Boxing at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Men's light heavyweight

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The men's light heavyweight competition of the boxing events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey, was held between June 21 and 26 at the Tarsus Arena.

Boxing combat sport

Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring.

2013 Mediterranean Games 17th edition of the Mediterranean Games

The 2013 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the XVII Mediterranean Games, was an international multi-sport event held in the tradition of the Mediterranean Games, as governed by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (ICMG). The host city of the Games was Mersin, Turkey, as announced after an on-line poll conducted on 23 February 2011 by the ICMG. The games were held from 20 to 30 June 2013. Mersin is the second city in Turkey after İzmir to host the Mediterranean Games. All 24 member National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of the ICMG participated in the Games. The official programme for the Games is featuring events in 27 different sports.

Mersin Turkish Municipality in Mediterranean, Turkey

Mersin is a large city and a port on the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. It is part of an interurban agglomeration – the Adana-Mersin Metropolitan Area – and lies on the western part of Çukurova, a geographical, economic, and cultural region. The city was named after the aromatic plant Myrsine in the family Primulaceae, a myrtle that grows in abundance in the area ; the 17th-century traveler Evliya Çelebi wrote that there was also a clan named Mersinoğulları

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Like all Mediterranean Games boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. Both semifinal losers were awarded bronze medals, so no boxers competed again after their first loss.

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3).

Eastern European Summer Time Daylight savings time zone used in eastern Europe (UTC+3)

Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of UTC+03:00 time zone, 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in some European and Middle Eastern countries, which makes it the same as Arabia Standard Time, East Africa Time and Moscow Time. During the winter periods, Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00) is used.

DateTimeRound
June 21, 201321:00Round of 16
June 23, 201321:00Quarterfinals
June 25, 201320:30Semifinals
June 26, 201320:45Final

Results

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Bracket

Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
   
    Flag of Italy.svg  Gianluca Rosciglione  (ITA)0 
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Yahia Elemekachari  (TUN)0  Flag of Algeria.svg  Abdelhafid Benchabla  (ALG)3 
Flag of Algeria.svg  Abdelhafid Benchabla  (ALG)3   Flag of Turkey.svg  Avni Yıldırım  (TUR)0 
     Flag of Algeria.svg  Abdelhafid Benchabla  (ALG)3 
    Flag of Turkey.svg  Avni Yıldırım  (TUR)3 
    Flag of Albania.svg  Christian Demaj  (ALB)0 
     Flag of Algeria.svg  Abdelhafid Benchabla  (ALG)3
     Flag of France.svg  Abdelkader Bouhenia  (FRA)0
    Flag of France.svg  Abdelkader Bouhenia  (FRA)2 
    Flag of Egypt.svg  Abdelrahman Abdelgawad  (EGY)1 
     Flag of France.svg  Abdelkader Bouhenia  (FRA)3 
     Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Dzemal Bosnjak  (BIH)0 
    Flag of Syria.svg  Alaa Eloin Ghossoun  (SYR)1   
    Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Dzemal Bosnjak  (BIH)2   
   

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The boxing competitions at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin took place between 21 June and 26 June at the Toroslar Sports Hall. Athletes competed in 10 weight categories. Even though women's boxing has been recently introduced to some multi-sports events, only men's boxing events were held.

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The men's light welterweight competition of the boxing events at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain, was held between June 25 and 30 at the Torredembarra Pavilion.

The men's Bantamweight competition of the boxing events at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain, was held between June 26 and 30 at the Torredembarra Pavilion.

The men's Light heavyweight competition of the boxing events at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain, was held between June 26 and 30 at the Torredembarra Pavilion.

The men's flyweight competition of the boxing events at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain, was held between June 25 and 30 at the Torredembarra Pavilion.

The men's welterweight competition of the boxing events at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain, was held between June 26 and 30 at the Torredembarra Pavilion.

The men's Middleweight competition of the boxing events at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain, was held between June 26 and 30 at the Torredembarra Pavilion.

The men's heavyweight competition of the boxing events at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain, was held between June 27 and 30 at the Torredembarra Pavilion.

The men's super heavyweight competition of the boxing events at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain, was held between June 26 and 30 at the Torredembarra Pavilion.

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