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Lewis Richardson (boxer)
Lewis Richardson is an English boxer who as an amateur won a bronze medal in the 71 kg category at the 2024 Summer Olympics. He also won a silver medal at the 2022 European Championships and competed at the 2019 World Championships. Career Born in Colchester, Richardson began boxing at a young age as a means to keep fit while playing football. After winning the 2012 National School Boy Championships he decided to focus on boxing. In 2018 Richardson was selected to box for Team GB. A few months after the selection he suffered three stress fractures in his back, leaving him out of action for most of the year. After recovering from the injury he won gold medals at the 2018 GB Championships and 2019 Olympic Test Event, securing him a reserve spot for the European Olympic Qualification Event. After teammate Sammy Lee was forced to withdraw due to injury, Richardson took his place. He won his first fight in March 2020, against Victor Yoka of France before the tournament was susp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middleweight
Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the middleweight division is contested above and up to . Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1867. Chandler won, becoming known as the American middleweight champion. The first middleweight fight with gloves ''may'' have been between George Fulljames and Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey (no relation to the more famous heavyweight Jack Dempsey). Current world champions Current world rankings =''The Ring''= As of , . Keys: : Current '' The Ring'' world champion =BoxRec= As of , . Longest reigning world middleweight champions Below is a list of longest reigning middleweight champions in boxing measured by the individual's longest reign. Career total time as champion (for multiple time champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleksandr Khyzhniak
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Khyzhniak ( uk, Олександр Олександрович Хижняк; born 3 August 1995) is a Ukrainian amateur boxer. He won gold medals at the 2017 World Championships, 2017 European Championships and the 2019 European Games The 2nd European Games 2019 ( be, II Еўрапейскія гульні, ''Jeŭrapiejskija huĺni 2019''; russian: II Европейские игры, ''Yevropeyskiye igry 2019''), informally known as Minsk 2019, was held in Minsk, Belarus, from 2 .... References External links * 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Poltava Ukrainian male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists European Games gold medalists for Ukraine European Games bronze medalists for Ukraine European Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2015 European Games Boxers at the 2019 European Games Middleweight boxers Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The university is based on two sites; the City Campus is located in the city centre near Sheffield railway station, while the Collegiate Crescent Campus is about two miles away in the Broomhall Estate off Ecclesall Road in south-west Sheffield. The university is the largest university in the UK (out of ) with students (of whom 4,400 are international students), 4,494 staff and 708 courses. History Foundation and growth In 1843, as the industrial revolution gathered pace and Sheffield was on the verge of becoming the steel, tool and cutlery making capital of the world, the Sheffield School of Design was founded following lobbying by artist Benjamin Haydon. The day-to-day running was controlled by the local council, whilst the Board of Trade in London appointed the head. Tuition began in a 60x40ft rented room off Glossop Road. In 1850, the School of Design was renamed Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Verde
Marco Alonso Verde Álvarez (born 11 February 2002) is a Mexican Boxing, boxer. Career Verde won the gold medal in the 2023 Pan American Games in Boxing in the Boxing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's 71 kg, 71 kg category. He also won the silver medal in the welterweight category at the 2024 Summer Olympics after losing the final bout against Uzbek Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev. Olympic results 2024 – Paris *Round of 16 – defeated Tiago Muxanga (Mozambique) 3–2 *Quarterfinals – defeated Nishant Dev (India) 4–1 *Semifinals – defeated Lewis Richardson (boxer), Lewis Richardson (Great Britain) 3–2 *Final – lost to Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev (Uzbekistan) 0–5 (won silver medal) Personal life His father Manuel Verde, Manuel was also a boxer and competed in the Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Light heavyweight, men's light heavyweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. References Living people Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxing At The 2023 Pan American Games – Men's 71 Kg
The Men's 71 kg competition of the boxing events at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, was held between October 22 and 27 at the Olympic Training Center. A total of 15 boxers from 15 NOC's competed. The two finalists will qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Qualification There was a quota of 130 boxers to compete at the games (ten per event). The host nation (Chile) received automatic qualification spots for all events. The remainder of the spots were awarded through various qualifying tournaments. However, the International Olympic Committee later decided the competition was an open registration event, meaning any NOC could enter a boxer into the event. Competition format Like all Pan American boxing events, the competition is a straight single-elimination tournament. Both semifinal losers are awarded bronze medals, so no boxers compete again after their first loss. Bouts consist of 3 rounds " 10-point must" scoring system used, where the wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeyad Ishaish
Zeyad Eashash ( ar, زياد عشيش; born 23 October 1998) is a Jordanian boxer. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. His brother, Hussein, is also a boxer. References External links * 1998 births Living people Jordanian male boxers Olympic boxers for Jordan Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Amman Asian Games medalists in boxing Asian Games bronze medalists for Jordan Boxers at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Boxers at the 2022 Asian Games {{Jordan-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vahid Abasov
Vahid Abasov ( sr-Cyrl, Вахид Абасов, russian: Вахид Вагиф оглы Аббасов; born 6 June 1997) is a Russian-born Serbian boxer. He participated at the 2022 European Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 2022 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in the Yerevan, Armenia from 23 to 30 May 2022. It is the 44th edition of this biennial competition organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, the EUBC. Schedule ..., being awarded the gold medal in the welterweight event. Abasov and Artem Ageev were the only people to win medals which were gold medals for their country. He was the second person of his country to win the medal. References External links * Living people Serbian male boxers Welterweight boxers 1997 births Sportspeople from Samara Oblast European Games silver medalists for Serbia European Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2023 European Games {{Serbia-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 World Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament 2
The 2024 World Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 for the boxing tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 24 May to 2 June 2024. Quota winners Men Women Qualification summary Men's results Flyweight (51 kg) ;Section 1 ;Section 2 ;Section 3 ;Section 4 Featherweight (57 kg) ;Quota bouts ;Section 1 ;Section 2 ;Section 3 ;Section 4 Light welterweight (63.5 kg) ;Last Quota bout ;Section 1 ;Section 2 ;Section 3 ;Section 4 Light middleweight (71 kg) ;Last Quota bout ;Section 1 ;Section 2 ;Section 3 ;Section 4 Light heavyweight (80 kg) ;Quota bouts ;Section 1 ;Section 2 ;Section 3 ;Section 4 Heavyweight (92 kg) ;Section 1 ;Section 2 ;Section 3 ;Section 4 Super heavyweight (+92 kg) ;Section 1 ;Section 2 ;Section 3 ;Section 4 Women's results Light flyweight (50 kg) ;Section 1 ;Section 2 ;Section 3 ;Section 4 Bantamweight (5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Summer Olympics
) , nations = TBA , athletes = 10,500 ''(quota limit)'' , events = 329 in 32 sports (48 disciplines) , opening = 26 July 2024 , closing = 11 August 2024 , opened_by = , stadium = Stade de France Jardins du Trocadéro and River Seine , summer_prev = Tokyo 2020 , summer_next = ''Los Angeles 2028'' , winter_prev = Beijing 2022 , winter_next = '' Milano–Cortina 2026'' The 2024 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 2024), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la XXXIIIe Olympiade, links=no) and also known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international multi-sport event that is scheduled to take place from 26 July to 11 August 2024 with Paris as its main host city and 16 cities spread across Metropolitan France and one in the French overseas territory of Tahiti as subsites. Paris was awarded the Games at the 131st IOC Session in Lima, Peru, on 13 September 2017. Due to multiple withdrawals that left only Paris and Los Angeles in contention, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTÉ
(RTÉ) (; Irish for "Radio & Television of Ireland") is the national broadcaster of Ireland headquartered in Dublin. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on television, radio and online. The radio service began on 1 January 1926, while regular television broadcasts began on 31 December 1961, making it one of the oldest continuously operating public service broadcasters in the world. RTÉ also publishes a weekly listings and lifestyle magazine, the ''RTÉ Guide''. RTÉ is a statutory body, overseen by a board appointed by the Government of Ireland, with general management in the hands of the Executive Board, headed by the Director-General. RTÉ is regulated by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. RTÉ is financed by television licence fee and through advertising, with some of its services funded solely by advertising, while others are funded solely by the licence fee. Radio Éireann, RTÉ's predecessor and at the time a section of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Dossen
Gabriel Dossen (born 29 November 1999) is an Irish amateur boxer who won a gold medal at the 2022 European Championships. Boxing career Dossen fights out of the southpaw stance. He currently fights under the Olympic Boxing Club in Galway having formerly fought with the Furbo Boxing Club in Spiddal. Dossen won bronze in the 2016 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships as a light welterweight and bronze at the 2017 EUBC European Youth Championships. On 30 May 2022, he won middleweight gold at the 2022 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Yerevan, Armenia. Personal life Dossen was born in Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ... and moved to Ireland at a young age. He currently lives in the Knocknacarra area of Galway where he works at Tesco and is a busin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England Boxing
England Boxing, known until 2013 as the Amateur Boxing Association of England, is the governing body of amateur boxing clubs in England. There are separate organisations for Scotland and Wales with boxing in Northern Ireland being organised on an All-Ireland basis. The Association was founded in 1880. In 1881, it organised the first ABA Championships the following year. From 2008 the Championships were known as the ABAE National Championships and then from 2014 until 2018 they were known as the England Boxing National Elite Championships. Another name change followed in 2019 which is the current name, known as the England Boxing National Amateur Championships. Lists of England Boxing National Amateur Championships Champions * Light-Flyweight * Flyweight * Bantamweight * Featherweight * Lightweight * Light-Welterweight * Welterweight * Light-Middleweight * Middleweight * Light-Heavyweight * Cruiserweight * Heavyweight * Super-Heavyweight References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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