The boxing competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour. The event was only open to men and bouts were contested over four rounds of two minutes each. Five judges scored the fighters in real time and the boxer with the most points at the end was the winner.
The Philippines competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 47 competitors, 40 men and 7 women, took part in 45 events in 10 sports. The Philippines won the first Olympic silver medal in this games, as well as the first medal in boxing since 1932.
Bekzat Sattarkhanov was a Kazakh boxer who competed in the men's featherweight division (57 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal.
Nigeria competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.
Hocine Soltani was an Algerian boxer, who won two Olympic medals. In 1992, the southpaw placed third in the featherweight division (54–57 kg), and at the 1996 Summer Olympics he won the gold medal in the lightweight division.
The featherweight boxing competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held from 16 to 28 August at Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. This is limited to those boxers weighing between 54 and 57 kilograms.
Botswana was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a xx-member strong contingent comprising 21 sportspersons and xx officials.
The Philippines competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. The Asian nation sent only fourteen athletes to Montreal, its smallest delegation since 1932, to compete in track and field, boxing, shooting, swimming and weightlifting.
USA Boxing is the national governing body for Olympic-style amateur boxing. It is overseen by the United States Olympic Committee and the International Boxing Association (AIBA), which sets its rules.
Mekhak Ghazaryan, also known as Mikhail Kazaryan, is a retired amateur boxer from Armenia. He represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea in the men's featherweight (57 kg) division. Ghazaryan was defeated in the third round by eventual gold medalist Giovanni Parisi. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia in the men's lightweight (60 kg) division. Ghazaryan lost in the second round to Michael Strange.
Botswana competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. The African nation sent seventeen athletes in three sports. For the first time in their Commonwealth Games history, Botswana won multiple medals, capturing three, including two in boxing.
Falk Huste is a boxer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Featherweight division at the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Tampere, Finland. He is the older brother of boxer Kay Huste, and a two-time medalist at the World Amateur Boxing Championships.
David Burke is an English boxer who won the bronze medal in the Men's Featherweight division at the 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Vejle, Denmark.
Syria (SYR) competed at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain. The nation had a total number of 30 participants.
Tunisia (TUN) competed at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain. The nation had a total number of 124 participants.
Yaser Shigan is a Syrian boxer, who won the only gold medal for Syria at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain. In the final of the men's featherweight division he defeated former Romanian Ovidiu Bobîrnat, who now competes for Cyprus.
The Featherweight class in the boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics competition was the fourth-lightest class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Featherweights were limited to those boxers weighing more than 57 kilograms. The competition in the Alexander Memorial Coliseum started on 1996-07-20 and ended on 1996-08-04.
The boxing tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo will take place from 25 July to 9 August 2020 at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan.
Ryan Langham is a professional Australian boxer in the featherweight division. He was selected to compete for the Australian boxing team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, before turning himself into pro by the following year. From then on, Langham held a remarkable record of twenty-five bouts throughout his professional stint, including fifteen victories and five knock outs.
Ovidio Bobîrnat is a Romanian and Cypriot boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Representing Cyprus, he won a silver medal in the 2005 Mediterranean Games in the featherweight category.
