Vassiliy Valeryevich Jirov, sometimes known as Vasily Zhirov, is a Kazakhstani former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2009, and held the IBF cruiserweight title from 1999 to 2003. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympics, as well as consecutive bronzes at the 1993 and 1995 World Championships, all in the light-heavyweight division.
Hugo Pastor Corro, better known plainly as Hugo Corro, was a former Argentine boxer who was a world middleweight champion.
Nicolino Locche was an Argentine boxer from Tunuyán, Mendoza who held the World Light welterweight title from 1968 to 1972. Locche is often cited as one of the finest defensive boxers of all time. Locche was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2003.
Argentina competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 51 competitors, 50 men and 1 woman, took part in 31 events in 8 sports.
Argentina competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 123 competitors, 115 men and 8 women, took part in 77 events in 15 sports.
Dale Walters is a Canadian former boxer who won a bantamweight bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Guillermo Javier Saputo is a light middleweight boxer from Argentina, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. He also represented Argentina at the 1995 Pan American Games and 1999 Pan American Games. Nicknamed "El Tano" and/or "El Caballero" he made his professional debut in 2001.
Hercules Kyvelos is a Greek-Canadian boxer in the Welterweight division and is the former Canadian Welterweight Champion. He fought at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
Remigio Daniel Molina was an Argentine professional boxer in the Lightweight division. He also represented Argentina at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games.
Charlie Nash, is a retired boxer. As an amateur he held an Irish national title and represented Ireland in the 1972 Olympic Games. As a professional he won the professional British and then European lightweight titles but lost to Jim Watt, when he challenged him for the World Boxing Council title. He has given several interviews about having to check several bodies laid out in a hospital morgue in order to identify that of his brother William, who was killed during the Bloody Sunday massacre.
Norvel L. R. Lee was a boxer from the United States, who competed in the Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight divisions during his career as an amateur.
Franco Nenci is a former welterweight boxer.
Pedro Rubén Décima is a former professional boxer from Argentina.
Jarrod Fletcher is an Australian professional boxer and a former world middleweight title challenger. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in the middleweight division.
Antonio Alejandro Porta Pernigotti is a former Argentine-Italian professional basketball player, who lasted played with the Svendborg Rabbits in the Danish Basketball League. He played at both the point guard and shooting guard positions.
Manuel Cristian Rodríguez is a retired professional boxer from Argentina. As an amateur, Rodríguez represented his native country in the featherweight division (57 kg), winning a bronze medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Rated as a lightweight he made his professional debut in August 1996, defeating compatriot Roberto Rivademar. He quit after eight pro bouts.
Miguel Antonio Mosna is a light heavyweight Argentine boxer who fought in various events around the world. The bulk of his career has been in Argentina but he has also fought in Las Vegas, Niger, South Africa, Brazil, Venezuela and other countries. He retired from boxing with a total of:
Johnny "Smiler" van Rensburg born in Lichtenburg was a South African amateur bantamweight and professional light/light welter/welter/middleweight boxer of the 1950s and '60s who as an amateur won the gold medal at bantamweight in the Boxing at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand, and represented South Africa at bantamweight in the Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, losing to Amé rico Bonetti of Argentina, and as a professional won the Transvaal (White) lightweight title, South African lightweight title, South African welterweight title, British Empire lightweight title, and British Empire welterweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 132 lb, i.e. lightweight to 148 lb, i.e. Middleweight, he died in Roodepoort, South Africa.
Brian Carlos Castaño is an Argentine professional boxer who is the current WBA (Regular) super welterweight title holder.
The men's middleweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1984 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 75 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 30 July to 11 August 1984. 27 boxers from 27 nations competed.
