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Manus Boonjumnong
Manus Boonjumnong ( th, มนัส บุญจำนงค์; , born June 23, 1980) is a Thai boxer who won the Olympics at Light Welterweight (60–64 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is the older brother of Non Boonjumnong. Amateur career At the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in his home town Bangkok, the light-footed counterpuncher won the bronze medal losing to Russian Alexander Maletin. In 2006, he made a successful comeback when he was crowned Asian champion. He narrowly defeated reigning 2005 world champion Serik Sapiyev at the tournament although he was knocked down. In Chicago at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships, he was upset early against Japanese Masatsugu Kawachi. Olympics 2004 Boonjumnong qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in first place at the 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Guangzhou, PR China. In the final he defeated Kazakhstan's Nurzhan Karimzhanov. In Athens he beat reigning wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Direkgunabhorn
__NOTOC__ The Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn ( th, เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่สรรเสริญยิ่งดิเรกคุณาภรณ์; ) was established by King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) on 22 July 1991 ( B.E. 2534) to be bestowed upon those who have rendered devotional services to the Kingdom of Thailand. The title ''Direkgunabhorn'' (ดิเรกคุณาภรณ์) roughly translates as "Noble order of abundance and quality." Classes The Order consists of seven classes. Originally, the ribbon for each class was the same, with no device to distinguish the different level. On 31 January 2538 B.E. (1995 CE), the regulations were amended to include a device on the ribbon distinguishing the class. First class * Knight Grand Cross of the Most Admirable Order of Tirekgunabhorn ::Insignia: A pendant, star and sash (the insignia for women is the same as for men, but of a small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non Boonjumnong
Non Boonjumnong ( th, นน บุญจำนงค์; , born June 12, 1982 as Manon Boonjumnong) is a Thai amateur boxer who won silver at welterweight at the World Championships 2007. In the older tournaments he is listed as "Manon". Career Non, who is the younger brother of Olympic gold medalist Manus Boonjumnong, won a bronze medal at the 2002 Asian Games, when he lost his semifinal to eventual winner Kim Jung-Joo. In 2005 he competed for Thailand at the Boxing World Cup in Moscow, Russia, losing both his matches in the preliminary round. In 2007 in Chicago he beat Andrey Balanov Andrey Vladimirovich Balanov (russian: Андрей Владимирович Баланов) (born April 27, 1976 in Podolsk) is a former Russian boxer best known for winning the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships at welterweigh ... to reach the finals but had to quit with an injury against American southpaw Demetrius Andrade. He trailed in points at the time. At the 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romeo Brin
Romeo Brin (born March 10, 1973 in Puerto Princesa, Palawan) is a retired amateur Filipino boxer. He represented the Philippines in three editions of the Olympic Games (1996, 2000, and 2004), and has captured numerous medals in both lightweight and light-welterweight divisions at the Southeast Asian Games and at the Asian Championships. Throughout his sporting career, Brin has been training for Team Caltex Boxing Club under his head coach and mentor Nolito Velasco. Brin made his official debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he ousted his opening match to Cuba's Julio González Valladares in men's lightweight division (60 kg), receiving a default score of 13–24. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Brin was upgraded to light welterweight division (63.5 kg), but lost the same round again to Belarus' Siarhei Bykovski in a close decision of 5–8. Eight years after competing in his Olympic debut, Brin qualified for his third Filipino squad, as a 31-ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spyridon Ioannidis
Spyridon Ioannidis (born 25 December 1981) is a Greek boxer Boxer most commonly refers to: *Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing *Boxer (dog), a breed of dog Boxer or boxers may also refer to: Animal kingdom *Boxer crab * Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans * Boxer snipe eel, .... He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. References 1981 births Living people Greek male boxers Olympic boxers for Greece Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Light-welterweight boxers 21st-century Greek people {{Greece-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yudel Johnson
Yudel Johnson Cedeno (born 6 June 1981) is a Cuban welterweight professional boxer, who is best known for winning an Olympic Light-Welterweight silver 2004 as an amateur. Some sources write the family name Jhonson. Amateur career Southpaw Johnson won the gold medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1999 PanAm Games. He moved up afterwards but skipped lightweight as the dominant Mario Kindelán was Cuban champ. Johnson added a silver at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Light-Welterweight Boxing division Dilshod Mahmudov and Boris Georgiev but losing to Manus Boonjumnong in the final. He qualified for the Olympic Games by ending up in first place at the 2nd AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Prior to the Athens Games he won the 2004 Acropolis Boxing Cup in Athens, Greece by defeating Turkey's Mustafa Karagollu in the final of the light welterweight division. Johnson also won at the 2006 Central American Games but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willy Blain
Willy Blain (born 24 April 1978) is a French boxer, best known to win the 2003 amateur world title in the Light Welterweight division. Amateur The southpaw won silver at the World Championships 1999, losing only to Uzbek Mahammatkodir Abdoollayev. He represented his native country at two Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia where he had a 1st round bye and immediately lost to Diógenes Luña (Cuba) 14-25. His biggest achievement as an amateur was winning the world title at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok, Thailand with a controversial final win over Alexander Maletin. Olympic Results 2004 *Defeated Mohamed Ali Sassi (Tunisia) 36-14 *Defeated Alexandr Maletin (Russia) 28-20 *Lost to eventual winner Manus Boonjumnong Manus Boonjumnong ( th, มนัส บุญจำนงค์; , born June 23, 1980) is a Thai boxer who won the Olympics at Light Welterweight (60–64 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nurzhan Karimzhanov
Nurzhan Karimzhanov (born 30 May 1980) is a Kazakhstani boxer, who won the gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games in the Junior Welterweight division. Career At the Olympics 2000 he fought at lightweight and beat among others local hero Michael Katsidis but lost to Andriy Kotelnyk. At the Asian Games he won the junior welterweight title. Karimzhanov qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in second place at the 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Guangzhou, PR China. In the final he lost to Thailand's eventual gold medalist Manus Boonjumnong. At the Olympics 2004 he beat two opponents, but lost to Boris Georgiev Boris Georgiev ( bg, Борис Георгиев) (born 5 December 1982) is an amateur boxer from Bulgaria who won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the light welterweight class. Career In 2000 he lost the European fe ... 18:20. References External linksYahoo 1980 births Living people Kazakhstani male boxers L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PR China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and Borders of China, borders fourteen countries by land, the List of countries and territories by land borders, most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces of China, provinces, five autonomous regions of China, autonomous regions, four direct-administered municipalities of China, municipalities, and two special administrative regions of China, Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the List of cities in China by population, most populous cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guangzhou
Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kong and north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the maritime Silk Road; it continues to serve as a major port and transportation hub as well as being one of China's three largest cities. For a long time, the only Chinese port accessible to most foreign traders, Guangzhou was captured by the British during the First Opium War. No longer enjoying a monopoly after the war, it lost trade to other ports such as Hong Kong and Shanghai, but continued to serve as a major transshipment port. Due to a high urban population and large volumes of port traffic, Guangzhou is classified as a Large-Port Megacity, the largest type of port-city in the world. Due to worldwide travel restrictions at the beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Guangzhou, PR China from March 18 to March 23, 2004. It was the first chance for amateur boxers from Asia to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics after the 2004 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Puerto Princesa, Philippines from January 11 to 18, 2004. The top two boxers in each weight division gained a place in the Olympics, with the exception of the heavyweight and super heavyweight divisions in which just the winner was entered. Medal winners Qualified Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) * * Flyweight (– 51 kg) * * Bantamweight (– 54 kg) * * Featherweight (– 57 kg) * * Lightweight (– 60 kg) * * Light Welterweight (– 64 kg) * * Welterweight (– 69 kg) * * Middleweight (– 75 kg) * * Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) * * Heavyweight (– 91 kg) * Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg) * See also *2004 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships *2nd AIBA Asia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masatsugu Kawachi
is a Japanese boxer best known to win Bronze at the 2007 world championships at light welterweight. Career At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships he sensationally upset Olympic champion Manus Boonjumnong in the first round before being manhandled by eventual winner Serik Sapiyev. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he lost the rematch with Manus 1–8. At the World Championships 2009 he lost his first bout against unsung Egidijus Kavaliauskas. Kawachi then took the bronze medal in the 2009 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Zhuhai Zhuhai (, ; Yale: ''Jyūhói''), also known as Chuhai is a prefecture-level city located on the west bank of Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern Guangdong province, People's Republic of China, on the southeastern edge of Pe ..., China. References External linksAIBA INTERNATIONAL BOXING ASSOCIATION biographies [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships ...
The 2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held in Chicago, United States from October 23, 2007 to November 3, 2007. It was held at the UIC Pavilion. It was the biggest World Championships in AIBA history. The competition is under the supervision of the world's governing body for amateur boxing AIBA. Medal winners Medal table See also * AIBA World Boxing Championships References External links * Results {{WC Amateur Boxing World Amateur Boxing Championships Boxing Championships AIBA World Boxing Championships Boxing in Chicago World Boxing Championships 2007 World Boxing Championships 2007 2000s in Chicago 2007 in Illinois AIBA World Boxing Championships AIBA World Boxing Championships The IBA World Boxing Championships, and the IBA Women's World Boxing Championships (previously known as AIBA), are biennial amateur boxing competitions organised by the International Boxing Association (IBA), which is the sport governing body. Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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