A tough and spectacular sport is about boxing. This is a martial art where athletes perform in protective helmets and gloves, striking each other on the permitted parts of the body. The fight is controlled by the judge, he is called the referee. To win, you need to knock out the opponent: knock him down so that he cannot rise for 10 seconds. If the opponent is injured so that he cannot continue the fight, this is called a technical knockout. If the opponents were not able to knock each other out, the judges decide which of them won. The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro are notable for the fact that for the first time in the history of the Olympics, male boxers will compete without helmets. Women boxers will continue to fight in full defense as before.
Boxing contestants
Participants from all over the world will come to the Summer Olympic Games, there will be 286 boxers - 250 men and 36 women. Athletes are divided into categories, according to which the qualification of the competition is determined. Categories correspond to weight, selection is carried out according to it. Men have 10, women have 3.
- up to 49 kg;
- up to 52 kg;
- up to 56 kg;
- up to 60 kg;
- up to 64 kg;
- up to 69 kg;
- up to 75 kg;
- up to 81 kg;
- up to 91 kg;
- weight more than 91 kg.
- up to 51 kg;
- up to 60 kg;
- up to 75 kg.
Only one athlete from one country can take part in each qualification. The names of athletes entering the Olympics are determined by the qualifying tournament. As is customary in boxing, both boxers who lose in the semi-finals will receive bronze medals.
Boxing competition calendar
Summer boxing schedule Olympic Games
- August 6, men, preliminary round for categories up to 49, 60, 81, 91 kg.
- August 7, men, preliminary round for categories up to 60, 69, 81 kg.
- August 8, men, preliminary round for categories up to 49, 69, 75 kg; 1/8 finals in the 91 kg category.
- August 9, men, preliminary round for categories up to 75, 91+ kg. 1/8 finals at the weight of 60 kg.
- August 10, men, preliminary round for categories up to 56, 64, 81 kg; 1/4 finals at weights up to 49, 91 kg.
- August 11, men, preliminary round for categories up to 56, 64 kg. 1/8 finals in categories up to 69, 81 kg.
- August 12, men, 1/8 finals in the categories up to 75 kg, quarter-finals in the categories up to 60 kg, semi-finals in the category up to 49 kg; women, preliminary round for categories up to 51, 60 kg.
- August 13, men, preliminary round for the categories up to 52 kg, 1/8 finals for the category up to 91+ kg, quarter-finals for the category up to 69 kg, semi-finals for the category up to 91 kg.
- August 14, men, 1/8 finals in the categories up to 56, 64 kg, quarter-finals in the category up to 81 kg, semi-finals in the category up to 60 kg, final in the category up to 49 kg; women, preliminary round for categories up to 75 kg.
- August 15, men, 1/8 finals in the category up to 52 kg, quarter-finals in the category up to 75 kg, semi-finals in the categories up to 69 kg, final in the categories up to 91 kg; women, quarter-finals in the category up to 60 kg.
- August 16, men, quarter-finals in the categories up to 56, 64, 91+ kg, semi-finals in the category up to 81 kg; women, quarter-finals in the category up to 51 kg.
- August 17, men, quarter-finals in the category up to 52 kg, final in the category up to 69 kg; women, quarter-finals in the category up to 75 kg, semi-finals in the category up to 60 kg.
- August 18, men: semi-finals in the categories up to 56, 75 kg, finals in the category up to 81 kg; women, semi-finals in the category up to 51 kg.
- August 19, men, semi-finals for categories up to 52, 64, 91+ kg; women, semi-final in the category up to 75 kg, final in the category up to 60 kg.
- August 20, men, finals for categories up to 56, 75 kg; women: finals of competitions in the category up to 51 kg.
August 21, men, finals for categories up to 52, 64, 91+ kg; women, final in the category up to 75 kg.
MOSCOW, 3 June. /Corr. TASS Igor Lazorin/. Leading professional boxers do not plan to take part in the 2016 Olympics even after the International Boxing Association (AIBA) officially allowed them to compete at the Games.
Previously, under the AIBA rules, which were introduced in 2013, professional boxers were eligible to participate in the Olympics provided that they had less than 15 fights for which they received a fee, and also subject to signing a special short-term contract with the organization. The new rules will allow any professional boxer, regardless of age or experience, to take part in the Olympic Games.
The official qualifying tournament for the pros for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro is scheduled for the period from 3 to 8 July in the Venezuelan city of Vargas.
Wladimir Klitschko and Alexander Povetkin will not go
The 2004 Olympic champion, Russian Alexander Povetkin, has abandoned this prospect and will be preparing to return to the professional ring after the discovery of the banned substance meldonium in his doping sample.
Will not box in Brazil and the 1996 Olympic champion Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko, who on July 9 will have a rematch with Briton Tyson Fury. The absence of Klitschko in the national team of Ukraine can be compensated by the two-time Olympic champion and winner of the Val Barker Cup (a prize for the most technical boxer of the Olympics) Vasily Lomachenko, who in terms of potential is in no way inferior to the eminent compatriot.
As TASS previously reported, the teams of Great Britain, the USA and Kazakhstan will refuse the services of professional boxers in favor of amateurs who have been fighting for participation in the Games for two years. It was also assumed that American Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Filipino Manny Pacquiao could perform in Rio de Janeiro.
The world champion in two versions, Russian Denis Lebedev, told TASS that he could, under certain conditions, take part in the selection for the Games, if this does not interfere with his career. The possibility of calling Lebedev to the team confirmed Main coach Russian national team Alexander Lebzyak.
Why are professionals not hired?
Leading federations refuse to invite professionals for one simple reason - many teams have already won all the licenses and closed vacancies to participate in the 2016 Olympic Games.
Nobody wants conflict situations between amateurs and professionals, as this can negatively affect performance at the Games, as well as lower the authority of the national federation.
The Ukrainian team does not yet have any Olympic licenses at all, so negotiations on the participation of professional boxers are logical. The same applies to the Russian team, which does not yet have licenses in all weight categories, but can win them at the qualifying tournament in Baku (ends on June 19). After it, it will become clear whether there will be pros in the Russian national team.
Pros from Mexico, whose federation categorically prohibits such boxers from competing in amateur competitions. According to TASS in the federation, such events can lead to risk and damage to health for amateur boxers.
What is the result?
According to the majority of federations, AIBA made the right decision by allowing professionals to participate in the Olympic Games. However, the decision was made at a time when the composition of the teams has already been practically formed, which does not allow the leaders of national organizations to make a choice and rotate.
As noted in the US Boxing Federation, AIBA's decision leads to the development of boxing and increases the entertainment of the Olympic boxing tournament.
Among 286 amateur boxers, five representatives of Ukraine will go to the Olympic Games. Athletes from 73 countries will compete in 10 weight categories for men and three for women. We present the lists of boxers who will fight for gold medals.
MEN
up to 49 kg
In the lightest weight class 22 athletes will compete at the Olympic boxing tournament. The main contender for the gold medal is considered a very promising 19-year-old Cuban Joanis Archilagos. This young boxer managed to win "gold" at the last world championship and "silver" at the Pan American Games. At the continental tournament, Cuba, as usual, took the first team place, but their representative in 49 kg lost to the Mexican Joselito Velasquez, who will go to the Olympics after winning the WSB/APB qualifier in Venezuela.
Joanis Archilagos / worldseriesboxing.com Also, the 32-year-old Kazakh veteran of amateur boxing will again enter the Olympic ring Birzhan Zhakypov. For a native of the village of Zharty-Tobe in Kazakhstan, these Olympic Games will be the third.
Of the participants in the boxing tournament in Rio, we single out a 22-year-old Russian Vasily Egorov, who managed to win silver at the World Championships in Doha, gold at the European Championship and make a successful debut in the World Series of Boxing. The talented Russian, according to many experts, should compete with Archilagos for the gold medal.
It should be noted that the representative of Uzbekistan will compete in 49 kg Hasanboy Dusmatov, who played in the WSB season before last for the Ukrainian Atamans. During the time spent in Ukraine, Hasanboy emerged victorious in most of the fights, often being head and shoulders above his rivals. "Ukrainian chieftains" after his departure lost their strongest boxer in 49 kg.
1. Patrick Lorenzo (Brazil)
2. Paddy Barnes (Ireland)
3. Lu Bin (China)
4. Birzhan Zhakypov (Kazakhstan)
5. Joanis Archilagos (Cuba)
6. Vasily Egorov (Russia)
7. Yurbergen Martinez (Colombia)
8. Nico Hernandez (USA)
9. Fotsala Simplis (Cameroon)
10. Mathias Amunela (Namibia)
11. Peter Mungai Waruy (Kenya)
12. Hasanboy Dusmatov (Uzbekistan)
13. Rohen Ladon (Philippines)
14. Ganhuyagiin Gan-Erdene (Mongolia)
15. Jalal Yafai (Great Britain)
16. Arthur Hovhannisyan (Armenia)
17. Manuel Kappai (Italy)
18. Rufat Huseynov (Azerbaijan)
19. Samuel Carmona (Spain)
20. Joselito Velasquez (Mexico)
21. Carlos Quipo (Ecuador)
22. Leandro Blanc (Argentina)
up to 52 kg
Let's start with the 2015 world champion Azerbaijani Elvina Mamimshzade. At 24, in addition to medals from the World Championships in Doha, the Azerbaijani won the European Games and won silver and bronze at the European Championships in 2010 and 2013.
The second boxer at the World Championship in Qatar and the best in the WSB ranking in the 2014/2015 season Cuban Yosvani Veitia worth considering among the contenders for Olympic medals. At a boxing tournament in London in 2012, the Cuban was unlucky in 49 kg, where he became only ninth. Then the Cuban became one of the leaders in amateur boxing.
Misha Aloyan / ntv.ru Mamimshzade and Veitiya should compete with the bronze medalist of the Olympic Games-2012 Russian Misha Aloyan. Unlike his rivals, 27-year-old Aloyan managed to collect many awards in the amateur ring. Four years ago, the Russian was also considered a favorite and contender for a medal of the highest standard, but lost to the Mongolian in the semifinal Nyambayaryn Togstsogt.
1. Julian Neto (Brazil)
2. Javier Cintron (Puerto Rico)
3. Ashraf Harroubi (Morocco)
4. Misha Aloyan (Russia)
5. Elias Emichdio (Mexico)
6. Elvin Mamishzade (Azerbaijan)
7. Yosvani Veitia (Cuba)
8. Fernando Martinez (Argentina)
9. Leonel de los Santos (Dominican Republic)
10. Mohamed Flissi (Algeria)
11. Ronald Serugo (Uganda)
11. Moroke Mokhoto (Lesotho)
13. Shakhobidin Zoirov (Uzbekistan)
14. Hu Jianguan (China)
15. Olzhas Sattybaev (Kazakhstan)
16. Muhammad Ali (Great Britain)
17. Narek Abgaryan (Armenia)
18. Brendan Irvine (Ireland)
19. Daniel Assenov (Bulgaria)
20. Antonio Vargas (USA)
21. Selcuk Eker (Turkey)
22. Kharhuugiin Enkh-Amar (Mongolia)
23. Elie Conchi (France)
24. Yoel Rivas (Venezuela)
25. Hamza Tuba (Germany)
26. Saber Avila (Colombia)
up to 56 kg
One of the main contenders for Olympic gold at 56 kg will be a 24-year-old Irishman Michael Conlan. On account of a resident of Belfast, the bronze medal of London 2012 and gold at the last World and European Championships. After 2012, Conlan moved from 52 to 56 kg, where he rarely meets opponents who can match his potential.
Nikolay Butsenko / FBU Press Service Ukrainian featherweight is represented in this weight category Nikolay Butsenko. After 2012, Mykola received the status of one of the most talented Ukrainian amateur boxers. In the Olympic cycle, the Ukrainian won medals at the 2013 European and World Championships, but it was difficult with licenses. The last hope for the 2016 Olympics was the World Qualifier in Baku in June 2016. The Ukrainian showed his best skills at this tournament, defeating the Cuban Olympic champion in 52 kg along the way. Robeicy Ramirez. Having won the tournament, the former "Ukrainian ataman" got the opportunity to perform in Rio.
1. Robenilson Vieira (Brazil)
2. Vladimir Nikitin (Russia)
3. Mohamed Hamout (Morocco)
4. Kedafi Jelkir (France)
5. Zhang Jiavei (China)
7. Murodjon Akhmadaliev (Uzbekistan)
8. Dmitry Asanov (Belarus)
9. Shakur Stevenson (USA)
10. Alberto Melian (Argentina)
11. Bilel Mkhadmi (Tunisia)
12. Incululeko Suntele (Lesotho)
13. Omar Abdul (Ghana)
14. Chhatchhai Butdi (Thailand)
15. Shiva Tapa (India)
16. Kairat Eraliev (Kazakhstan)
17. Javid Chelebiyev (Azerbaijan)
18. Qais Ashfaq (Great Britain)
19. Aram Avagyan (Armenia)
20. Nikolay Butsenko (Ukraine)
21. Erdenebatyn Tsendbaatar (Mongolia)
22. Robeysi Ramirez (Cuba)
23. Arashi Morisaka (Japan)
24. Fahem Hammashi (Algeria)
25. Benson Gicharu (Kenya)
26. Hector Garcia (Dominican Republic)
27. Victor Rodriguez (Venezuela)
28. Lionel Varavara (Vanuatu)
There are only two leaders in the 60-kg weight category, and they are significantly superior to their class rivals. Number 1 is the owner bronze medal OI-2012 56 kg Cuban Lazaro Alvarez. At the age of 25, the representative of a country known for good boxers, cigars and rhythmic dances won world championships and the Pan American Games. He was also the leader of the fourth season of the WSB, where he lost only to a well-known Dagestan amateur representing Azerbaijan, Albert Selimov.
Alvarez vs. Selimov at the World Championships in Doha / vesti.kz It is the Dagestanis who is the second number in the 60 kg division. At his previous Olympic Games, Selimov played for Russia and was destroyed by a Ukrainian in the first fight. Vasily Lomachenko. After the failures, Albert made his debut in the World Series of Boxing and changed citizenship. At the last world championship, the newly minted Azerbaijani lost only to Alvarez by technical knockout.
All other participants in the Olympiad are also able to surprise. Such strong boxers as the Russian Adlan Abdurashidov and APB champion from Uzbekistan Khurshid Tajibaev. These boxers are also at a high amateur level, but in skill they lose a little to Alvarez and Selimov.
1. Adlan Abdurashidov (Russia)
2. Carlos Balderas (USA)
3. Khurshid Tajibaev (Uzbekistan)
4. Berik Abdrakhmanov (Kazakhstan)
5. Lazaro Alvarez (Cuba)
6. Albert Selimov (Azerbaijan)
7. Robson Conceisan (Brazil)
8. Luis Cabrera (Venezuela)
9. Teofimo Lopez (Honduras)
10. Ignacio Perrin (Argentina)
11. Mahmoud Abdelaal (Egypt)
12. Reda Benbaziz (Algeria)
13. Andrique Allisop (Seychelles)
14. Dorzhnyambuugiin Otgondalay (Mongolia)
15. Charlie Suarez (Philippines)
16. Daisuke Narimatsu (Japan)
17. Sophian Oumia (France)
18. Joseph Cordina (Great Britain)
19. David Joyce (Ireland)
20. Enrico Lacruz (Netherlands)
21. Anvar Yunusov (Tajikistan)
22. Shan Jun (China)
23. Lai Zhuneng (Taiwan)
24. Hakan Ersheker (Qatar)
25. Lindolfo Delgado (Mexico)
26. Amnat Ruenroeng (Thailand)
27. Carmine Tommasone (Italy)
28. Thadius Katua (Papua New Guinea)
This weight category could be called Russian. From our restless neighbors in this weight category, two star boxers applied for a trip to Rio at once: the first number of the APB rating Armen Zakaryan and world champion Vitaly Dunaytsev. Both could become contenders for a gold medal, however, the Russian Boxing Federation decided to give preference to Dunaytsev, imprisoned for amateur boxing, and not semi-pro Zakarian.
Also among the contenders for the gold medal, it is worth highlighting the bronze medalist of London 2012 in 60 kg Yasniel Toledo, successfully performing in the WSB. After the Olympics, the Cuban rose to 64 kg, where he has not yet won big starts and won only silver at the World Championships in Almaty in 2013 and bronze in Doha in 2015.
Vladimir Matveychuk / FBU Ukraine in 64 kg is represented by Berdichevsky boxer Vladimir Matveychuk. The Ukrainian won the right to participate in the tournament thanks to the WSB qualifying tournament in Venezuela. On it, Vladimir lost only in the semifinals to the Armenian Vanes Bachkov.
Matveychuk, who has been playing for the "atamans" since 2012, in the 2016 season in the World Series of Boxing won a bright victory in a meeting with the "Turkish conquerors". After that there was a good performance at the qualifying tournament in Venezuela.
1. Joedison Teixeira (Brazil)
2. Yasniel Toledo (Cuba)
3. Raul Curiel (Mexico)
4. Artyom Harutyunyan (Germany)
5. Abdelkader Shadi (Algeria)
6. Vitaly Dunaytsev (Russia)
7. Fazliddin Gaibnazarov (Uzbekistan)
8. Wutticai Masuk (Thailand)
9. Artur Biyarslanov (Canada)
10. Luis Arkon (Venezuela)
11. Jonas Junius (Namibia)
12. Hamza El-Barbari (Morocco)
13. Mahamane Smaila (Cameroon)
14. Abylaikhan Zhussupov (Kazakhstan)
15. Baatarsukhin Chinzorig (Mongolia)
16. Hu Qianxun (China)
17. Lorenzo Sotomayor (Azerbaijan)
18. Evaldas Petrauskas (Lithuania)
19. Batukhan Gozgej (Turkey)
20. Pat McCormack (Great Britain)
21. Richardson Hitchins (Haiti)
22. Gary Antoine Russell (USA)
23. Manoj Kumar (India)
24. Hassan Amzile (France)
25. Hovhannes Bachkov (Armenia)
26. Thulasi Tharumalingam (Qatar)
27. Vladimir Matveychuk (Ukraine)
28. Obada Al-Kasbeh (Jordan)
Winners of the World Championship in Doha / vesti.kz At 69 kg there are several favorites, among which the Moroccan Mohammed Rabii, Cuban Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo, and Kazakh Daniyar Yeleusnov.
The last World Cup in Qatar was won by 23-year-old Rabii. The Moroccan reached the final in Doha, where he defeated the winner of the world championship in 2013 Yeleussinov. At the upcoming Olympic tournament, the Moroccan and the Kazakh are again on the list of the main contenders for gold medals.
Among the favorites was also the 27-year-old 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, 2009 world champion, and London Olympic gold medalist Sotolongo. This skilled and fast boxer should never be written off. In 2016, in addition to participating in the qualifying tournaments, the Cuban participated in the WSB and capitulated in a duel with the Ukrainian Sergei Bogachuk. In that meeting, the Vinnitsa boxer from the first seconds began to crush Sotolongo. The first two rounds, the Cuban endured pressure and won thanks to counterattacks, but the Ukrainian took the rest of the fight. However, at the 2016 Olympics, this tactic will probably not bring results, since we will have 3 rounds instead of five.
1. Parviz Baghirov (Azerbaijan)
2. Stephen Donnelly (Ireland)
3. Onur Shipal (Turkey)
4. Andrey Zamkovoy (Russia)
5. Mohammed Rabii (Morocco)
6. Daniyar Yeleusinov (Kazakhstan)
7. Liu Wei (China)
8. Roniel Iglesias (Cuba)
9. Gabriel (Venezuela)
10. Alberto Palmetta (Argentina)
11. Rayton Okviri (Kenya)
12. Walid Mohamed (Egypt)
13. Zohir Kedashe (Algeria)
14. Shahram Giyasov (Uzbekistan)
15. Sailom Adi (Thailand)
16. Byambyn Tuvshinbat (Mongolia)
17. Eimantas Stanyonis (Lithuania)
18. Vincenzo Mangiacapre (Italy)
19. Vladimir Margaryan Armenia)
20. Suleiman Sissoko (France)
21. Imre Bachkai (Hungary)
22. Pavel Kostromin (Belarus)
23. Josh Kelly (Great Britain)
24. Simeon Chamov (Bulgaria)
25. Juan Pablo Romero (Mexico)
26. Arajik Marutyan (Germany)
27. Yuba Sissoko (Spain)
28. Winston Hill (Fiji)
up to 75 kg
Dmitry Mitrofanov / APB Unstable in recent years, the 26-year-old Ukrainian at the Olympic tournament is one of the main contenders for victory. If Dmitry returned to his former stability, we would put him in the top five best fighters at the tournament.
His main rival will be the eternal enemy Artem Chebotarev, with which Mitrofanov has a long history of confrontations. At the moment, the Russian is leading with a score of 3:1.
Also in the favorites of the Olympic tournament is the 23-year-old Cuban Arlene Lopez, who won the 2015 World Championship and was number two in the 2016 WSB season.
The 2013 world champion also put an eye on the Olympic medal of the highest standard Zhanibek Alimkhanuly from Kazakhstan. Although the boxer won his last trophy back in 2014, he is only 23 years old and has a chance of success.
1. Tomasz Jablonski (Poland)
2. Ilyas Abbadi (Algeria)
3. Artyom Chebotarev (Russia)
4. Dmitry Mitrofanov (Ukraine)
5. Arlene Lopez (Cuba)
6. Bektemir Melikuziev (Uzbekistan)
7. Hosam Abdin (Egypt)
8. Charles Conwell 9 USA)
9. Misael Rodriguez (Mexico)
10. Jorge Vivas (Colombia)
11. Nsenge Wilfried (Cameroon)
12. Merwen Claire (Mauritius)
13. Said Harnouf (Morocco)
14. Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (Kazakhstan)
15. Zhao Mingang (China)
16. Daniel Lewis (Australia)
17. Christian Mbilli Assomo (France)
18. Zoltan Harcha (Hungary)
19. Anthony Fowler (Great Britain)
21. Arslanbek Achilov (Turkmenistan)
22. Wahid Abdul-Rida (Iraq)
23. Vikas Krishan Yadav (India)
24. Kamran Shahsuvarly (Azerbaijan)
25. Marlo Delgado (Ecuador)
26. Endre José Pinto (Venezuela)
27. Onder Shipal (Turkey)
28. Benny Musie (Zambia)
La Cruz vs. Ward at the World Championships in Doha / vesti.kz In the light heavyweight category, you can see firsthand the skill of a gifted 26-year-old Cuban Julio Cesar La Cruza. During his amateur career, Julio won three world championships in 2011, 2013, 2015. He was also a favorite at the 2012 Games, but lost to the Brazilian in the quarterfinals Florentino Yamaguchi. In 2016, Cruz is the main favorite for gold.
The 81 kg leader was the silver medalist of the last World Championship, a 22-year-old Irishman Joseph Ward. The two-time European champion at the tournament in Doha showed a very good performance. The Irish boxer has beaten all strong opponents except for Cruz.
London silver medalist 23-year-old will also perform in Rio Adilbek Niyazymbetov. This Kazakh boxer was able and experienced to enter the podium of the main competitions. Uzbek glove master should compete with Kazakh Elshod Rasulov. He has even more experience and he is always among the winners at the continental and world championships.
A novelty of the new Olympic Games-2016 will be the participation of professionals. The most titled of them was former champion world in professionals Cameroonian Hassan N'Dam N'Zhikam. The peak of this boxer came in 2010-2012 and the “temporary” WBA and WBO championships. The authoritative boxing resource BoxRec now continues to put the Cameroonian in the Top 10 of the middle division. Hassan got to the 2016 Games thanks to his participation in the final of the qualifying tournament in Venezuela, where he did not leave a chance for the Ukrainian in the semifinals Denis Solonenko. The representative of Ukraine also became a participant in the Olympic Games, becoming the last in 81 kg. Solonenko actively spent the season in Ukrainian Atamans, where he defeated serious rivals. In Venezuela, Denis went through strong opponents in battles until he fell for an experienced professional from Cameroon.
1. Michel Borges (Brazil)
2. Valentino Manfredonia (Italy)
3. Hrvoe Sep (Croatia)
4. Ehsan Ruzbahani (Iran)
5. Mathieu Boderlic (France)
6. Julio Cesar la Cruz (Cuba)
7. Joe Ward (Ireland)
8. Carlos Mina (Ecuador)
9. Albert Ramirez (Venezuela)
10. Abdelhafid Benshabla (Algeria)
11. Abdelrahman Salah (Egypt)
12. Kennedy Katende (Uganda)
13. Elshod Rasulov (Uzbekistan)
14. Adilbek Niyazymbetov (Kazakhstan)
15. Erkin Adylbek Uulu (Kyrgyzstan)
16. Joshua Buatsy (Great Britain)
17. Peter Mullenberg (Netherlands)
18. Mehmet Unal (Turkey)
19. Teymur Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
20. Serge Michel (Germany)
21. Petr Khamukov (Russia)
22. Mikhail Dolgolevets (Belarus)
23. Hassan Saada (Morocco)
24. Juan Carlos Carrillo (Colombia)
25. Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam (Cameroon)
26. Denis Solonenko (Ukraine)
up to 91 kg
A very competitive company also gathered in the heavyweight division. Among the long-term leaders of the weight category, a Russian is singled out Evgeniya Tishchenko, forever second Clemente Russo, Cuban Erislandi Savona and Kazakh Vasily Levit.
Let's start introducing the best boxers heavy weight from an experienced 34-year-old Italian Clemente Russo. For him, the 2016 Games will be the third where he will finally try to win the coveted gold. In 2008 and 2012, the Italian stopped just one step away from gold, being content with silver medals. Note that at the previous Olympic Games, Russo was stopped in the final by a Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk, who will try to become a world champion in professionals in the fall.
Also, a 25-year-old Russian will compete for the first line Evgeny Tishchenko. The representative of the Russian national team is lanky and incredibly uncomfortable for his rivals. 196 cm Tishchenko is not the fastest, does not have incredible power, but skillfully uses the dimensions. In a duel against a Ukrainian George Manukyan at the 2015 World Championships in Doha, the Russian leveled the technique and skill of our athlete, thanks to anthropometry.
Tishchenko after defeating Manukyan in Doha / AIBA A Cuban will be sure to be in the status of the leader of the boxing tournament Erislandy Savon. The Doha World Championship silver medalist is one of the most gifted boxers in the world. A technically perfect fighter is usually hindered by poor refereeing, but in everything else he is in the first positions. The Cuban is especially successful in the World Series of Boxing.
Do not remove from the accounts of the Kazakh Vasily Levit. This 28-year-old fighter has never won. 1st competition categories, but constantly adds. At the World Championships in the quarterfinals, in a very equal fight, Levit lost to Manukyan and could have added more, but there was not enough time and good refereeing.
1. Vasily Levit (Kazakhstan)
2. Clemente Russo (Italy)
3. David Graf (Germany)
4. Evgeny Tishchenko (Russia)
5. Erislandy Savon (Cuba)
6. Yamil Peralta (Argentina)
7. Joao Nogueira (Brazil)
8. Kennedy St. Pierre (Mauritius)
9. Shuaib Buludinat (Algeria)
10. Hassen Shaktami (Tunisia)
11. Rustam Tulaganov (Uzbekistan)
12. Yu Fengkai (China)
13. Jason Watley (Australia)
14. Lawrence Okoli (Great Britain)
15. Paul Omba Biongolo (France)
16. Abdulkadir Abdullayev (Azerbaijan)
17. Igor Yakubovsky (Poland)
18. Julio Cesar Castillo (Ecuador)
+91 kg
The world champion in the royal weight category and the favorite of the 2016 Olympics is a 24-year-old Frenchman Tony Yoka. At the world championship, he unexpectedly defeated all the main rivals. Yoki's heavyweight victory looks understandable, since the division has been significantly weakened since the 2012 Games. Also, the winner of the world championships, the German Eric Pfeiffer, bronze medalist of the last Olympic Games Kazakh Ivan Dychko and titled Briton Joseph Joyce. All these boxers are quite old by the standards of amateurs, but in the category of marriage personnel.
Tony Yoka after winning in Doha with the Klitschko brothers / bfmtv.com Also, do not forget about the 29-year-old experienced Azerbaijani Magomedrasul Mejidov, who managed to take gold medals at the World Championships in 2011 and 2013. Majidov also competes at the semi-professional level, where he is one of the top WSB heavyweight boxers.
1. Filip Hrgovic (Croatia)
2. Eric Pfeiffer (Germany)
3. Mihai Nistor (Romania)
4. Tony Yoka (France)
5. Lennier Perot (Cuba)
6. Nigel Paul (Trinidad and Tobago)
7. Clayton Lauren (U.S. Virgin Islands)
8. Efe Ajagba (Nigeria)
9. Mohamed Arjaoui (Morocco)
10. Davilson Morais (Cape Verde)
11. Ivan Dychko (Kazakhstan)
12. Bahodir Jalolov (Uzbekistan)
13. Hussein Ishaish (Jordan)
14. Joseph Joyce (Great Britain)
15. Magomedrasul Majidov (Azerbaijan)
16. Ali Eren Demirezen (Turkey)
17. Guido Vianello (Italy)
18. Edgar Munoz (Venezuela)
WOMEN
up to 51 kg
The titled 33-year-old British woman is considered the favorite in this weight category. Nicola Adams. This athlete has already won the Olympic Games in 2012 and is the first number in the women's division.
The main rival of the British will be a Chinese Ren Cancan, who won all the world championships before London 2012, but failed to take gold in the main tournament. The defeat from Adams for the Chinese was painful and offensive, and in Rio she will definitely try to get revenge for the defeat.
Tatyana Kob / FBUUkraine in this weight category will be represented by a 28-year-old native of Kovel Tatyana Kob. It was Kob who, thanks to the third place at the European qualifying tournament in Turkey, obtained the first license for Ukraine in amateur boxing.
1. Nicola Adams (Great Britain)
2. Pimvilay Laopim (Thailand)
3. Sara Uramune (France)
4. Zhaina Shekerbekova (Kazakhstan)
5. Mandy Bujold (Canada)
6. Ingrit Valencia (Colombia)
7. Zohra ez-Zahrawi (Morocco)
8. Ren Cancan (China)
9. Edgoroy Mirzaeva (Uzbekistan)
10. Stanimira Petrova (Bulgaria)
11. Tatyana Kob (Ukraine)
12. Judith Mbunyade (Central African Republic)
The leader of 60 kg should be called a 30-year-old Irish woman Katie Taylor. The London Olympic champion has won many world and continental status tournaments during her career. In addition to boxing, Taylor is a player in the Ireland national football team. The Irishwoman is definitely the most colorful participant in the boxing tournament.
Taylor's main rivals are likely to be the French world champion Ettel Mossely and silver medalist Russian Anastasia Belyakova.
1. Adriana Araujo (Brazil)
2. Estelle Mossely (France)
3. Anastasia Belyakova (Russia)
4. Katie Taylor (Ireland)
5. Mira Potkonen (Finland)
6. Michaela Mayer (USA)
7. Hasnaa Lashzhar (Morocco)
8. Yin Junhua (China)
9. Shelley Watts (Australia)
10. Yana Alekseevna (Azerbaijan)
11. Irma Testa (Italy)
12. Jennifer Cheng (Federated States of Micronesia)
The favorites of the heaviest female weight category include Olympic champion from USA Claressa Shields. She is a unique girl, because at the age of 17 she was able to defeat all her rivals in London 2012. Four years ago, she got gold easily, as happens in such "beginner" sports as women's boxing. And in 2015, the “junior” won the gold of the World Championship and the Pan American Games.
The main rival of the American should be the silver medalist of the 2015 World Cup, a 28-year-old Dutch woman Nauhka Fontaine, who defeated all the strongest girls in 75 kg, except for the American.
1. Claressa Shields (USA)
2. Nauhka Fontein (Netherlands)
3. Zhen Ningjin (Taiwan)
4. Savannah Marshall (UK)
5. Ariane Fortin-Brochu (Canada)
6. Andrea Bandeira (Brazil)
7. Khadija El-Mardi (Morocco)
8. Li Qian (China)
9. Dariga Shakimova (Kazakhstan)
10. Yaroslava Yakushina (Russia)
11. Anna Laurell Nash (Sweden)
12. Atheina Bilon (Panama)
Boxing fans can immediately name boxing world champions. But when it comes to Olympic champions, the list is noticeably reduced to names that can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
Some athletes became two-time and three-time Olympic champions. They constantly trained, and well deserved the title of Olympic boxing champions.
The list of Olympic boxing champions is quite extensive, but not all the names from the list are heard by professional boxing fans. We decided to correct this misunderstanding and tell you about the Olympic boxing champions.
Two-time Olympic boxing champions
The list, which includes two-time Olympic boxing champions, has not been updated since 2012. The list of winners who proved twice to be the best in their sport at the Olympic Games in different years is as follows:
- Oliver Kirk(USA) - 1904 (52kg), 1904 (56kg);
- Jerzy Zdzisław Kuley(Poland) - 1964, 1968;
- Boris Lagutin(USSR) - 1964 (71kg), 1968 (71kg), 1960 bronze;
- Angelo Herrera Vera(Cuba) - 1976, 1980;
- Hector Vinent(Cuba) - 1992, 1996;
- Ariel Hernandez(Cuba) 75kg - 1992, 1996;
- Oleg Saitov(Russia) - 1996, 2000, bronze in Athens 2004;
- Mario Kindelan(Cuba) - 2000, 2004;
- Guillermo Rigondeaux(Cuba) - 2000, 2004;
- Alexey Tishchenko(Russia) - 2004, 2008;
- Zou Shimin(China) - 2008, 2012, bronze in Rio de Janeiro 2016;
- Vasily Lomachenko(Ukraine) - 2008, 2012.
One of the last Olympians in this sport was Ukrainian Vasily Lomachenko, a two-time Olympic boxing champion, who was nicknamed the gold miner in Ukraine during the 2012 Summer Olympics.
In 2008 in Beijing at the Olympics, Vasily Lomachenko knocked out the Frenchman Jelkir Kedafi, and in the final at the Olympic Games in London in 2012, the Ukrainian defeated Sun-Chul Han from South Korea.
Three-time Olympic boxing champions - who are they? Fans of this sport need to know at least their names, especially since they can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
In the history of the Olympics, only three boxers have become three-time boxing champions. Here we will tell you more about them.
Hungarian athlete Laszlo Lapp is the first Olympic boxing champion who managed to become a champion three times. He was the world's top middleweight boxer from 1948 to 1964.
Lapp won his first gold in 1948 at the Olympic Games in London in the weight up to 74 kilograms, defeating British boxer John Wright.
The second time Olympic boxing champion Laszlo Lapp won gold in 1952 at the Olympic Games in Helsinki, having won in the ring against an athlete from South Africa Teunis van Shalkvik in the weight up to 71 kilograms.
The third victory for the Hungarian boxer was at the 1956 Olympics, which took place in Melbourne. Then Lapp beat the future professional boxing champion, American Jose Torres.
In addition to a successful boxing career, Laszlo Lapp acted in films.