Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Light middleweight

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Light middleweight boxing
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Jamsil Students' Gymnasium
Dates20 September – 2 October
Competitors36 from 36 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Park Si-hun Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
Silver medal icon.svg Roy Jones Jr. Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Raymond Downey Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg Richard Woodhall Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
  1984
1992  

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

Gold Park Si-hun
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg South Korea
Silver Roy Jones Jr.
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Bronze Raymond Downey
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Bronze Richard Woodhall
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain

Results

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

RankNameCountry
1 Park Si-hun Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
2 Roy Jones Jr. Flag of the United States.svg  United States
3T Raymond Downey Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
3T Richard Woodhall Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
5T Rey Rivera Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico
5T Yevgeny Zaytsev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
5T Vincenzo Nardiello Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
5T Martin Kitel Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
9T Peter Silva Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil
9T Apolinário de Silveira Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
9T Michal Franek Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
9T Sounaila Sagnon Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
9T Torsten Schmitz Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
9T Quinn Paynter Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg  Bermuda
9T Laurensio Mercado Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador
9T Abrar Hussain Syed Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
17TCharles MahlalelaFlag of Swaziland.svg  Swaziland
17T George Allison Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana
17T Desmond Williams Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
17T Mohamad Orungi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
17T M'tendere Makalamba Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
17T Gary Smikle Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
17T John Boscoe Waigo Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
17T Abdullah Ramadan Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
17T Angel Stoyanov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
17T Johnny de Lima Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
17T Likou Aliu Flag of Samoa.svg  Western Samoa
17T Ncholu Monontsi Flag of Lesotho (1987-2006).svg  Lesotho
17T Wabanko Banko Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg  Zaire
17T Norbert Nieroba Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
17T François Mayo Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
32T Emmanuel Quaye Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
32T Jorge Oscar López Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina
32T Garth Felix Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada
32T Noureddine Meziane Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
32T Moussa Wiawindi Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

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]

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