Light middleweight boxing at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Jamsil Students' Gymnasium | ||||||||||||||||
Dates | 20 September – 2 October | ||||||||||||||||
Competitors | 36 from 36 nations | ||||||||||||||||
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Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics | |
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Light flyweight | men |
Flyweight | men |
Bantamweight | men |
Featherweight | men |
Lightweight | men |
Light welterweight | men |
Welterweight | men |
Light middleweight | men |
Middleweight | men |
Light heavyweight | men |
Heavyweight | men |
Super heavyweight | men |
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]
Gold | Park Si-hun ![]() |
Silver | Roy Jones Jr. ![]() |
Bronze | Raymond Downey ![]() |
Bronze | Richard Woodhall ![]() |
The following boxers took part in the event: [1]
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]
Vincenzo Nardiello is a retired former world champion Italian boxer in the super middleweight division.
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