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Boxing At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Super Heavyweight
The men's super heavyweight boxing competition at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney was held from 23 September to 1 October at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre. Being the heaviest class, super heavyweights were limited to those boxers weighing over 91 kilograms (200.6 pounds). Competition format Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. This event consisted of 16 boxers who have qualified for the competition through various qualifying tournaments held in 1999 and 2000. The competition began with a preliminary round on 23 September, where the number of competitors was reduced to 8, and concluded with the final on 1 October. Both semi-final losers were awarded bronze medals. All bouts consisted of four rounds of two minutes each, with one-minute breaks between rounds. Punches scored only if the white area on the front of the glove made full contact with the front of the head or torso of the opponent. Five judges scored ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Convention And Exhibition Centre
The Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre was a convention, exhibition and entertainment complex in Darling Harbour, Sydney. The Exhibition Centre was designed by architect Philip Cox and the Convention Centre by John Andrews (architect), John Andrews. The complex opened in 1988 as part of an urban renewal and redevelopment of the Darling Harbour area during the period. The complex was eventually demolished in 2013 to make way for the International Convention Centre Sydney, International Convention Centre. History Built by CIMIC Group, Leighton Contractors, the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre (SC&EC) opened in 1988, with a new section of the centre added for the 2000 Summer Olympics. During those games, the venue played host to the Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics, boxing, Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics, fencing, Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics, judo, Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics, weightlifting, and Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics, wrestling com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Macaque
(Louis) Michael Macaque (born 15 August 1974) is a former Mauritian super heavyweight boxer, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and served as the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. He was also the runner-up in super heavyweight boxing at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, after being defeated by England's Audley Harrison. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, Macaque qualified for the super heavyweight division in boxing after winning silver at the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg, South Africa. Unfortunately, he was eliminated in the first round after being defeated by Canada's Art Binkowski with a score of 14–21. A year later, Macaque fulfilled his success of winning the gold medal at the 2001 African Amateur Boxing Championships in his home nation Mauritius. His boxing career ended after winning silver at the 2003 African Amateur Boxing Championships in Yaoundé, Cameroon, losing out to Carlos Takam Armand Carlos Netsing Tak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksey Masikin
Oleksiy Mazikin (born 16 February 1975) is a Ukrainian boxer best known to win the silver medal at the 2001 World Championships in the Men's Super Heavyweight division. Amateur Mazikin was a successful amateur but kept losing to southpaws. At the Olympics 2000 he lost to southpaw Audley Harrison, at the World Championships 2001 where he achieved his best result beating Alexander Povetkin 36:30 and Pedro Carrión he lost the final to southpaw Ruslan Chagaev. At the Olympics 2004 he beat Aliaksandr Apanasionak and was defeated by southpaw Roberto Cammarelle. Amateur Highlights *2000 competed as a Super Heavyweight at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. **Defeated Angus Shelford (New Zealand) PTS (19-5) **Lost to Audley Harrison (Great Britain) PTS (9-19) *2001 2nd place at the World Championships in Belfast **Defeated Pedro Carrion (Cuba) PTS (26-20) **Lost to Ruslan Chagaev (Uzbekistan) RTD-2 *2001 4th place at the Goodwill Games 2001 in Brisbane. **Lost to Alexander Povetkin (Russi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus Shelford
Angus Whare Shelford (born 2 October 1976 in Otahuhu, New Zealand) is a boxer from New Zealand, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. There he was defeated in the first round of the Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg) division by Oleksil Mazikin of Ukraine. Attempting to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ... in the super heavyweight division, Shelford was disqualified by a medical panel from the Oceania Boxing Championships due to an ear infection. References * 1976 births Living people Olympic boxers for New Zealand Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics New Zealand male boxers Super-heavyweight boxers Boxers from Auckland {{NewZealand-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexei Lezin
Alexei Vladimirovich Lezin (, born February 27, 1973) is a Russian former boxing, boxer, who won the List of Olympic medalists in boxing, Super Heavyweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Accomplishments *1993 competed as a Heavyweight at the World Championships in Tampere, Finland. Lost to Félix Savón in the quarter-final. *1994 won the Military World Championships in Tunis, Tunisia as a Super Heavyweight, defeating Vitali Klitschko in the final. *1994 won the Goodwill Games in Saint Petersburg, Russia, defeating Nikolay Valuev and Lance Whitaker. *1995 won the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships, World Championship in Berlin, Germany, defeating Vitali Klitschko in the final. *1995 2nd place at Military World Championship in Ariccia, Italy. Lost to Vitali Klitschko in the final. *1996 won the 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships, European Championship in Vejle, Denmark, defeating Wladimir Klitschko in the final. *1997 competed at 1997 World Amateur Boxing Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calvin Brock
Calvin Vance Brock (born January 22, 1975) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2007. He was ranked as the world's No.7 heavyweight by '' The Ring'' at the conclusion of 2005. Calvin Brock was trained by Tom Yankello. In 2006, he won ''Ring Magazine's'' Knockout of the Year for his win against Zuri Lawrence and challenged for the IBF and IBO heavyweight titles. Brock was forced to retire after receiving retinal damage in his right eye following his loss to Eddie Chambers. Early life Brock was born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina in a middle-class family. He became a fan of boxing as a kid, prompting his father to take him to the gym when he was 10 years old, where he was told to come back when he's 12. Brock returned to that gym five months after turning 12, losing his first six bouts. Brock earned a degree in finance from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1999 and took a job as a banker in the Bank of America. He appeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Peter
Samuel Okon Peter (born September 6, 1980) is a Nigerian former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2019. He held the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title in 2008. At regional level, he held multiple heavyweight championships, including the NABF title twice between 2004 and 2007; and the USBA title in 2005. Peter was named among the 20 greatest athletes in the history of independent Nigeria by ''The Punch'' in 2023, while his capturing of the WBC heavyweight title was ranked the 26th most memorable moment in independent Nigeria's sports history by ''Premium Times'' in 2020. He was ranked by ''The Ring'' among ten best heavyweights at the conclusion of a year from 2005 to 2008, reaching his highest ranking of world No.2 in 2007. Peter is known for his punching power and holds a 78.9% knockout-to-win ratio. Early life and amateur career Originally, Peter's preferred sport was football. In 1992, some boxers came to his school to train. The curious young 11-yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantin Onofrei
Constantin Onofrei (born 9 May 1976) is a Romanian former professional boxer. Career As an amateur boxer, Constantin Onofrei won the Romanian National Amateur Boxing Championship at the super heavyweight division in 1995 and represented Romania at the men's super heavyweight event from the 2000 Summer Olympics where he lost in the first round at points against Samuel Peter. He made his professional debut in 2001 at the age of 25 when he defeated Peter Simko by knockout in the first round of a bout held at Kisstadion from Budapest. He won the German International heavyweight title in 2002 after knocking-out Roman Bugaj in the third round. Onofrei defended the German International heavyweight title twice by defeating Adnan Serin and Goran Gogic but lost it against Taras Bidenko in a fight which was also for the WBO Intercontinental heavyweight title. Onofrei's last match took place in 2007 when he lost by knockout against Timo Hoffmann in the fourth round of a bout held in Stadhal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cengiz Koc
Cengiz is the Turkish form of Genghis, as in Genghis Khan. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Cengiz Aktar (born 1955), Turkish political scientist, journalist and writer * Cengiz Bektaş (1934–2020), Turkish architect, engineer, poet and writer * Cengiz Biçer (born 1987), Liechtenstein football goalkeeper * Cengiz Çandar (born 1948), Turkish journalist * Cengiz Dağcı (1919–2011), Crimean Tatar novelist and poet * Cengiz Doğu (1945–2019), German poet and activist * Cengiz Kavaklıoğlu (born 1968), Turkish sprinter * Cengiz Koç (born 1977), German heavyweight boxer * Cengiz Küçükayvaz (born 1968), Turkish actor * Cengiz Kurtoğlu (born 1959), Turkish musician * Cengiz Özek (born 1964), Turkish puppeteer * Cengiz Topel (1934–1964), Turkish fighter pilot * Cengiz Ünder (born 1997), Turkish football player Surname * Hakan Cengiz (born 1967), Turkish-German football coach * Hüseyin Cengiz (born 1984), Turkish-Dutch footballer * Mustafa Cengiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis Rubalcaba
Alexis Rubalcaba (born September 9, 1972) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the Super Heavyweight division. He twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1996 (where he suffered a shocking loss to Paea Wolfgramm of Tonga in the quarter-finals) and in 2000. One of his biggest achievements in amateur boxing was winning the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Two years earlier, at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Budapest, Hungary, he won a silver medal. Results 1996 Summer Olympics *1st round bye *Defeated Paolo Vidoz Paolo Vidoz (born 21 August 1970) is an Italian former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2011 and held the European heavyweight title from 2005 to 2006. As an amateur Vidoz won a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics in the super-heavyw ... (Italy) RSC 1 (2:39) *Lost to Paea Wolfgramm (Tonga) 12-17 1999 Pan American Games *Defeated Ruben Pallardel (Peru) KO 1 *Defea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grzegorz Kiełsa
Grzegorz Kielsa (born 26 May 1979) is a Canada-based Polish professional boxer. Amateur career He fought at both the 2000 and 2002 European Boxing Championships but did not gain a medal at either. Kielsa represented Poland at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He lost to the Kazakhstan's Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov in his first fight, Dildabekov went on to win the silver medal. At the 2003 World championships in Bangkok he beat China's Zhang Zhilei in the first round but lost to eventual winner Alexander Povetkin in the next round. Amateur Boxing Highlights *2000 at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia at Superheavyweight. Results were: ** Lost to Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov (KAZ) PTS (16-5) *2003 at the World Championships in Bangkok at Superheavyweight. Results were: ** Defeated Zhang Zhilei (China) PTS (22-8) ** Lost to Alexander Povetkin (Russia) PTS (20-9) Professional career Debut fight Kielsa has fought all of his professional bouts in Canada. His first fight as a prof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Binkowski
Artur "Art" Binkowski (; born February 19, 1975) is a Polish-born Canadian heavyweight boxer who competed for his adoptive country Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Background Binkowski came to Canada from Poland at the age of 13. He studied psychology at the University of Waterloo. Amateur career Binkowski was Ontario amateur heavyweight champion for 6 years. He took part in the Olympics 2000 at superheavyweight. There he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Uzbekistan's Rustam Saidov. Professional career Nicknamed "The Polish Warrior", the resident of Mississauga, Ontario, made his debut as a professional on November 23, 2001, in Southfield, Michigan, against Michael Moncrief of the United States. In 2005, Binkowski lost to a lightly regarded countryman Patrice L'Heureux. Although Binkowski sported the better record, he came in as an underdog against hard-hitting American amateur star Rafael Butler on ShoBox in April 2007. He hit the deck three t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
