újpest, Budapest, Hungary. He won the gold medal in the light flyweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics...

     (HUN) def. Dennis Talbot (AUS), 5:0

  • James Odwori (UGA) def. Said Ahmed El-Ashry (EGY), TKO-2

  • Kim U-Gil
    Kim U-Gil
    Kim U-Gil is a former boxer from North Korea who won the silver medal in the light flyweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. In the final he was defeated by Hungary's György Gedó on points .-External links:*...

     (PRK) def. Lee Suk-Un (KOR), 4:1

  • Enrique Rodríguez (ESP) def. Davey Armstrong
    Davey Armstrong
    Davey Lee Armstrong is a retired boxer from the United States.-Amateur career:Armstrong began boxing at the Tacoma Boys Club, along with future world champions Rocky Lockridge and Johnny Bumphus, as well as 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist Sugar Ray Seales.Armstrong represented the USA at the 1972...

     (USA), 5:0

  • Rafael Carbonell
    Rafael Carbonell
    Rafael Carbonell Carrion is a retired boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1964....

     (CUB) def. Kadir Syed Abdul
    Kadir Syed Abdul
    Kadir Syed Abdul, born 16 February 1948, was the first Singaporean to win a medal for boxing in the Commonwealth Games, where he was awarded the bronze medal. He has also been a representative for Singapore in various regional meets.-Boxing career:...

     (SIN), TKO-2

Quarterfinals

  • Ralph Evans (GBR) def. Chanyalev Haile (ETH), 5:0

  • György Gedo
    György Gedó
    György Gedó is a former Hungarian boxer.Gedó was born in Újpest, Budapest, Hungary. He won the gold medal in the light flyweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics...

     (HUN) def. Vladimir Ivanov (URS), 3:2

  • Kim U-Gil
    Kim U-Gil
    Kim U-Gil is a former boxer from North Korea who won the silver medal in the light flyweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. In the final he was defeated by Hungary's György Gedó on points .-External links:*...

     (PRK) def. James Odwori (UGA), KO-2

  • Enrique Rodríguez (ESP) def. Rafael Carbonell
    Rafael Carbonell
    Rafael Carbonell Carrion is a retired boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1964....

     (CUB), 4:1

Semifinals

  • György Gedo
    György Gedó
    György Gedó is a former Hungarian boxer.Gedó was born in Újpest, Budapest, Hungary. He won the gold medal in the light flyweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics...

     (HUN) def. Ralph Evans (GBR), 5:0

  • Kim U-Gil
    Kim U-Gil
    Kim U-Gil is a former boxer from North Korea who won the silver medal in the light flyweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. In the final he was defeated by Hungary's György Gedó on points .-External links:*...

     (PRK) def. Enrique Rodríguez (ESP), 3:2

Flyweight (– 51 kg)

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY
Georgi Kostadinov
Georgi Kostadinov
Georgi Kostadinov is a former boxer from Bulgaria.-Amateur career:Kostadinov won the Olympic Flyweight gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games for Bulgaria...

Leo Rwabwogo
Leo Rwabwogo
Leo Rwabwogo was a boxer from Uganda, who won a total number of two Olympic medals during his career as an amateur in the flyweight division . He did so in 1968 and 1972. As of 2008, he was the only Ugandan who has won more than one Olympic medal.-References:**...

Leszek Blazynski
Leszek Blazynski
Leszek Błażyński was a boxer from Poland, who twice won the bronze medal in the men's flyweight division at the Summer Olympics. He first did so in 1972, when Munich hosted the Games...

Douglas Rodríguez
Douglas Rodríguez (boxer)
Douglas Rodríguez is a retired amateur boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country in the Men's Flyweight category at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany....


First Round

  • Leo Rwabwogo
    Leo Rwabwogo
    Leo Rwabwogo was a boxer from Uganda, who won a total number of two Olympic medals during his career as an amateur in the flyweight division . He did so in 1968 and 1972. As of 2008, he was the only Ugandan who has won more than one Olympic medal.-References:**...

     (UGA) def. Jorge Acuña (URU), 5:0

  • Maurice O'Sullivan (GBR) def. Rabah Kaloufi (FRA), 3:2

  • Fujio Nagai (JPN) def. Renato Fortaleza (PHI), 4:1

  • Douglas Rodríguez
    Douglas Rodríguez (boxer)
    Douglas Rodríguez is a retired amateur boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country in the Men's Flyweight category at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany....

     (CUB) def. Jorge Mejia (ECU), 5:0

  • Gerd Schubert (FRG) def. Phar Khong (CMB), walk-over

  • Orn-Chim Chawalit (THA) def. Sandor Orbán (HUN), walk-over

  • Arturo Delgado (MEX) def. Salvador Miranda (NIC), TKO-3

Second Round

  • Leszek Blazynski
    Leszek Blazynski
    Leszek Błażyński was a boxer from Poland, who twice won the bronze medal in the men's flyweight division at the Summer Olympics. He first did so in 1972, when Munich hosted the Games...

     (POL) def. Chander Narayanan (IND), 3:2

  • You Man-Chong (KOR) def. Saidi Tambwe (TNZ), 5:0

  • Niamdash Batsuren (MGL) def. Antonio García (ESP), 4:1

  • Calixto Perez
    Calixto Pérez
    Calixto Pérez is a retired boxer from Colombia, who represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics...

     (COL) def. Martin Vargas
    Martín Vargas
    Martín Vargas Fuentes is a former boxer from Chile, who represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. He attempted to obtain Chile's first boxing world title four times...

     (CHL), 5:0

  • Tim Dement (USA) def. Ali Gharbi (TUN), 5:0

  • Georgi Kostadinov
    Georgi Kostadinov
    Georgi Kostadinov is a former boxer from Bulgaria.-Amateur career:Kostadinov won the Olympic Flyweight gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games for Bulgaria...

     (BUL) def. Jan Balouch (PAK), TKO-2

  • Chris Ius
    Chris Ius
    Chris Ius is a retired boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972. In both tournaments he was eliminated in the third round.-Boxing Club:...

     (CAN) def. Ali Ouabbou (MAR), 3:2

  • Boris Zoriktuyev (URS) def. Dawla Vanlal (BUR), TKO-3

  • Franco Udella
    Franco Udella
    Franco Udella is an Italian former world boxing champion.- Olympic games results :1968 *Lost to Alberto Morales 0-51972 *1st round bye...

     (ITA) def. Felix Maina (KEN), 5:0

  • Constantin Gruescu (ROU) def. Kemal Sonunur (TUR), 5:0

  • Douglas Rodríguez
    Douglas Rodríguez (boxer)
    Douglas Rodríguez is a retired amateur boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country in the Men's Flyweight category at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany....

     (CUB) def. Fujio Nagai (JPN), 5:0

  • Leo Rwabwogo
    Leo Rwabwogo
    Leo Rwabwogo was a boxer from Uganda, who won a total number of two Olympic medals during his career as an amateur in the flyweight division . He did so in 1968 and 1972. As of 2008, he was the only Ugandan who has won more than one Olympic medal.-References:**...

     (UGA) def. Maurice O'Sullivan (GBR), TKO-1

  • Orn-Chim Chawalit (THA) def. Gerd Schubert (FRG), 4:1

  • Mohamed Selim (EGY) def. Wilfredo Gómez
    Wilfredo Gómez
    Wilfredo Gómez , sometimes referred to as Bazooka Gómez, is a former boxer and three time world champion.-Biography:...

     (PUR), 4:1

  • Neil McLaughlin (IRL) def. Abaker Saed Mohamed (SUD), 5:0

Third Round

  • Leszek Blazynski
    Leszek Blazynski
    Leszek Błażyński was a boxer from Poland, who twice won the bronze medal in the men's flyweight division at the Summer Olympics. He first did so in 1972, when Munich hosted the Games...

     (POL) def. Arturo Delgado (MEX), 5:0

  • You Man-Chong (KOR) def. Niamdash Batsuren (MGL), 4:1

  • Calixto Perez
    Calixto Pérez
    Calixto Pérez is a retired boxer from Colombia, who represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics...

     (COL) def. Tim Dement (USA), 5:0

  • Georgi Kostadinov
    Georgi Kostadinov
    Georgi Kostadinov is a former boxer from Bulgaria.-Amateur career:Kostadinov won the Olympic Flyweight gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games for Bulgaria...

     (BUL) def. Chris Ius
    Chris Ius
    Chris Ius is a retired boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972. In both tournaments he was eliminated in the third round.-Boxing Club:...

     (CAN), 5:0

  • Boris Zoriktuyev (URS) def. Franco Udella
    Franco Udella
    Franco Udella is an Italian former world boxing champion.- Olympic games results :1968 *Lost to Alberto Morales 0-51972 *1st round bye...

     (ITA), 4:1

  • Douglas Rodríguez
    Douglas Rodríguez (boxer)
    Douglas Rodríguez is a retired amateur boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country in the Men's Flyweight category at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany....

     (CUB) def. Constantin Gruescu (ROU), 3:2

  • Leo Rwabwogo
    Leo Rwabwogo
    Leo Rwabwogo was a boxer from Uganda, who won a total number of two Olympic medals during his career as an amateur in the flyweight division . He did so in 1968 and 1972. As of 2008, he was the only Ugandan who has won more than one Olympic medal.-References:**...

     (UGA) def. Orn-Chim Chawalit (THA), 4:1

  • Neil McLaughlin (IRL) def. Mohamed Selim (EGY), KO-2

Quarterfinals

  • Leszek Blazynski
    Leszek Blazynski
    Leszek Błażyński was a boxer from Poland, who twice won the bronze medal in the men's flyweight division at the Summer Olympics. He first did so in 1972, when Munich hosted the Games...

     (POL) def. You Man-Chong (KOR), 3:2

  • Georgi Kostadinov
    Georgi Kostadinov
    Georgi Kostadinov is a former boxer from Bulgaria.-Amateur career:Kostadinov won the Olympic Flyweight gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games for Bulgaria...

     (BUL) def. Calixto Perez
    Calixto Pérez
    Calixto Pérez is a retired boxer from Colombia, who represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics...

     (COL), 3:2

  • Douglas Rodríguez
    Douglas Rodríguez (boxer)
    Douglas Rodríguez is a retired amateur boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country in the Men's Flyweight category at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany....

     (CUB) def. Boris Zoriktuyev (URS), TKO-3

  • Leo Rwabwogo
    Leo Rwabwogo
    Leo Rwabwogo was a boxer from Uganda, who won a total number of two Olympic medals during his career as an amateur in the flyweight division . He did so in 1968 and 1972. As of 2008, he was the only Ugandan who has won more than one Olympic medal.-References:**...

     (UGA) def. Neil McLaughlin (IRL), TKO-3

Semifinals

  • Georgi Kostadinov
    Georgi Kostadinov
    Georgi Kostadinov is a former boxer from Bulgaria.-Amateur career:Kostadinov won the Olympic Flyweight gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games for Bulgaria...

     (BUL) def. Leszek Blazynski
    Leszek Blazynski
    Leszek Błażyński was a boxer from Poland, who twice won the bronze medal in the men's flyweight division at the Summer Olympics. He first did so in 1972, when Munich hosted the Games...

     (POL), 5:0

  • Leo Rwabwogo
    Leo Rwabwogo
    Leo Rwabwogo was a boxer from Uganda, who won a total number of two Olympic medals during his career as an amateur in the flyweight division . He did so in 1968 and 1972. As of 2008, he was the only Ugandan who has won more than one Olympic medal.-References:**...

     (UGA) def. Douglas Rodríguez
    Douglas Rodríguez (boxer)
    Douglas Rodríguez is a retired amateur boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country in the Men's Flyweight category at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany....

     (CUB), 3:2

Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY
Orlando Martínez
Orlando Martínez
Orlando Martínez is a former bantamweight boxer from Cuba, who won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Three years later he captured the gold at the 1975 Pan American Games...

Alfonso Zamora
Alfonso Zamora
Alfonso Zamora Quiroz is a former Mexican boxer who fought from 1973 to 1980. Zamora was the silver medalist at the 1972 Munich Olympics. He enjoyed a meteoric rise in his professional career...

George Turpin
George Turpin
George Turpin is a former bantamweight boxer from the United Kingdom. Turpin was unbeaten as a senior amateur against British opposition and after winning the British ABA championship for 2 consecutive years he won the [bronze] medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics...

Ricardo Carreras
Ricardo Carreras
Ricardo Carreras is a former bantamweight boxer from the United States, who won the bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In the semifinals of the men's bantamweight division he was defeated by eventual silver medalist Alfonso Zamora-Amateur career:Carreras was also the 1971 National AAU...


First Round

  • Stefan Förster
    Stefan Forster
    Stefan Forster is a German rower.- External links :* at sports-reference.com...

     (GDR) def. Leslie Hamilton
    Leslie Hamilton
    Lieutenant Leslie Hamilton was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories. After a postwar spell of stunt flying as "The Flying Gypsy", he attempted the first nonstop east-west flight across the Atlantic Ocean...

     (CAN), 4:1

  • Mayaki Seydou
    Mayaki Seydou
    Mayaki Seydou is a former Nigerien bantamweight boxer. Seydou competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics for Niger. In his first match, Seydou beat Turkey's Mehmet Kunova before losing to East Germany's Stefan Förster.-References:...

     (NIG) def. Mehmet Kunova (TUR), 3:2

  • Koh Keun-Sang (KOR) def. Mohamed Ayele (ETH), KO-1

  • Abdelaziz Hammi (TUN) def. Leopold Agbazo (BEN), 5:0

  • Juan Francisco Rodríguez
    Juan Francisco Rodríguez
    Juan Francisco Rodríguez Márquez is a retired boxer from Spain, who twice represented his native country during the 1970s at the Summer Olympics. He reached the quarterfinals in 1972...

     (ESP) def. Luis Avíla (PAN), 5:0

  • Aldo Cosentino (FRA) def. Józef Reszpondek (POL), 5:0

Second Round

  • George Turpin
    George Turpin
    George Turpin is a former bantamweight boxer from the United Kingdom. Turpin was unbeaten as a senior amateur against British opposition and after winning the British ABA championship for 2 consecutive years he won the [bronze] medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics...

     (GBR) def. Pierre Amont N'diaye (SNG), 5:0

  • Chee Yen Wang (TPE) def. Manoochehr Bahmani (IRI), 3:2

  • John Mwaura Nderu (KEN) def. Eduardo Barragan
    Eduardo Barragan
    Eduardo Barragan is a retired Colombian boxer, who competed for his South American nation at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany....

     (COL), 4:1

  • Kim Yong-Ik
    Kim Yong-ik
    Kim Yong Ik , also known as Yong Ik Kim, was an early Korean-American writer, originally from South Korea, and, in particular from Tongyong...

     (PRK) def. Deusdete Vasconselos (BRA), 4:1

  • Michael Dowling (IRL) def. Ove Lundby (SWE), 4:1

  • Orlando Martínez
    Orlando Martínez
    Orlando Martínez is a former bantamweight boxer from Cuba, who won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Three years later he captured the gold at the 1975 Pan American Games...

     (CUB) def. Maung Win (BUR), 4:1

  • Ferry Moniaga (INA) def. René Silva (NIC), 5:0

  • Joe Destimo (GHA) def. Werner Schaefer (FRG), 3:2

  • Bulan Ganbat (MGL) def. David Oleme (CMR), 5:0

  • Ricardo Carreras
    Ricardo Carreras
    Ricardo Carreras is a former bantamweight boxer from the United States, who won the bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In the semifinals of the men's bantamweight division he was defeated by eventual silver medalist Alfonso Zamora-Amateur career:Carreras was also the 1971 National AAU...

     (USA) def. Michael O'Brien (AUS), TKO-3

  • Vassily Solomin (URS) def. Veepol Charndej (THA), 5:0

  • Marin Lazar (ROU) def. Flevitus Bitegeko (TNZ), 5:0

  • Alfonso Zamora
    Alfonso Zamora
    Alfonso Zamora Quiroz is a former Mexican boxer who fought from 1973 to 1980. Zamora was the silver medalist at the 1972 Munich Olympics. He enjoyed a meteoric rise in his professional career...

     (MEX) def. Ricardo Fortaleza
    Ricardo Fortaleza
    Ricardo Mendoza Fortaleza is a Filipino-Australian retired Olympic amateur boxer/amateur boxing coach and boxing instructor. He now resides in Blacktown, Sydney, Australia.-Early career:...

     (PHI), TKO-2

  • Koh Keun-Sang (KOR) def. Abdelazis Hammi (TUN), 5:0

  • Stefan Förster
    Stefan Forster
    Stefan Forster is a German rower.- External links :* at sports-reference.com...

     (GDR) def. Mayaki Seydou
    Mayaki Seydou
    Mayaki Seydou is a former Nigerien bantamweight boxer. Seydou competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics for Niger. In his first match, Seydou beat Turkey's Mehmet Kunova before losing to East Germany's Stefan Förster.-References:...

     (NIG), 5:0

  • Juan Francisco Rodríguez
    Juan Francisco Rodríguez
    Juan Francisco Rodríguez Márquez is a retired boxer from Spain, who twice represented his native country during the 1970s at the Summer Olympics. He reached the quarterfinals in 1972...

     (ESP) def. Aldo Cosentino (FRA), 4:1

Third Round

  • George Turpin
    George Turpin
    George Turpin is a former bantamweight boxer from the United Kingdom. Turpin was unbeaten as a senior amateur against British opposition and after winning the British ABA championship for 2 consecutive years he won the [bronze] medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics...

     (GBR) def. Chee Yen Wang (TPE), 5:0

  • John Mwaura Nderu (KEN) def. Kim Yong-Ik
    Kim Yong-ik
    Kim Yong Ik , also known as Yong Ik Kim, was an early Korean-American writer, originally from South Korea, and, in particular from Tongyong...

     (PRK), 4:1

  • Orlando Martínez
    Orlando Martínez
    Orlando Martínez is a former bantamweight boxer from Cuba, who won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Three years later he captured the gold at the 1975 Pan American Games...

     (CUB) def. Michael Dowling (IRL), 3:2

  • Ferry Moniaga (INA) def. Joe Destimo (GHA), 4:1

  • Ricardo Carreras
    Ricardo Carreras
    Ricardo Carreras is a former bantamweight boxer from the United States, who won the bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In the semifinals of the men's bantamweight division he was defeated by eventual silver medalist Alfonso Zamora-Amateur career:Carreras was also the 1971 National AAU...

     (USA) def. Bulan Ganbat (MGL), 3:2

  • Vassily Solomin (URS) def. Marin Lazar (ROU), 4:1

  • Alfonso Zamora
    Alfonso Zamora
    Alfonso Zamora Quiroz is a former Mexican boxer who fought from 1973 to 1980. Zamora was the silver medalist at the 1972 Munich Olympics. He enjoyed a meteoric rise in his professional career...

     (MEX) def. Stefan Förster
    Stefan Forster
    Stefan Forster is a German rower.- External links :* at sports-reference.com...

     (GDR), 5:0

  • Juan Francisco Rodríguez
    Juan Francisco Rodríguez
    Juan Francisco Rodríguez Márquez is a retired boxer from Spain, who twice represented his native country during the 1970s at the Summer Olympics. He reached the quarterfinals in 1972...

     (ESP) def. Koh Keun-Sang (KOR), 5:0

Quarterfinals

  • George Turpin
    George Turpin
    George Turpin is a former bantamweight boxer from the United Kingdom. Turpin was unbeaten as a senior amateur against British opposition and after winning the British ABA championship for 2 consecutive years he won the [bronze] medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics...

     (GBR) def. John Mwaura Nderu (KEN), 4:1

  • Orlando Martínez
    Orlando Martínez
    Orlando Martínez is a former bantamweight boxer from Cuba, who won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Three years later he captured the gold at the 1975 Pan American Games...

     (CUB) def. Ferry Moniaga (INA), 5:0

  • Ricardo Carreras
    Ricardo Carreras
    Ricardo Carreras is a former bantamweight boxer from the United States, who won the bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In the semifinals of the men's bantamweight division he was defeated by eventual silver medalist Alfonso Zamora-Amateur career:Carreras was also the 1971 National AAU...

     (USA) def. Vassily Solomin (URS), 3:2

  • Alfonso Zamora
    Alfonso Zamora
    Alfonso Zamora Quiroz is a former Mexican boxer who fought from 1973 to 1980. Zamora was the silver medalist at the 1972 Munich Olympics. He enjoyed a meteoric rise in his professional career...

     (MEX) def. Juan Francisco Rodríguez
    Juan Francisco Rodríguez
    Juan Francisco Rodríguez Márquez is a retired boxer from Spain, who twice represented his native country during the 1970s at the Summer Olympics. He reached the quarterfinals in 1972...

     (ESP), KO-2

Semifinals

  • Orlando Martínez
    Orlando Martínez
    Orlando Martínez is a former bantamweight boxer from Cuba, who won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Three years later he captured the gold at the 1975 Pan American Games...

     (CUB) def. George Turpin
    George Turpin
    George Turpin is a former bantamweight boxer from the United Kingdom. Turpin was unbeaten as a senior amateur against British opposition and after winning the British ABA championship for 2 consecutive years he won the [bronze] medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics...

     (GBR), 3:2

  • Alfonso Zamora
    Alfonso Zamora
    Alfonso Zamora Quiroz is a former Mexican boxer who fought from 1973 to 1980. Zamora was the silver medalist at the 1972 Munich Olympics. He enjoyed a meteoric rise in his professional career...

     (MEX) def. Ricardo Carreras
    Ricardo Carreras
    Ricardo Carreras is a former bantamweight boxer from the United States, who won the bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In the semifinals of the men's bantamweight division he was defeated by eventual silver medalist Alfonso Zamora-Amateur career:Carreras was also the 1971 National AAU...

     (USA), 4:1

Featherweight (– 57 kg)

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY
Boris Kuznetsov
Boris Kuznetsov (boxer)
Boris Georgievich Kuznetsov , February 23, 1947 – May 3, 2006) was a Russian boxer, who won the gold medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics for the USSR.He was born in Astrakhan....

Philip Waruinge
Philip Waruinge
Philip Waruinge is a retired boxer from Kenya, who competed in the featherweight division during his career as an amateur.-Amateur career:...

Clemente Rojas
Clemente Rojas
Clemente Rojas is a retired boxer from Colombia, who won the bronze medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He turned pro on September 29, 1974, and retired in 1983, after 25 bouts .-References:...

Andras Botos
András Botos
András Botos is a retired boxer, who won the bronze medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-Olympic results:*Boxed as a Featherweight...


First Round

  • Pasqualino Morbidelli (ITA) def. Morgan Mwenya (ZAM), 5:0

  • Angelos Theotokatos (GRE) def. Lema Yemane (ETH), 5:0

  • Louis Self (USA) def. Maurice Apeang (FRA), 5:0

  • Michael Andrews (NGR) def. Abdou Faye (SEN), 5:0

  • Andras Botos
    András Botos
    András Botos is a retired boxer, who won the bronze medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-Olympic results:*Boxed as a Featherweight...

     (HUN) def. Nopparat Preecha (THA), 5:0

  • José Baptista (VEN) def. Emmanuel Eloundou (CMR), 5:0

  • Boris Kuznetsov
    Boris Kuznetsov (boxer)
    Boris Georgievich Kuznetsov , February 23, 1947 – May 3, 2006) was a Russian boxer, who won the gold medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics for the USSR.He was born in Astrakhan....

     (URS) def. Harouna Lago
    Harouna Lago
    Harouna Lago is a former Nigerien featherweight boxer. Lago competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics for Niger. He lost his only match to eventual gold medal winner Boris Kuznetsov of the Soviet Union.-References:...

     (NIG), KO-1

  • Rudolf Vogel (SUI) def. Joseph Mbourokounda (GAB), 3:2

  • Ryszard Tomczyk (POL) def. Juan Francisco García (MEX), 4:1

  • Jochen Bachfeld
    Jochen Bachfeld
    Jochen Bachfeld is a retired boxer from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada...

     (GDR) def. Peter Prause (FRG), 5:0

  • William Taylor (GBR) def. Lahcen Maghfour (MAR), 5:0

  • Gabriel Pometcu (ROU) def. Nils Dag Stromme (NOR), KO-1

  • Orlando Palacios (CUB) def. Joe Cofie (GHA), 4:1

Second Round

  • Salah Mohamed Amin (EGY) def. Guy Segbaya (TOG), 5:0

  • Philip Waruinge
    Philip Waruinge
    Philip Waruinge is a retired boxer from Kenya, who competed in the featherweight division during his career as an amateur.-Amateur career:...

     (KEN) def. Jabbar Feli (IRI), 4:1

  • Jouko Lindberg (FIN) def. Deogratias Musoke (UGA), 5:0

  • Alberto Mario Ortíz (ARG) def. José Luis Vellón (PUR), 4:1

  • Kuncho Kunchev
    Kuncho Kunchev
    Kuncho Kunchev is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Spartak Pleven as a midfielder.Kunchev previously played for Cherno More Varna and Spartak Varna in the Bulgarian A PFG.-External links:* at footmercato.net*...

     (BUL) def. Palamdorj Baatar (MGL), 3:2

  • Clemente Rojas
    Clemente Rojas
    Clemente Rojas is a retired boxer from Colombia, who won the bronze medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He turned pro on September 29, 1974, and retired in 1983, after 25 bouts .-References:...

     (COL) def. Dale Anderson (CAN), 3:2

  • Antonio Rubio
    Antonio Rubio
    Antonio Rubio Fernández is a retired boxer from Spain, who twice represented his native country during the 1970s at the Summer Olympics. He reached the quarterfinals in 1972 . Four years later in Montreal, Canada Rubio was stopped in the second round of the lightweight division by Cuba's Reinaldo...

     (ESP) def. Jungle Thangata (MLW), TKO-3

  • Habibu Kinyogoli (TNZ) def. Sun Soth (CMB), 5:0

  • Kazuo Kobayashi (JPN) def. Pat Ryan
    Pat Ryan (boxer)
    Patrick Thomas Ryan is a retired boxer from New Zealand who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. There he was defeated in the second round of the Featherweight division by Japan's Kazuo Kobayashi.-References:...

     (NZL), 4:1

  • Pasqualino Morbidelli (ITA) def. Seyfi Tatar (TUR), 5:0

  • Louis Self (USA) def. Angelos Theotokatos (GRE), 5:0

  • Andras Botos
    András Botos
    András Botos is a retired boxer, who won the bronze medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-Olympic results:*Boxed as a Featherweight...

     (HUN) def. Michael Andrews (NGR), 5:0

  • Boris Kuznetsov
    Boris Kuznetsov (boxer)
    Boris Georgievich Kuznetsov , February 23, 1947 – May 3, 2006) was a Russian boxer, who won the gold medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics for the USSR.He was born in Astrakhan....

     (URS) def. José Baptista (VEN), 3:2

  • Ryszard Tomczyk (POL) def. Rudolf Vogel (SUI), KO-2

  • Jochen Bachfeld
    Jochen Bachfeld
    Jochen Bachfeld is a retired boxer from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada...

     (GDR) def. William Taylor (GBR), 5:0

  • Gabriel Pometcu (ROU) def. Orlando Palacios (CUB), 4:1

Third Round

  • Philip Waruinge
    Philip Waruinge
    Philip Waruinge is a retired boxer from Kenya, who competed in the featherweight division during his career as an amateur.-Amateur career:...

     (KEN) def. Salah Mohamed Amin (EGY), 5:0

  • Jouko Lindberg (FIN) def. Alberto Mario Ortíz (ARG), 4:1

  • Clemente Rojas
    Clemente Rojas
    Clemente Rojas is a retired boxer from Colombia, who won the bronze medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He turned pro on September 29, 1974, and retired in 1983, after 25 bouts .-References:...

     (COL) def. Kuncho Kunchev
    Kuncho Kunchev
    Kuncho Kunchev is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Spartak Pleven as a midfielder.Kunchev previously played for Cherno More Varna and Spartak Varna in the Bulgarian A PFG.-External links:* at footmercato.net*...

     (BUL), walk-over

  • Antonio Rubio
    Antonio Rubio
    Antonio Rubio Fernández is a retired boxer from Spain, who twice represented his native country during the 1970s at the Summer Olympics. He reached the quarterfinals in 1972 . Four years later in Montreal, Canada Rubio was stopped in the second round of the lightweight division by Cuba's Reinaldo...

     (ESP) def. Habibu Kinyogoli (TNZ), 5:0

  • Kazuo Kobayashi (JPN) def. Pasqualino Morbidelli (ITA), KO-1

  • Andras Botos
    András Botos
    András Botos is a retired boxer, who won the bronze medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-Olympic results:*Boxed as a Featherweight...

     (HUN) def. Louis Self (USA), 3:2

  • Boris Kuznetsov
    Boris Kuznetsov (boxer)
    Boris Georgievich Kuznetsov , February 23, 1947 – May 3, 2006) was a Russian boxer, who won the gold medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics for the USSR.He was born in Astrakhan....

     (URS) def. Ryszard Tomczyk (POL), 5:0

  • Gabriel Pometcu (ROU) def. Jochen Bachfeld
    Jochen Bachfeld
    Jochen Bachfeld is a retired boxer from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada...

     (GDR), 5:0

Quarterfinals

  • Philip Waruinge
    Philip Waruinge
    Philip Waruinge is a retired boxer from Kenya, who competed in the featherweight division during his career as an amateur.-Amateur career:...

     (KEN) def. Jouko Lindberg (FIN), 4:1

  • Clemente Rojas
    Clemente Rojas
    Clemente Rojas is a retired boxer from Colombia, who won the bronze medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He turned pro on September 29, 1974, and retired in 1983, after 25 bouts .-References:...

     (COL) def. Antonio Rubio
    Antonio Rubio
    Antonio Rubio Fernández is a retired boxer from Spain, who twice represented his native country during the 1970s at the Summer Olympics. He reached the quarterfinals in 1972 . Four years later in Montreal, Canada Rubio was stopped in the second round of the lightweight division by Cuba's Reinaldo...

     (ESP), DSQ-2

  • Andras Botos
    András Botos
    András Botos is a retired boxer, who won the bronze medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-Olympic results:*Boxed as a Featherweight...

     (HUN) def. Kazuo Kobayashi (JPN), 4:1

  • Boris Kuznetsov
    Boris Kuznetsov (boxer)
    Boris Georgievich Kuznetsov , February 23, 1947 – May 3, 2006) was a Russian boxer, who won the gold medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics for the USSR.He was born in Astrakhan....

     (URS) def. Gabriel Pometcu (ROU), 4:1

Semifinals

  • Philip Waruinge
    Philip Waruinge
    Philip Waruinge is a retired boxer from Kenya, who competed in the featherweight division during his career as an amateur.-Amateur career:...

     (KEN) def. Clemente Rojas
    Clemente Rojas
    Clemente Rojas is a retired boxer from Colombia, who won the bronze medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He turned pro on September 29, 1974, and retired in 1983, after 25 bouts .-References:...

     (COL), 3:2

  • Boris Kuznetsov
    Boris Kuznetsov (boxer)
    Boris Georgievich Kuznetsov , February 23, 1947 – May 3, 2006) was a Russian boxer, who won the gold medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics for the USSR.He was born in Astrakhan....

     (URS) def. Andras Botos
    András Botos
    András Botos is a retired boxer, who won the bronze medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-Olympic results:*Boxed as a Featherweight...

     (HUN), 5:0

Final

  • Boris Kuznetsov
    Boris Kuznetsov (boxer)
    Boris Georgievich Kuznetsov , February 23, 1947 – May 3, 2006) was a Russian boxer, who won the gold medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics for the USSR.He was born in Astrakhan....

     (URS) def. Philip Waruinge
    Philip Waruinge
    Philip Waruinge is a retired boxer from Kenya, who competed in the featherweight division during his career as an amateur.-Amateur career:...

     (KEN), 3:2


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Lightweight (– 60 kg)

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY
Jan Szczepanski
Jan Szczepanski (boxer)
Jan Antoni Szczepański is a retired boxer from Poland, who won the gold medal in the lightweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany...

László Orbán
László Orbán
László Orbán is a retired boxer from Hungary, who won the silver medal in the lightweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. In the final he was defeated by Poland's Jan Szczepański on points .-References:*...

Samuel Mbugua
Samuel Mbugua
Samuel Mbugua is a retired boxer from Kenya, who won the bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. In the semifinals he was defeated by Poland's eventual gold medalist Jan Szczepański .-References:*...

Alfonso Pérez
Alfonso Pérez (boxer)
Alfonso Pérez is a retired boxer from Colombia, who won the bronze medal in the men's lightweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1971 he won the silver medal at the Pan American Games. He turned pro on April 6, 1973, and retired in 1981 after 40 bouts .-References:...


First Round

  • Guitry Bananier (FRA) def. Luis Davila (PUR), 4:1

  • László Orbán
    László Orbán
    László Orbán is a retired boxer from Hungary, who won the silver medal in the lightweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. In the final he was defeated by Poland's Jan Szczepański on points .-References:*...

     (HUN) def. Mohamed Sourour (MAR), 5:0

  • Giambattista Capretti (ITA) def. José Martínez (CAN), TKO-2

  • Ivan Mikhailov (BUL) def. Roy Hurdley (PAN), TKO-2

  • Hosain Eghmaz (IRI) def. Abdelhadi Khallafallah (EGY), TKO-2

Second Round

  • Charlie Nash
    Charlie Nash
    Charlie Nash, born in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1951, is a retired boxer. As an amateur he held an Irish national title and represented Ireland in the 1972 Olympic Games. As a professional he won the professional British and then European lightweight titles but lost to Jim Watt, when he...

     (IRL) def. Erik Madsen (DEN), 5:0

  • Antonio Gin (MEX) def. Courtney Atherly (GUY), 4:1

  • Jan Szczepanski
    Jan Szczepanski (boxer)
    Jan Antoni Szczepański is a retired boxer from Poland, who won the gold medal in the lightweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany...

     (POL) def. Kasamiro Marchlo (SUD), 5:0

  • James Busceme
    James Busceme
    James Busceme is a former American boxer, who is one of the most celebrated American amateur boxers in history.-Amateur career:...

     (USA) def. Praianan Vichit (THA), 5:0

  • Peter Hess (FRG) def. Enrique Requeiferos
    Enrique Requeiferos
    Enrique Regüeiferos is a boxer from Cuba.He competed for Cuba in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the light welterweight event where he finished in second place.-References:*...

     (CUB), 4:1

  • Svein Erik Paulsen (NOR) def. Gennadi Dobrokhotov (URS), TKO-1

  • Muniswamy Venu (IND) def. Neville Cole (GBR), TKO-3

  • Samuel Mbugua
    Samuel Mbugua
    Samuel Mbugua is a retired boxer from Kenya, who won the bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. In the semifinals he was defeated by Poland's eventual gold medalist Jan Szczepański .-References:*...

     (KEN) def. Girmaye Gabre (ETH), 5:0

  • Karel Kaspar
    Karel Kašpar
    Karel Boromejský Kašpar was a Czech Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Prague from 1931 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1935.-Biography:...

     (TCH) def. Tatu Chionga (MLW), 5:0

  • Alfonso Pérez
    Alfonso Pérez (boxer)
    Alfonso Pérez is a retired boxer from Colombia, who won the bronze medal in the men's lightweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1971 he won the silver medal at the Pan American Games. He turned pro on April 6, 1973, and retired in 1981 after 40 bouts .-References:...

     (COL) def. Odhiambo (UGA), 5:0

  • Khaidav Altanhuiag (MGL) def. Antonio Comaschi (ARG), 5:0

  • Eraslan Doruk (TUR) def. Luis Rodríguez (VEN), 5:0

  • Antoniu Vasile (ROU) def. Adeyemi Abayomi (NGR), TKO-2

  • Kim Tai-Ho (KOR) def. Guitry Bananier (FRA), KO-3

  • László Orbán
    László Orbán
    László Orbán is a retired boxer from Hungary, who won the silver medal in the lightweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. In the final he was defeated by Poland's Jan Szczepański on points .-References:*...

     (HUN) def. Giambattista Capretti (ITA), 4:1

  • Ivan Mikhailov (BUL) def. Hosain Eghmaz (IRI), 3:2

Third Round

  • Charlie Nash
    Charlie Nash
    Charlie Nash, born in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1951, is a retired boxer. As an amateur he held an Irish national title and represented Ireland in the 1972 Olympic Games. As a professional he won the professional British and then European lightweight titles but lost to Jim Watt, when he...

     (IRL) def. Antonio Gin (MEX), TKO-1

  • Jan Szczepanski
    Jan Szczepanski (boxer)
    Jan Antoni Szczepański is a retired boxer from Poland, who won the gold medal in the lightweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany...

     (POL) def. James Busceme
    James Busceme
    James Busceme is a former American boxer, who is one of the most celebrated American amateur boxers in history.-Amateur career:...

     (USA), 5:0

  • Svein Erik Paulsen (NOR) def. Peter Hess (FRG), KO-2

  • Samuel Mbugua
    Samuel Mbugua
    Samuel Mbugua is a retired boxer from Kenya, who won the bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. In the semifinals he was defeated by Poland's eventual gold medalist Jan Szczepański .-References:*...

     (KEN) def. Muniswamy Venu (IND), 5:0

  • Alfonso Pérez
    Alfonso Pérez (boxer)
    Alfonso Pérez is a retired boxer from Colombia, who won the bronze medal in the men's lightweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1971 he won the silver medal at the Pan American Games. He turned pro on April 6, 1973, and retired in 1981 after 40 bouts .-References:...

     (COL) def. Karel Kaspar
    Karel Kašpar
    Karel Boromejský Kašpar was a Czech Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Prague from 1931 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1935.-Biography:...

     (TCH), 5:0

  • Eraslan Doruk (TUR) def. Khaidav Altanhuiag (MGL), 3:2

  • Kim Tai-Ho (KOR) def. Antoniu Vasile (ROU), TKO-1

  • László Orbán
    László Orbán
    László Orbán is a retired boxer from Hungary, who won the silver medal in the lightweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. In the final he was defeated by Poland's Jan Szczepański on points .-References:*...

     (HUN) def. Ivan Mikhailov (BUL), 4:1

Quarterfinals

  • Jan Szczepanski
    Jan Szczepanski (boxer)
    Jan Antoni Szczepański is a retired boxer from Poland, who won the gold medal in the lightweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany...

     (POL) def. Charlie Nash
    Charlie Nash
    Charlie Nash, born in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1951, is a retired boxer. As an amateur he held an Irish national title and represented Ireland in the 1972 Olympic Games. As a professional he won the professional British and then European lightweight titles but lost to Jim Watt, when he...

     (IRL), TKO-3

  • Samuel Mbugua
    Samuel Mbugua
    Samuel Mbugua is a retired boxer from Kenya, who won the bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. In the semifinals he was defeated by Poland's eventual gold medalist Jan Szczepański .-References:*...

     (KEN) def. Svein Erik Paulsen (NOR), 4:1

  • Alfonso Pérez
    Alfonso Pérez (boxer)
    Alfonso Pérez is a retired boxer from Colombia, who won the bronze medal in the men's lightweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1971 he won the silver medal at the Pan American Games. He turned pro on April 6, 1973, and retired in 1981 after 40 bouts .-References:...

     (COL) def. Eraslan Doruk (TUR), 3:2

  • László Orbán
    László Orbán
    László Orbán is a retired boxer from Hungary, who won the silver medal in the lightweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. In the final he was defeated by Poland's Jan Szczepański on points .-References:*...

     (HUN) def. Kim Tai-Ho (KOR), 4:1

Semifinals

  • Jan Szczepanski
    Jan Szczepanski (boxer)
    Jan Antoni Szczepański is a retired boxer from Poland, who won the gold medal in the lightweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany...

     (POL) def. Samuel Mbugua
    Samuel Mbugua
    Samuel Mbugua is a retired boxer from Kenya, who won the bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. In the semifinals he was defeated by Poland's eventual gold medalist Jan Szczepański .-References:*...

     (KEN), walk-over

  • László Orbán
    László Orbán
    László Orbán is a retired boxer from Hungary, who won the silver medal in the lightweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. In the final he was defeated by Poland's Jan Szczepański on points .-References:*...

     (HUN) def. Alfonso Pérez
    Alfonso Pérez (boxer)
    Alfonso Pérez is a retired boxer from Colombia, who won the bronze medal in the men's lightweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1971 he won the silver medal at the Pan American Games. He turned pro on April 6, 1973, and retired in 1981 after 40 bouts .-References:...

     (COL), 3:2

Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY
Ray Seales
Angel Angelov
Angel Angelov
Anghei Anghelov is a former boxer from Bulgaria, who won a silver medal in the light welterweight division the 1972 Summer Olympics...

Issaka Dabore
Zvonimir Vujin
Zvonimir Vujin
Zvonimir Vujin is a former boxer from Yugoslavia, who was a two-time Bronze Medal winner at the Olympic Games.At the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, he won the Lightweight bronze medal...


First Round

  • James Montague (IRL) def. Nosrat Vakil Monfared (IRI), TKO-3

  • Ray Seales (USA) def. Ulrich Beyer (GDR), 3:2

  • Anatoliy Kamnev (RUS) def. Roy Johnson (BER), KO-2

  • Andres Molina (CUB) def. Pentti Saarman (FIN), TKO-2

  • Emiliano Villa (COL) def. Tomsah Milwal Okalo (SUD), 5:0

  • Graham Moughton (GBR) def. Malang Balouch (PAK), 5:0

  • Zvonimir Vujin
    Zvonimir Vujin
    Zvonimir Vujin is a former boxer from Yugoslavia, who was a two-time Bronze Medal winner at the Olympic Games.At the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, he won the Lightweight bronze medal...

     (YUG) def. Robert Mwakosya (TNZ), TKO-2

  • Sodnom Gombo (MGL) def. Ytham Kunda (ZAM), 5:0

  • Angel Angelov
    Angel Angelov
    Anghei Anghelov is a former boxer from Bulgaria, who won a silver medal in the light welterweight division the 1972 Summer Olympics...

     (BUL) def. Luis Contreras (VEN), TKO-3

  • Walter Desiderio Gomez (ARG) def. Krzysztof Pierwieniecki (POL), 5:0

  • Srisook Buntoe (THA) def. Ernesto Bergamasco (ITA), 4:1

  • Calistrat Cuţov
    Calistrat Cutov
    Calistrat Cuţov is a former Romanian boxer, who won a bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 1968 Summer Olympics, together with Zvonimir Vujin of Yugoslavia...

     (ROU) def. Mohamed Muruli (UGA), 4:1

  • Park Tai-Shik (KOR) def. Abdou Fall (SEN), TKO-3

  • Issaka Dabore (NIG) def. Odartey Lawson (GHA), TKO-3

  • Laudiel Negron (PUR) def. Obisia Nwakpa (NGR), 4:1

  • Kyoji Shinohara (JPN) def. Fekadu Gabre Selassie (ETH), 5:0

Second Round

  • Ray Seales (USA) def. James Montague (IRL), 5:0

  • Andres Molina (CUB) def. Anatoliy Kamnev (URS), KO-3

  • Graham Moughton (GBR) def. Emiliano Villa (COL), 3:2

  • Zvonimir Vujin
    Zvonimir Vujin
    Zvonimir Vujin is a former boxer from Yugoslavia, who was a two-time Bronze Medal winner at the Olympic Games.At the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, he won the Lightweight bronze medal...

     (YUG) def. Sodnom Gombo (MGL), 3:2

  • Angel Angelov
    Angel Angelov
    Anghei Anghelov is a former boxer from Bulgaria, who won a silver medal in the light welterweight division the 1972 Summer Olympics...

     (BUL) def. Walter Desiderio Gomez (ARG), 4:1

  • Srisook Buntoe (THA) def. Calistrat Cuţov
    Calistrat Cutov
    Calistrat Cuţov is a former Romanian boxer, who won a bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 1968 Summer Olympics, together with Zvonimir Vujin of Yugoslavia...

     (ROU), TKO-3

  • Issaka Dabore (NIG) def. Park Tai-Shik (KOR), TKO-3

  • Kyoji Shinohara (JPN) def. Laudiel Negron (PUR), 5:0

Quarterfinals

  • Ray Seales (USA) def. Andres Molina (CUB), 3:2

  • Zvonimir Vujin
    Zvonimir Vujin
    Zvonimir Vujin is a former boxer from Yugoslavia, who was a two-time Bronze Medal winner at the Olympic Games.At the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, he won the Lightweight bronze medal...

     (YUG) def. Graham Moughton (GBR), 5:0

  • Angel Angelov
    Angel Angelov
    Anghei Anghelov is a former boxer from Bulgaria, who won a silver medal in the light welterweight division the 1972 Summer Olympics...

     (BUL) def. Srisook Bantow (THA), TKO-2

  • Issaka Dabore (NIG) def. Kyoji Shinohara (JPN), 3:2

Semifinals

  • Ray Seales (USA) def. Zvonimir Vujin
    Zvonimir Vujin
    Zvonimir Vujin is a former boxer from Yugoslavia, who was a two-time Bronze Medal winner at the Olympic Games.At the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, he won the Lightweight bronze medal...

     (YUG), 5:0

  • Angel Angelov
    Angel Angelov
    Anghei Anghelov is a former boxer from Bulgaria, who won a silver medal in the light welterweight division the 1972 Summer Olympics...

     (BUL) def. Issaka Dabore (NIG), 5:0

Welterweight (– 67 kg)

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY
Emilio Correa
János Kajdi
János Kajdi
János Kajdi was a boxer from Hungary who won the silver medal in the welterweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany...

Jesse Valdez
Jesse Valdez
Jesse Valdez is a former boxer.-Amateur career:At sixteen years-old, Valdez won the National AAU Welterweight Championship in 1964 by upsetting Olympic bronze medalist Quincey Daniels. That same year, he qualified for the U.S. Olympic team as an alternate. In 1967, he won a bronze medal at the...

Richard Murunga
Richard Murunga
Richard Murunga is a former boxer from Kenya.-Amateur career:He started boxing in 1968, in the age of 19, encouraged by his father, Ernest Illuk,who was a Kenyan army officer...


First Round

  • Ib Bøtcher (DEN) def. Nicolas Ortiz Flores (PUR), 3:2

  • Vladimir Kolev
    Vladimir Kolev
    Vladimir Kolev is a retired boxer from Bulgaria and Olympic bronze medalist.At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, he won the bronze medal in the light welterweight division after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual runner-up Andrés Aldama of Cuba.Two years earlier, at the...

     (BUL) def. Abdelhamid Fouad Gad (EGY), 5:0

  • David Jackson (UGA) def. Victor Zilberman
    Victor Zilberman
    Victor Zilberman is a retired boxer from Romania.He represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada...

     (ROU), 3:2

  • Carlos Burga (PER) def. Ketil Hodne (NOR), 4:1

  • Jesse Valdez
    Jesse Valdez
    Jesse Valdez is a former boxer.-Amateur career:At sixteen years-old, Valdez won the National AAU Welterweight Championship in 1964 by upsetting Olympic bronze medalist Quincey Daniels. That same year, he qualified for the U.S. Olympic team as an alternate. In 1967, he won a bronze medal at the...

     (USA) def. Kolman Kalipe (TOG), 5:0

Second Round

  • Alfonso Fernández (ESP) def. Hakki Sözen (TUR), 4:1

  • Maurice Hope
    Maurice Hope
    Maurice Hope is a former boxer from England, who was world Jr. Middleweight champion. Hope lived in Hackney most of his life, but now lives in his place of birth, Antigua. He represented Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.- Biography :Maurice Hope moved at a very...

     (GBR) def. Garry Davis (BAH), 5:0

  • Damdiniav Bandi (MGL) def. Emma Flash Ankoudey (GHA), 3:2

  • János Kajdi
    János Kajdi
    János Kajdi was a boxer from Hungary who won the silver medal in the welterweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany...

     (HUN) def. James Vrij
    James Vrij
    James Vrij is a retired welterweight boxer from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics. There he was eliminated in the second round of the men's welterweight division by eventual silver medalist János Kajdi from Hungary.-References:...

     (HOL), 4:1

  • Kerry Devlin (AUS) def. Mirgaani Rizgalla (SUD), TKO-3

  • Sergio Lozano (MEX) def. Joe Mensah (NGR), 5:0

  • Vartex Parsanian (IRI) def. Mbaraka Mkanga (TNZ), 5:0

  • Richard Murunga
    Richard Murunga
    Richard Murunga is a former boxer from Kenya.-Amateur career:He started boxing in 1968, in the age of 19, encouraged by his father, Ernest Illuk,who was a Kenyan army officer...

     (KEN) def. Alfons Stawski (POL), 4:1

  • Emilio Correa (CUB) def. Damiano Lassandro (ITA), 5:0

  • Manfred Wolke
    Manfred Wolke
    Manfred Wolke is a former welterweight boxer. He was a member of the Armeesportsklub Vorwärts Frankfurt an der Oder....

     (GDR) def. Panayotis Therianos (GRE), 4:1

  • Günther Meier
    Günther Meier
    Günther Meier is a former German boxer who competed in the Light Middleweight category. He won an Olympic bronze medal in 1968.-External links:**...

     (FRG) def. Jeff Rackley
    Jeff Rackley
    Jeffrey S Rackley is a retired boxer from New Zealand.Born in Nelson, New Zealand, Rackley competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. There he was defeated in the second round of the Welterweight by Günther Meier of West Germany.-References:...

     (NZL), 5:0

  • Sangnual Rabieb (THA) def. Karl Gschwind (SUI), 5:0

  • Anatoliy Khokhlov (URS) def. Julio Medina (CHL), TKO-3

  • John Rodgers (IRL) def. Ib Bøtcher (DEN), TKO-3

  • David Jackson (UGA) def. Vladimir Kolev
    Vladimir Kolev
    Vladimir Kolev is a retired boxer from Bulgaria and Olympic bronze medalist.At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, he won the bronze medal in the light welterweight division after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual runner-up Andrés Aldama of Cuba.Two years earlier, at the...

     (BUL), 4:1

  • Jesse Valdez
    Jesse Valdez
    Jesse Valdez is a former boxer.-Amateur career:At sixteen years-old, Valdez won the National AAU Welterweight Championship in 1964 by upsetting Olympic bronze medalist Quincey Daniels. That same year, he qualified for the U.S. Olympic team as an alternate. In 1967, he won a bronze medal at the...

     (USA) def. Carlos Burga (PER), 4:1

Third Round

  • Maurice Hope
    Maurice Hope
    Maurice Hope is a former boxer from England, who was world Jr. Middleweight champion. Hope lived in Hackney most of his life, but now lives in his place of birth, Antigua. He represented Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.- Biography :Maurice Hope moved at a very...

     (GBR) def. Alfonso Fernández (ESP), walk-over

  • János Kajdi
    János Kajdi
    János Kajdi was a boxer from Hungary who won the silver medal in the welterweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany...

     (HUN) def. Damdiniav Bandi (MGL), KO-2

  • Sergio Lozano (MEX) def. Kerry Devlin (AUS), 4:1

  • Richard Murunga
    Richard Murunga
    Richard Murunga is a former boxer from Kenya.-Amateur career:He started boxing in 1968, in the age of 19, encouraged by his father, Ernest Illuk,who was a Kenyan army officer...

     (KEN) def. Vartex Parsanian (IRI), TKO-3

  • Emilio Correa (CUB) def. Manfred Wolke
    Manfred Wolke
    Manfred Wolke is a former welterweight boxer. He was a member of the Armeesportsklub Vorwärts Frankfurt an der Oder....

     (GDR), TKO-2

  • Günther Meier
    Günther Meier
    Günther Meier is a former German boxer who competed in the Light Middleweight category. He won an Olympic bronze medal in 1968.-External links:**...

     (FRG) def. Sangnual Rabieb (THA), 5:0

  • Anatoliy Khokhlov (URS) def. John Rodgers (IRL), 5:0

  • Jesse Valdez
    Jesse Valdez
    Jesse Valdez is a former boxer.-Amateur career:At sixteen years-old, Valdez won the National AAU Welterweight Championship in 1964 by upsetting Olympic bronze medalist Quincey Daniels. That same year, he qualified for the U.S. Olympic team as an alternate. In 1967, he won a bronze medal at the...

     (USA) def. David Jackson (UGA), 4:1

Quarterfinals

  • János Kajdi
    János Kajdi
    János Kajdi was a boxer from Hungary who won the silver medal in the welterweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany...

     (HUN) def. Maurice Hope
    Maurice Hope
    Maurice Hope is a former boxer from England, who was world Jr. Middleweight champion. Hope lived in Hackney most of his life, but now lives in his place of birth, Antigua. He represented Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.- Biography :Maurice Hope moved at a very...

     (GBR), 5:0

  • Richard Murunga
    Richard Murunga
    Richard Murunga is a former boxer from Kenya.-Amateur career:He started boxing in 1968, in the age of 19, encouraged by his father, Ernest Illuk,who was a Kenyan army officer...

     (KEN) def. Sergio Lozano (MEX), KO-1

  • Emilio Correa (CUB) def. Günther Meier
    Günther Meier
    Günther Meier is a former German boxer who competed in the Light Middleweight category. He won an Olympic bronze medal in 1968.-External links:**...

     (FRG), 3:2

  • Jesse Valdez
    Jesse Valdez
    Jesse Valdez is a former boxer.-Amateur career:At sixteen years-old, Valdez won the National AAU Welterweight Championship in 1964 by upsetting Olympic bronze medalist Quincey Daniels. That same year, he qualified for the U.S. Olympic team as an alternate. In 1967, he won a bronze medal at the...

     (USA) def. Anatoly Khohlov (URS), 5:0

Semifinals

  • János Kajdi
    János Kajdi
    János Kajdi was a boxer from Hungary who won the silver medal in the welterweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany...

     (HUN) def. Richard Murunga
    Richard Murunga
    Richard Murunga is a former boxer from Kenya.-Amateur career:He started boxing in 1968, in the age of 19, encouraged by his father, Ernest Illuk,who was a Kenyan army officer...

     (KEN), 4:1

  • Emilio Correa (CUB) def. Jesse Valdez
    Jesse Valdez
    Jesse Valdez is a former boxer.-Amateur career:At sixteen years-old, Valdez won the National AAU Welterweight Championship in 1964 by upsetting Olympic bronze medalist Quincey Daniels. That same year, he qualified for the U.S. Olympic team as an alternate. In 1967, he won a bronze medal at the...

     (USA), 3:2

Final

  • Emilio Correa (CUB) def. János Kajdi
    János Kajdi
    János Kajdi was a boxer from Hungary who won the silver medal in the welterweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany...

     (HUN), 5:0

Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY
Dieter Kottysch
Dieter Kottysch
Dieter Kottysch is a former boxer and Olympic gold medalist.-Amateur career:Kottysch is a former German amateur boxer, who won the light middleweight Olympic gold medal for West Germany at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.- Olympic results :*1st round bye*Defeated Bonifacio Avila TKO 2*Defeated...

Wiesław Rudkowski
Peter Tiepold
Peter Tiepold
Peter Tiepold is a former light-middleweight boxer from East Germany, who won the bronze medals of international competitions. He competended for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo.- References :*...

Alan Minter
Alan Minter
Alan Minter is a former middleweight world champion boxer.-Amateur career:Minter was the 1971 ABA Middleweight Champion. He won the bronze medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games...


First Round

  • Rolando Garbey
    Rolando Garbey
    Rolando Garbey Garbey is a Cuban boxer. He competed in the Light Middleweight category. He won an Olympic silver medal in 1968 and a bronze medal in 1976. In 1974, at the inaugural 1974 World Championships in Havana, Cuba, he won the world title...

     (CUB) def. Ricky Barnor (GHA), 5:0

  • Svetomir Belic (YUG) def. Dumar Fall (SEN), 4:1

Second Round

  • Anthony Richardson
    Anthony Richardson
    Anthony Richardson , born Anthony Thomas Stewart Currie Richardson, was a British author of adult adventure fiction and non-fiction.-Biography:...

     (HOL) def. Svetomir Belic (YUG), 3:2

  • Loucif Hanmani (ALG) def. José Colón (PUR), 5:0

  • Alan Minter
    Alan Minter
    Alan Minter is a former middleweight world champion boxer.-Amateur career:Minter was the 1971 ABA Middleweight Champion. He won the bronze medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games...

     (GBR) def. Reginald Ford (GUY), KO-2

  • Valeri Tregubov (URS) def. Reggie Jones (USA), 3:2

  • Evengelos Oikonomakos (GRE) def. Nicolas Aquilino (PHI), 5:0

  • Dieter Kottysch
    Dieter Kottysch
    Dieter Kottysch is a former boxer and Olympic gold medalist.-Amateur career:Kottysch is a former German amateur boxer, who won the light middleweight Olympic gold medal for West Germany at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.- Olympic results :*1st round bye*Defeated Bonifacio Avila TKO 2*Defeated...

     (FRG) def. Bonifacio Avila
    Bonifacio Ávila
    Bonifacio Ávila is a retired boxer from Colombia, who represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics. There he was eliminated in the second round of the men's light middleweight division by eventual gold medalist Dieter Kottysch from West Germany...

     (COL), TKO-2

  • Mohamed Majeri (TUN) def. Issoufou Habou
    Issoufou Habou
    Issoufou Habou is a former Nigerien light-middleweight boxer. Habou competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics for Niger. He lost his only match to Mohamed Majeri of Tunisia.-References:...

     (NIG), 5:0

  • Alan Jenkinson (AUS) def. Michel Belliard (FRA), 4:1

  • Mikko Saarinen (FIN) def. David Attan (KEN), TKO-2

  • Peter Tiepold
    Peter Tiepold
    Peter Tiepold is a former light-middleweight boxer from East Germany, who won the bronze medals of international competitions. He competended for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo.- References :*...

     (GDR) def. Ion Györfi (ROU), 4:1

  • Christopher Elliott
    Christopher Elliott
    Christopher Elliott is an Australian Actor in Sydney represented by Carolyn White . He grew up at 14 Sheldon Street Nudgee, Qld., and attended Virginia State Primary School 1967-1974 and then Brisbane Grammar School 1975-1979.-Study:Christopher is an alumnus of Stella Adler Studio Of Acting New...

     (IRL) def. Farouk Kesrouan (LEB), 5:0

  • Emeterio Villanueva (MEX) def. Alfredo Lemus (VEN), 4:1

  • Wiesław Rudkowski (POL) def. Antonio Castellini (ITA), 5:0

  • Nayden Stanchev (BUL) def. John Opio (UGA), 3:2

  • Rolando Garbey
    Rolando Garbey
    Rolando Garbey Garbey is a Cuban boxer. He competed in the Light Middleweight category. He won an Olympic silver medal in 1968 and a bronze medal in 1976. In 1974, at the inaugural 1974 World Championships in Havana, Cuba, he won the world title...

     (CUB) def. Franz Csandl (AUT), 5:0

  • Jae Keun-Lim (KOR) def. Namchal Tsendaiush (MGL), 3:2

Third Round

  • Loucif Hanmani (ALG) def. Anthony Richardson
    Anthony Richardson
    Anthony Richardson , born Anthony Thomas Stewart Currie Richardson, was a British author of adult adventure fiction and non-fiction.-Biography:...

     (HOL), TKO-2

  • Alan Minter
    Alan Minter
    Alan Minter is a former middleweight world champion boxer.-Amateur career:Minter was the 1971 ABA Middleweight Champion. He won the bronze medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games...

     (GBR) def. Valeri Tregubov (URS), 5:0

  • Dieter Kottysch
    Dieter Kottysch
    Dieter Kottysch is a former boxer and Olympic gold medalist.-Amateur career:Kottysch is a former German amateur boxer, who won the light middleweight Olympic gold medal for West Germany at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.- Olympic results :*1st round bye*Defeated Bonifacio Avila TKO 2*Defeated...

     (FRG) def. Evengelos Oikonomakos (GRE), 5:0

  • Mohamed Majeri (TUN) def. Alan Jenkinson (AUS), 5:0

  • Peter Tiepold
    Peter Tiepold
    Peter Tiepold is a former light-middleweight boxer from East Germany, who won the bronze medals of international competitions. He competended for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo.- References :*...

     (GDR) def. Mikko Saarinen (FIN), 5:0

  • Emeterio Villanueva (MEX) def. Christopher Elliott
    Christopher Elliott
    Christopher Elliott is an Australian Actor in Sydney represented by Carolyn White . He grew up at 14 Sheldon Street Nudgee, Qld., and attended Virginia State Primary School 1967-1974 and then Brisbane Grammar School 1975-1979.-Study:Christopher is an alumnus of Stella Adler Studio Of Acting New...

     (IRL), TKO-3

  • Wiesław Rudkowski (POL) def. Nayden Stanchev (BUL), 5:0

  • Rolando Garbey
    Rolando Garbey
    Rolando Garbey Garbey is a Cuban boxer. He competed in the Light Middleweight category. He won an Olympic silver medal in 1968 and a bronze medal in 1976. In 1974, at the inaugural 1974 World Championships in Havana, Cuba, he won the world title...

     (CUB) def. Jae Keun-Lim (KOR), TKO-2

Quarterfinals

  • Alan Minter
    Alan Minter
    Alan Minter is a former middleweight world champion boxer.-Amateur career:Minter was the 1971 ABA Middleweight Champion. He won the bronze medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games...

     (GBR) def. Loucif Hanmani (ALG), 4:1

  • Dieter Kottysch
    Dieter Kottysch
    Dieter Kottysch is a former boxer and Olympic gold medalist.-Amateur career:Kottysch is a former German amateur boxer, who won the light middleweight Olympic gold medal for West Germany at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.- Olympic results :*1st round bye*Defeated Bonifacio Avila TKO 2*Defeated...

     (FRG) def. Mohamed Majeri (TUN), 5:0

  • Peter Tiepold
    Peter Tiepold
    Peter Tiepold is a former light-middleweight boxer from East Germany, who won the bronze medals of international competitions. He competended for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo.- References :*...

     (GDR) def. Emeterio Villanueva (MEX), 5:0

  • Wiesław Rudkowski (POL) def. Rolando Garbey
    Rolando Garbey
    Rolando Garbey Garbey is a Cuban boxer. He competed in the Light Middleweight category. He won an Olympic silver medal in 1968 and a bronze medal in 1976. In 1974, at the inaugural 1974 World Championships in Havana, Cuba, he won the world title...

     (CUB), 4:1

Semifinals

  • Dieter Kottysch
    Dieter Kottysch
    Dieter Kottysch is a former boxer and Olympic gold medalist.-Amateur career:Kottysch is a former German amateur boxer, who won the light middleweight Olympic gold medal for West Germany at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.- Olympic results :*1st round bye*Defeated Bonifacio Avila TKO 2*Defeated...

     (FRG) def. Alan Minter
    Alan Minter
    Alan Minter is a former middleweight world champion boxer.-Amateur career:Minter was the 1971 ABA Middleweight Champion. He won the bronze medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games...

     (GBR), 3:2

  • Wiesław Rudkowski (POL) def. Peter Tiepold
    Peter Tiepold
    Peter Tiepold is a former light-middleweight boxer from East Germany, who won the bronze medals of international competitions. He competended for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo.- References :*...

     (GDR), 4:1

Middleweight (– 75 kg)

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY
Vyacheslav Lemeshev
Vyacheslav Lemeshev
Vyacheslav Ivanovich Lemeshev is an amateur boxer from the USSR.Lemeshev trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. During his career Lemeshev won 103 fights out of 111. He won the gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich...

Reima Virtanen
Reima Virtanen
Reima Valdemar Virtanen is a former boxer from Finland, who won the silver medal in the middleweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He was nicknamed "Kila" and "Rema" during his career...

Prince Amartey
Prince Amartey
Prince Amartey is a boxer from Ghana, who won the bronze medal in the middleweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He shared the podium with USA's Marvin Johnson.-References:...

Marvin Johnson
Marvin Johnson
Marvin Johnson is a former boxer from the United States, who fought in the 1972 Olympics in Munich, winning a bronze medal, and made his way up the professional ranks in the light heavyweight division soon thereafter...


First Round

  • Alejandro Montoya (CUB) def. Alec Năstac
    Alec Nastac
    Alec Năstac is a retired boxer from Romania, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the bronze medal in the middleweight division after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual winner Michael Spinks of the United States...

     (ROU), KO-1

  • William Knight (GBR) def. Julius Luipa (ZAM), 3:2

  • Hans-Joachim Brauske (GDR) def. Abdalla Abdelwahb Salih (SUD), 3:2

  • Vyacheslav Lemeshev
    Vyacheslav Lemeshev
    Vyacheslav Ivanovich Lemeshev is an amateur boxer from the USSR.Lemeshev trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. During his career Lemeshev won 103 fights out of 111. He won the gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich...

     (URS) def. William Gomnies (INA), KO-1

  • Nazif Kuran (TUR) def. Athanasios Giannopoulos (GRE), TKO-2

  • Nathaniel Knowles (BAH) def. Faustino Quinales (VEN), TKO-1

Second Round

  • Reima Virtanen
    Reima Virtanen
    Reima Valdemar Virtanen is a former boxer from Finland, who won the silver medal in the middleweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He was nicknamed "Kila" and "Rema" during his career...

     (FIN) def. Titus Simba (TNZ), 3:2

  • Witold Stachurski (POL) def. Peter Dula (KEN), 4:1

  • Prince Amartey
    Prince Amartey
    Prince Amartey is a boxer from Ghana, who won the bronze medal in the middleweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He shared the podium with USA's Marvin Johnson.-References:...

     (GHA) def. José Luis Espinosa (MEX), 5:0

  • Poul Knudsen (DEN) def. William Peets (VIS), 5:0

  • Marvin Johnson
    Marvin Johnson
    Marvin Johnson is a former boxer from the United States, who fought in the 1972 Olympics in Munich, winning a bronze medal, and made his way up the professional ranks in the light heavyweight division soon thereafter...

     (USA) def. Ewald Jarmer (FRG), 5:0

  • Alejandro Montoya (CUB) def. William Knight (GBR), TKO-2

  • Vyacheslav Lemeshev
    Vyacheslav Lemeshev
    Vyacheslav Ivanovich Lemeshev is an amateur boxer from the USSR.Lemeshev trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. During his career Lemeshev won 103 fights out of 111. He won the gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich...

     (URS) def. Hans-Joachim Brauske (GDR), 5:0

  • Nazif Kuran (TUR) def. Nathaniel Knowles (BAH), KO-1

Quarterfinals

  • Reima Virtanen
    Reima Virtanen
    Reima Valdemar Virtanen is a former boxer from Finland, who won the silver medal in the middleweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He was nicknamed "Kila" and "Rema" during his career...

     (FIN) def. Witold Stachurski (POL), TKO-3

  • Prince Amartey
    Prince Amartey
    Prince Amartey is a boxer from Ghana, who won the bronze medal in the middleweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He shared the podium with USA's Marvin Johnson.-References:...

     (GHA) def. Poul Knudsen (DEN), 3:2

  • Marvin Johnson
    Marvin Johnson
    Marvin Johnson is a former boxer from the United States, who fought in the 1972 Olympics in Munich, winning a bronze medal, and made his way up the professional ranks in the light heavyweight division soon thereafter...

     (USA) def. Alejandro Montoya (CUB), 5:0

  • Vyacheslav Lemeshev
    Vyacheslav Lemeshev
    Vyacheslav Ivanovich Lemeshev is an amateur boxer from the USSR.Lemeshev trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. During his career Lemeshev won 103 fights out of 111. He won the gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich...

     (URS) def. Nazif Kuran (TUR), TKO-2

Semifinals

  • Reima Virtanen
    Reima Virtanen
    Reima Valdemar Virtanen is a former boxer from Finland, who won the silver medal in the middleweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He was nicknamed "Kila" and "Rema" during his career...

     (FIN) def. Prince Amartey
    Prince Amartey
    Prince Amartey is a boxer from Ghana, who won the bronze medal in the middleweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He shared the podium with USA's Marvin Johnson.-References:...

     (GHA), 3:2

  • Vyacheslav Lemeshev
    Vyacheslav Lemeshev
    Vyacheslav Ivanovich Lemeshev is an amateur boxer from the USSR.Lemeshev trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. During his career Lemeshev won 103 fights out of 111. He won the gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich...

     (URS) def. Marvin Johnson
    Marvin Johnson
    Marvin Johnson is a former boxer from the United States, who fought in the 1972 Olympics in Munich, winning a bronze medal, and made his way up the professional ranks in the light heavyweight division soon thereafter...

     (USA), TKO-2

Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY
Mate Parlov
Mate Parlov
Mate Parlov was a Croatian boxer, and an Olympic gold medalist for former Yugoslavia. As a professional, he won the European light heavyweight title in 1976 and WBC light heavyweight world title in 1978....

Gilberto Carrillo
Gilberto Carrillo
Gilberto Carillo was a male amateur boxer from Cuba.He competed for his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the light-heavyweight event, where he finished in second place....

Isaac Ikhouria
Isaac Ikhouria
Isaac Ikhouria is a retired boxer from Nigeria, who is best known for winning a bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. A year later he won the title in the men's light heavyweight division at the 1973 All-Africa Games in Lagos, Nigeria.-References:*...

Janusz Gortat
Janusz Gortat
Janusz Gortat is a retired boxer from Poland, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972. In both tournaments he won the bronze medal in the light heavyweight division , in 1976 after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual winner Leon Spinks of...


First Round

  • Isaac Ikhouria
    Isaac Ikhouria
    Isaac Ikhouria is a retired boxer from Nigeria, who is best known for winning a bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. A year later he won the title in the men's light heavyweight division at the 1973 All-Africa Games in Lagos, Nigeria.-References:*...

     (NGR) def. Anton Schaer (SUI), 3:2

  • Valdemar Paulino Oliveira (BRA) def. Nghivav Mehtab Singh (IND), 5:0

  • Nikolay Anfimov (URS) def. Georgi Stankov
    Georgi Stankov
    Georgi Stankov is a boxer from Bulgaria.He competed for Bulgaria in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the light-heavyweight event where he finished in third place. He returned to the Olympics four years later in Munich but lost in the first round.-References:*...

     (BUL), 5:0

  • Mahmoud Ahmed Ali (EGY) def. Gombo Zorig (MGL), 5:0

  • Janusz Gortat
    Janusz Gortat
    Janusz Gortat is a retired boxer from Poland, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972. In both tournaments he won the bronze medal in the light heavyweight division , in 1976 after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual winner Leon Spinks of...

     (POL) def. Jaroslav Kral (TCH), 5:0

  • Raymond Russell (USA) def. Stephen Thega (KEN), TKO-2

  • Rudi Hornig (FRG) def. Henri Moreau (FRA), 5:0

  • Guglielmo Spinello (ITA) def. Samson Laizer (TNZ), KO-2

  • Marin Culineac (ROU) def. Dinsdale Wright (JAM), 5:0

  • Miguel Angel Cuello
    Miguel Angel Cuello
    Miguel Angel Cuello was a professional boxer in the light heavyweight division.- Amateur career :...

     (ARG) def. Ottomar Sachse (GDR), 4:1

  • Mate Parlov
    Mate Parlov
    Mate Parlov was a Croatian boxer, and an Olympic gold medalist for former Yugoslavia. As a professional, he won the European light heavyweight title in 1976 and WBC light heavyweight world title in 1978....

     (YUG) def. Noureddine Aman Hasan (CHA), TKO-2

  • Imre Tóth (HUN) def. Matthias Ouma (UGA), 3:2

Second Round

  • Gilberto Carrillo
    Gilberto Carrillo
    Gilberto Carillo was a male amateur boxer from Cuba.He competed for his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the light-heavyweight event, where he finished in second place....

     (CUB) def. Ernesto Sanchez (VEN), KO-1

  • Harald Skog (NOR) def. Seifu Mekkonen (ETH), 5:0

  • Isaac Ikhouria
    Isaac Ikhouria
    Isaac Ikhouria is a retired boxer from Nigeria, who is best known for winning a bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. A year later he won the title in the men's light heavyweight division at the 1973 All-Africa Games in Lagos, Nigeria.-References:*...

     (NGR) def. Valdemar Paulino Oliveira (BRA), 5:0

  • Nikolay Anfimov (URS) def. Mahmoud Ahmed Ali (EGY), TKO-3

  • Janusz Gortat
    Janusz Gortat
    Janusz Gortat is a retired boxer from Poland, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972. In both tournaments he won the bronze medal in the light heavyweight division , in 1976 after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual winner Leon Spinks of...

     (POL) def. Raymond Russell (USA), 3:2

  • Rudi Hornig (FRG) def. Guglielmo Spinello (ITA), 4:1

  • Miguel Angel Cuello
    Miguel Angel Cuello
    Miguel Angel Cuello was a professional boxer in the light heavyweight division.- Amateur career :...

     (ARG) def. Marin Culineac (ROU), TKO-2

  • Mate Parlov
    Mate Parlov
    Mate Parlov was a Croatian boxer, and an Olympic gold medalist for former Yugoslavia. As a professional, he won the European light heavyweight title in 1976 and WBC light heavyweight world title in 1978....

     (YUG) def. Imre Tóth (HUN), TKO-2

Quarterfinals

  • Gilberto Carrillo
    Gilberto Carrillo
    Gilberto Carillo was a male amateur boxer from Cuba.He competed for his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the light-heavyweight event, where he finished in second place....

     (CUB) def. Harald Skog (NOR), TKO-1

  • Isaac Ikhouria
    Isaac Ikhouria
    Isaac Ikhouria is a retired boxer from Nigeria, who is best known for winning a bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. A year later he won the title in the men's light heavyweight division at the 1973 All-Africa Games in Lagos, Nigeria.-References:*...

     (NGR) def. Nikolay Anfimov (URS), 3:2

  • Janusz Gortat
    Janusz Gortat
    Janusz Gortat is a retired boxer from Poland, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972. In both tournaments he won the bronze medal in the light heavyweight division , in 1976 after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual winner Leon Spinks of...

     (POL) def. Rudi Hornig (FRG), TKO-1

  • Mate Parlov
    Mate Parlov
    Mate Parlov was a Croatian boxer, and an Olympic gold medalist for former Yugoslavia. As a professional, he won the European light heavyweight title in 1976 and WBC light heavyweight world title in 1978....

     (YUG) def. Miguel Angel Cuello
    Miguel Angel Cuello
    Miguel Angel Cuello was a professional boxer in the light heavyweight division.- Amateur career :...

     (ARG), walk-over

Semifinals

  • Gilberto Carrillo
    Gilberto Carrillo
    Gilberto Carillo was a male amateur boxer from Cuba.He competed for his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the light-heavyweight event, where he finished in second place....

     (CUB) def. Isaac Ikhouria
    Isaac Ikhouria
    Isaac Ikhouria is a retired boxer from Nigeria, who is best known for winning a bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. A year later he won the title in the men's light heavyweight division at the 1973 All-Africa Games in Lagos, Nigeria.-References:*...

     (NGR), 5:0

  • Mate Parlov
    Mate Parlov
    Mate Parlov was a Croatian boxer, and an Olympic gold medalist for former Yugoslavia. As a professional, he won the European light heavyweight title in 1976 and WBC light heavyweight world title in 1978....

     (YUG) def. Janusz Gortat
    Janusz Gortat
    Janusz Gortat is a retired boxer from Poland, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972. In both tournaments he won the bronze medal in the light heavyweight division , in 1976 after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual winner Leon Spinks of...

     (POL), 5:0

Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY
Teófilo Stevenson
Teófilo Stevenson
Teófilo Stevenson Lawrence or Teófilo Stevenson is a former Cuban amateur boxer. He is one of the only three boxers to win three Olympic gold medals, alongside Hungarian László Papp and fellow Cuban Félix Savón....

Ion Alexe
Ion Alexe
Ion Alexe is a retired heavyweight boxer from Romania, who won the silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany...

Hasse Thomsén
Hasse Thomsén
Hasse Evert Thomsén was a heavyweight boxer from Sweden who won the bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany...

Peter Hussing
Peter Hussing
Peter Hussing was a West German heavyweight boxing champion. Although one of the favorites in European Championship in Katowice in 1975, he was heavily KO-ed by Andrzej Biegalski from Poland, who later became the champion. Four years later, Hussing became the European Champion in Cologne 1979...




First Round

  • Teófilo Stevenson
    Teófilo Stevenson
    Teófilo Stevenson Lawrence or Teófilo Stevenson is a former Cuban amateur boxer. He is one of the only three boxers to win three Olympic gold medals, alongside Hungarian László Papp and fellow Cuban Félix Savón....

     (CUB) def. Ludwik Denderys (POL), TKO-1

  • Duane Bobick
    Duane Bobick
    Duane Bobick was a boxer from the United States, who became world amateur heavyweight champion in 1971, and also won the gold medal at the 1971 Pan American Games...

     (USA) def. Yuri Nesterov
    Yuri Nesterov
    Yuri Igorevich Nesterov is a former Soviet/Russian handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.In 1988 he won the gold medal with the Soviet team. He played all six matches and scored ten goals.-External links:*...

     (URS), 5:0

  • Ion Alexe
    Ion Alexe
    Ion Alexe is a retired heavyweight boxer from Romania, who won the silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany...

     (ROU) def. Jozsef Reder (HUN), 5:0

  • Jürgen Fanghänel
    Jürgen Fanghänel
    Jürgen Fanghänel is a retired male boxer, who won the bronze medal for East Germany in the men's heavyweight division at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. There he was defeated in the semi finals by Piotr Zaev of the Soviet Union...

     (GDR) def. Atanas Suvandzhiev (BUL), KO-1

  • Carroll Morgan
    Carroll Morgan
    Carroll Morgan is a former heavyweight boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. There he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Sweden's eventual bronze medalist Hasse Thomsén.Morgan is now training people in the city where he lives...

     (CAN) def. Fatai Ayinla
    Fatai Ayinla
    Fatai Ayinla-Adekunle is a retired amateur boxer from Nigeria, who is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's heavyweight division at the 1973 All-Africa Games in Lagos, Nigeria....

     (NGR), 3:2

  • Hasse Thomsén
    Hasse Thomsén
    Hasse Evert Thomsén was a heavyweight boxer from Sweden who won the bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany...

     (SWE) def. Jean Bassomben (CMR), 4:1

Quarterfinals

  • Peter Hussing
    Peter Hussing
    Peter Hussing was a West German heavyweight boxing champion. Although one of the favorites in European Championship in Katowice in 1975, he was heavily KO-ed by Andrzej Biegalski from Poland, who later became the champion. Four years later, Hussing became the European Champion in Cologne 1979...

     (FRG) def. Oscar Ludeña (PER), KO-1

  • Teófilo Stevenson
    Teófilo Stevenson
    Teófilo Stevenson Lawrence or Teófilo Stevenson is a former Cuban amateur boxer. He is one of the only three boxers to win three Olympic gold medals, alongside Hungarian László Papp and fellow Cuban Félix Savón....

     (CUB) def. Duane Bobick
    Duane Bobick
    Duane Bobick was a boxer from the United States, who became world amateur heavyweight champion in 1971, and also won the gold medal at the 1971 Pan American Games...

     (USA), TKO-3

  • Ion Alexe
    Ion Alexe
    Ion Alexe is a retired heavyweight boxer from Romania, who won the silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany...

     (ROU) def. Jürgen Fanghänel
    Jürgen Fanghänel
    Jürgen Fanghänel is a retired male boxer, who won the bronze medal for East Germany in the men's heavyweight division at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. There he was defeated in the semi finals by Piotr Zaev of the Soviet Union...

     (GDR), 5:0

  • Hasse Thomsén
    Hasse Thomsén
    Hasse Evert Thomsén was a heavyweight boxer from Sweden who won the bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany...

     (SWE) def. Carroll Morgan
    Carroll Morgan
    Carroll Morgan is a former heavyweight boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. There he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Sweden's eventual bronze medalist Hasse Thomsén.Morgan is now training people in the city where he lives...

     (CAN), KO-3

Semifinals

  • Teófilo Stevenson
    Teófilo Stevenson
    Teófilo Stevenson Lawrence or Teófilo Stevenson is a former Cuban amateur boxer. He is one of the only three boxers to win three Olympic gold medals, alongside Hungarian László Papp and fellow Cuban Félix Savón....

     (CUB) def. Peter Hussing
    Peter Hussing
    Peter Hussing was a West German heavyweight boxing champion. Although one of the favorites in European Championship in Katowice in 1975, he was heavily KO-ed by Andrzej Biegalski from Poland, who later became the champion. Four years later, Hussing became the European Champion in Cologne 1979...

     (FRG), TKO-2

  • Ion Alexe
    Ion Alexe
    Ion Alexe is a retired heavyweight boxer from Romania, who won the silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany...

     (ROU) def. Hasse Thomsén
    Hasse Thomsén
    Hasse Evert Thomsén was a heavyweight boxer from Sweden who won the bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany...

    (SWE), 5:0
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