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Korean boxers' uniforms at the games. 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. [1]
The men's light middleweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1988 Summer Olympics.The weight class allowed boxers of up to 71 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 20 September to 2 October 1988. 36 boxers from 36 nations competed.
Below are the results of Michael Carbajal, an American light flyweight boxer who competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics: Round of 32: Defeated Kwang-Soo Oh (South Korea) points (3:2 decision) Round of 16: Defeated Dang Hieu Hien (Vietnam) points; Quarterfinal: Defeated Scotty Olson (Canada) points; Semifinal: Defeated Robert Isaszegi (Hungary) points
The super heavyweight event of the 1988 Olympics was weakened by the absence of a Cuban boxer. Teófilo Stevenson, a veteran three-time Olympic champion whose first Olympics were back in 1972, did not retire anticipating these Olympics. [3] He announced his retirement shortly after the Cuban government decided to boycott the Games.
The two weeks of events during the sweaty summer of 1988 had an impact that reached far beyond sports and influenced the shaping of South Korea as the nation it is today. Evictions, drugs, boxing ...
The men's light heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 81 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 21 September to 2 October 1988. 26 boxers from 26 nations competed. Having started boxing just four years prior, Andrew Maynard won the gold medal. [1]
The men's heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 91 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 22 September to 1 October 1988. 18 boxers from 18 nations competed. [1] 27-year-old Ray Mercer, who took up boxing only four years prior, won the gold medal. [2]
Robert Napunyi Wangila (3 September 1966 — 24 July 1994) was a Kenyan boxer who won a welterweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games.He is the only Kenyan Olympic gold medalist outside of athletics and the only boxer from Sub-Saharan Africa outside of South Africa to have won Olympic gold.