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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]
Park Si-hun (Korean: 박시헌; born December 16, 1965) is a retired South Korean boxer. He won a gold medal in the men's light middleweight category at the 1988 Summer Olympics, being awarded victory over Roy Jones Jr. of the United States even though most observers considered that Jones had clearly won.
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.
The 1988 Seoul Olympics were the last Summer Games of the Cold War era. The two weeks of events during the sweaty summer of 1988 had an impact that reached far beyond sports and influenced the ...
The incident led Olympic organizers to establish a new scoring system for Olympic boxing. [2] The U.S. Olympic Committee called for an investigation in 1996 after documents belonging to East Germany's Stasi secret police revealed reports of judges being paid to vote for South Korean boxers. [11] East Germany ended the Seoul Olympics in second ...
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]
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 light heavyweight competition in the 1988 Summer Olympics included boxers representing 26 countries. Along with "King" Kennedy McKinney (Bantamweight division) and "Merciless" Ray Mercer (Heavyweight division), Maynard was one of three Americans to capture gold for the 1988 United States Olympic Boxing Team in Seoul.