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Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Light middleweight

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Light middleweight boxing
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Students' Gymnasium
Dates20 September – 2 October
Competitors36 from 36 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Park Si-hun  South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Roy Jones Jr.  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Raymond Downey  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Richard Woodhall  Great Britain
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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.[1]

19-year-old Roy Jones Jr. of the U.S. dominated his opponents, never losing a single round en route to the final. In the final, he controversially lost a 3–2 decision to 23-year-old South Korean fighter Park Si-Hun, four years his senior, despite pummeling Park for three rounds and landing 86 punches to Park's 32.[2][3][4]

Medalists

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Gold Park Si-hun
 South Korea
Silver Roy Jones Jr.
 United States
Bronze Raymond Downey
 Canada
Bronze Richard Woodhall
 Great Britain

Results

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The following boxers took part in the event:[1]

Rank Name Country
1 Park Si-hun  South Korea
2 Roy Jones Jr.  United States
3T Raymond Downey  Canada
3T Richard Woodhall  Great Britain
5T Rey Rivera  Puerto Rico
5T Yevgeny Zaytsev  Soviet Union
5T Vincenzo Nardiello  Italy
5T Martin Kitel  Sweden
9T Peter Silva  Brazil
9T Apolinário de Silveira  Angola
9T Michal Franek  Czechoslovakia
9T Sounaila Sagnon  Burkina Faso
9T Torsten Schmitz  East Germany
9T Quinn Paynter  Bermuda
9T Laurensio Mercado  Ecuador
9T Abrar Hussain Syed  Pakistan
17T Charles Mahlalela  Swaziland
17T George Allison  Guyana
17T Desmond Williams  Sierra Leone
17T Mohamad Orungi  Kenya
17T M'tendere Makalamba  Malawi
17T Gary Smikle  Jamaica
17T John Boscoe Waigo  Uganda
17T Abdullah Ramadan  Sudan
17T Angel Stoyanov  Bulgaria
17T Johnny de Lima  Denmark
17T Likou Aliu  Western Samoa
17T Ncholu Monontsi  Lesotho
17T Wabanko Banko  Zaire
17T Norbert Nieroba  West Germany
17T François Mayo  Cameroon
32T Emmanuel Quaye  Ghana
32T Jorge Oscar López  Argentina
32T Garth Felix  Grenada
32T Noureddine Meziane  Algeria
32T Moussa Wiawindi  Central African Republic

First round

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Second round

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Third round

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

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Judges Zaur Gvadzhava of the Soviet Union and Sándor Pajar of Hungary each voted for Jones, 60–56, on the 20-point must system. Alberto Duran of Uruguay and Hiouad Larbi of Morocco voted for Park, each by 59–58. Bob D. Kasule of Uganda gave 59–59 a draw, but decided that Park was more aggressive.[5] As the decision was highly controversial, it eventually led the Olympic authorities to introduce a new high-tech scoring system, which in turn was intended to eliminate biased judging.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Boxing at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Light Middleweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  2. ^ Mamet, David (7 October 1988). "In Losing, a Boxer Won". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Sports of The Times – Nice Gesture Substitutes For Justice – NYTimes.com". Query.nytimes.com. 26 September 1997. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Seoul Games scarred by riots". in.rediff.com. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
  5. ^ Boxers Rise From Swamp By Dave Nightingale, St Louis Sporting News, October 10, 1988.
  6. ^ Higher, Further, Faster: Is Technology Improving Sport? by Stewart Ross.