Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Featherweight

Featherweight boxing
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueAlexander Memorial Coliseum
Dates22 July – 4 August 1996
Competitors31 from 31 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Somluck Kamsing  Thailand
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Serafim Todorov  Bulgaria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pablo Chacón  Argentina
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Floyd Mayweather  United States
Boxing at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Light flyweight
Flyweight
Bantamweight
Lightweight
Light welterweight
Welterweight
Light middleweight
Middleweight
Light heavyweight
Heavyweight
Super heavyweight

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. The competition in the Alexander Memorial Coliseum started on 1996-07-20 and ended on 1996-08-04.[1] There was significant controversy surrounding judging of the fight between 19-year-old Floyd Mayweather of the United States and 27-year-old two-time Olympian Serafim Todorov of Bulgaria, with Todorov being awarded the semi-final bout which, according to many observers, was won by Mayweather. The U.S. team filed a protest over the Mayweather bout, claiming the judges were intimidated by Bulgaria's Emil Jetchev (head of the boxing officials) into favoring the Bulgarian Todorov, but it was rejected.[2][3][4]

Medalists

Gold Somluck Kamsing
 Thailand
Silver Serafim Todorov
 Bulgaria
Bronze Pablo Chacón
 Argentina
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
 United States

Results

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 Ibragimov (UZB) RSC-2
 Lamgen (MGL) (02:16)  Ibragimov (UZB) 4
 Burke (GBR) 9  Huste (GER) 8
 Huste (GER) 13  Huste (GER) 6
 Peden (AUS) 15  Todorov (BUL) 14
 Achik (MAR) 7  Peden (AUS) 8
 Shestakov (UKR) 4  Todorov (BUL) 20
 Todorov (BUL) 11  Todorov (BUL) 10
 De Brito (BRA) 12  Mayweather (USA) 9
 Bahari (INA) 3  De Brito (BRA) 6
 Aragón (CUB) 9  Aragón (CUB) 16
 Magjhound (ALG) 6  Aragón (CUB) 11
 Mayweather (USA) RSC-2  Mayweather (USA) 12
 Tyleganov (KAZ) (00:57)  Mayweather (USA) 16
 Konamegui (CMR) 3  Gevorgyan (ARM) 3
 Gevorgyan (ARM) 10  Todorov (BUL) 5
 Attah (NGR) 14  Kamsing (THA) 8
 Ipera (PNG) 2  Attah (NGR) 12
 Nagy (HUN) RSC-3  Nagy (HUN) 14
 Kelman (BAR) (01:36)  Nagy (HUN) 7
 Gray (JAM) 5  Chacón (ARG) 13
 Chacón (ARG) 6  Chacón (ARG) 14
 Lebon (MRI) 9  Lebon (MRI) 7
 Yağlı (TUR) 8  Chacón (ARG) 8
 Kamsing (THA) 20
 Ouzlian (GRE) 2
 Paliani (RUS) 10  Paliani (RUS) 27
 Sin (KOR) 7  Paliani (RUS) 4
 Patton (CAN) (02:55)  Kamsing (THA) 13
 Ndou (RSA) RSC-2  Ndou (RSA) 7
 Seda (PUR) 2  Kamsing (THA) 12
 Kamsing (THA) 13

References

  1. ^ "Boxing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Featherweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Controversial Olympic loss may have set Mayweather on historic path".
  3. ^ "5 Boxers Who Got Robbed in the Olympics: Floyd Mayweather and More on the List". 27 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Judge quits in protest of incompetent scoring". The News. 3 August 1996. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
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