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Boxing At The 1988 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in the Jamsil Students' Gymnasium in Seoul between 17 September and 2 October. Twelve men's individual boxing events were contested, attended by 432 athletes and 159 officials from 106 countries. The events were notable for a controversial decision in the light middleweight championship bout between American Roy Jones Jr. and South Korean Park Si-Hun, when Roy Jones was denied gold despite being considered vastly superior by observers. Medalists Medal table References External links Amateur Boxing {{Val Barker Trophy winners Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics, Boxing at the Summer Olympics, 1988 Events at the 1988 Summer Olympics 1988 in boxing, Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamsil Students' Gymnasium
Jamsil Students' Gymnasium () is an indoor arena, indoor sporting arena located in Seoul, South Korea. The capacity of the arena is 7,500 and was built from November 1972 to December 1976 to host Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics, Boxing events at the 1986 Asian Games and 2-years later the same sport on the 1988 Summer Olympics, and wheelchair basketball events at the 1988 Summer Paralympics. The arena's name is derived from the fact that it owned by the Korea University Sports Federation, and usually host university sports events, most notably the annual MBC Cup for college basketball teams. Events Jamsil has held a number of Esports events, including the StarCraft competitions the 2015 10th SonicTV Starleague and 2012 Tving OSL. PWF Korea Life Attack Pro wrestling event will be held on April 27, 2014 at this venue. A historical moment in Korean culture history as a lost sport has regained its popularity in this country. Aside from the Olympics, it also hosted boxing events a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Tews
Andreas Tews (born 11 September 1968) is a German former amateur boxer. Tews won the Flyweight Silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the Featherweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. His first international success came with his second place in the Flyweight class at the 1986 European Junior Championships held in Copenhagen. Just one year after that he won the European Senior Championship at Turin. In the 1991 European Championships at Gothenburg Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ... he came in third. Tews never boxed professionally and is currently a trainer at Gymnasium Rahlstedt in Hamburg, Germany. Olympic results * 1988 won the silver medal representing East Germany as a Flyweight at the Seoul Olympics: **Defeated Wang Weiping (China) PTS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lightweight
Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing (sport), rowing. Boxing Professional boxing The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) boxing weight classes, weight class in the sport of boxing. Notable lightweight boxers include Henry Armstrong, Ken Buchanan, Tony Canzoneri, Pedro Carrasco, Joel Casamayor, Al Davis (boxer), Al "Bummy" Davis, Oscar De La Hoya, Roberto Durán, Joe Gans, Artur Grigorian, Benny Leonard, Ray Mancini, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Juan Manuel Márquez, Sugar Shane Mosley, Miguel Ángel González (boxer), Miguel Ángel González, Carlos Ortiz (boxer), Carlos Ortiz, Katie Taylor, Edwin Valero, Len Wickwar, Pernell Whitaker, Manny Pacquiao and Ike Williams (boxer), Ike Williams. Current world champions Current world rankings =''The Ring''= As of May 14, 2025. Keys: : Current ''The Ring (magazine), The Ring'' world champion = ''BoxRec'' = As of May 19, 2025. Longest reigning world lightw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdelhak Achik
Abdelhak Achik (born March 11, 1959) is a former Moroccan amateur boxer, who won the bronze medal in the men's featherweight (– 57 kg) category at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b .... 1988 Olympic results Below is the record of Abdelhak Achik, a Moroccan featherweight boxer who competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics: *Round of 64: bye *Round of 32: Defeated Francisco Avelar (El Salvador) by decision, 4-1 *Round of 16: Defeated Omar Catari (Venezuela) KO 1 *Quarterfinal: Defeated Liu Dong (China) KO 1 *Semifinal: Lost to Giovanni Parisi (Italy) referee stopped contest in the first round (was awarded bronze medal) References * 1959 births Living people Boxers from Casablanca Featherweight boxers Boxers at the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Jae-hyuk
Lee Jae-Hyuk (; born May 20, 1969, in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea) is a retired South Korean amateur boxer. Career Lee won a bronze medal in the men's featherweight (57 kg) division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. In the tournament, he beat future WBC Lightweight champion Miguel Ángel González and future World Amateur Championship gold medalist Kirkor Kirkorov Kirkor Kirkorov (; born March 4, 1968, as Krikor Kirkorian) is a retired Bulgarian boxer who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he was defeated in the first round of the Men's Featherweight Di ... by unanimous decision. Results External links sports-reference profile 1969 births Living people Featherweight boxers Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for South Korea Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in boxing South Korean male boxers Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Dumitrescu
Daniel Dumitrescu (born 23 September 1968) is a retired Romanian boxer who won silver medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics and 1989 European Amateur Boxing Championships. In 1989 he fled from Romania to Greece and then to Germany, where he stayed for one year. He also participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics. In 1993 he turned professional and retired in 1997 with a record of five victories and two losses.Daniel Dumitrescu In 2009, he was arrested in Rome
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Giovanni Parisi
Giovanni Parisi (2 December 1967 – 25 March 2009) was an Italian boxer, who won the gold medal in the Men's Featherweight (57 kg) category at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. 1988 Olympic results Below is the record of Giovanni Parisi, an Italian featherweight boxer who competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics: * Round of 64: bye * Round of 32: defeated Lu Chih Hsiung (Taipei) by decision, 5-0 * Round of 16: defeated Mikhail Kazaryan (Soviet Union) referee stopped contest in the second round * Quarterfinal: defeated Ya'acov Shmuel (Israel) by decision, 5-0 * Semifinal: defeated Abdelhak Achik (Morocco) referee stopped contest in the first round * Final: defeated Daniel Dumitrescu (Romania) by first-round knockout (won gold medal) Professional career A native of Vibo Valentia, Calabria, Parisi began his professional career in 1989 and won the vacant WBO lightweight title by defeating Javier Altamirano in 1992. He later defeated former champion Freddie Pendleton and in 1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Greco-Roman wrestling. Boxing Professional boxing History A featherweight boxer weighs in at a limit of . In the early days of the division, this limit fluctuated. The British have generally always recognized the limit at 126 pounds, but in America the weight limit was at first 114 pounds. An early champion, George Dixon, moved the limit to 120 and then 122 pounds. Finally, in 1920 the United States fixed the limit at 126 pounds. The 1860 fight between Nobby Clark and Jim Elliott is sometimes called the first featherweight championship. However, the division only gained wide acceptance in 1889 after the Ike Weir–Frank Murphy fight. Since the end of the 2000s and early 2010s the featherweight division is one of the most active in boxing with fighters such as Orlando Salido, Chris John, Juan Manuel López, Celestino Caballero, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Elio Rojas, Israel Vazqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phajol Moolsan
Phajol Moolsan (; ; born September 13, 1968) is a Thai boxer. At the 1988 Summer Olympics he won a bronze medal in the men's Bantamweight category, together with Jorge Julio Rocha of Colombia. Even though he was not a hopeful athlete for the Thailand national team, the hopeful boxer was Chatchai Sasakul in the men's Mini-flyweight category, which was eliminated earlier. In Muay thai his name was Put Keitlansang. () Olympic results *1st round bye *Defeated Marcus Priaulx (Australia) 5-0 *Defeated Abraham Torres (Venezuela) 3-2 *Defeated Nyamaagiin Altankhuyag (Mongolia) 5-0 *Lost to Kennedy McKinney (United States) RSC 1 Muay Thai record , - bgcolor="#fbb" , 1987-06-16 , , Loss , , align=left, Kaichon Devy , , Huamark Stadium , , Bangkok, Thailand , , Decision , , 5 , , 3:00 , - bgcolor="#fbb" , 1987-07-20 , , Loss , , align=left, Chakphet Sanphawut, , Rajadamnern Stadium , , Bangkok, Thailand , , Decision , , 5 , , 3:00 , - bgcolor="#cfc" , 1987-0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Eliécer Julio
Jorge Eliécer Julio Rocha (born April 4, 1969) is a Colombian former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2003. He is a two-time bantamweight champion, having held the WBA title from 1992 to 1993 and the WBO title from 1998 to 2000. He won a bronze medal in the bantamweight division as an amateur at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Amateur At the 1988 Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the men's Bantamweight category after losing to Aleksandar Khristov. Olympic results Below are the results of Jorge Eliecer Julio, a Colombia Bantamweight boxer who competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics: * Round of 64: Defeated Michael Hormillosa (Philippines) TKO 3 * Round of 32: Defeated Felipe Nieves (Puerto Rico) points * Round of 16: Defeated Rene Breitbarth (East Germany) points * Quarterfinal: Defeated Katsuyuki Matsushima (Japan) points * Semifinal: Lost to Aleksandar Khristov (Bulgaria) points (was awarded bronze medal) Pro Julio turned pro in 1989 and won his first twe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandar Khristov
Aleksandar Khristov () (born 28 July 1964) is a retired boxer from Bulgaria, who became world champion and represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the silver medal in the bantamweight (51 – 54 kg) division. He also won three medals in the European Amateur Boxing Championships, including gold at the 1987 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Turin, Italy. Khristov was the winning boxer in a disputed bantamweight bout in the 1988 Seoul Olympics when he was given a controversial 4-1 victory over South Korean opponent Jung-Il Byun, who refused to leave the ring for over an hour after Khristov was given the verdict. Results 1985 European Championships *Defeated Hermann Leber (Austria) 5:0 *Defeated Relu Nistor (Romania) 5:0 *Defeated Jarmo Eskelinen (Finland) 5:0 *Lost to Ljubiša Simić (Yugoslavia) 1:4 1987 European Championships *Defeated Mike Devanney (Scotland) RSC-3 *Defeated Ljubiša Simić L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kennedy McKinney
Kennedy McKinney (born January 10, 1966) is an American former professional boxer, who won the bantamweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. As a professional, he won the IBF and WBO super bantamweight titles. Military service McKinney took up boxing while serving in the U.S. Army, private first class stationed at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. Amateur career * 1985 2nd place at United States Amateur Championships as a Flyweight, was stopped by Arthur Johnson * 1986 2nd place at United States Amateur Championships as a Flyweight, losing by decision to Arthur Johnson * 1987 3rd place at United States Amateur Championships as a Bantamweight, losing by decision to Michael Collins * 1988 2nd place at United States Amateur Championships as a Bantamweight, losing by decision to Jemal Hinton * Prior to the 1988 Olympics had several international duals where he fought Alexei Artemiev of the Soviet Union, Rene Breitbarth of East Germany, Aleksandar Hristov of Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
