Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's light heavyweight

Men's light heavyweight boxing at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date	30 July to 12 August
Competitors	26 from 26 nations
Medalists
Egor Mekhontsev   Russia   Adilbek Niyazymbetov   Kazakhstan   Yamaguchi Falcão   Brazil   Oleksandr Hvozdyk   Ukraine

Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Men			Women
	49 kg			51 kg
	52 kg			60 kg
	56 kg			75 kg
	60 kg
	64 kg
	69 kg
	75 kg
	81 kg
	91 kg
	+91 kg

The men's light heavyweight boxing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 30 July to 12 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

Twenty-six boxers from 26 nations are competing.

Competition format

The competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Bronze medals were awarded to both semifinal losers. Bouts were three rounds of three minutes each.^[1]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Finals

	Semi-finals				Final
	Yamaguchi Falcão (BRA)	11
	Egor Mekhontsev (RUS)	23
					Egor Mekhontsev (RUS)	15
					Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ)	15
	Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ)	13
	Oleksandr Hvozdyk (UKR)	13

Top half

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals
						Julio César la Cruz (CUB)		25
	Ihab Al-Matbouli (JOR)		19			Ihab Al-Matbouli (JOR)		8
	Lukman Lawal (NGR)		7								Julio César la Cruz (CUB)		15
	Sumit Sangwan (IND)		14								Yamaguchi Falcão (BRA)		18
	Yamaguchi Falcão (BRA)		15			Yamaguchi Falcão (BRA)		17
	Ahmed Barki (MAR)		8			Meng Fanlong (CHN)		17
	Meng Fanlong (CHN)		17													Yamaguchi Falcão (BRA)		11
																Egor Mekhontsev (RUS)		23
						Elshod Rasulov (UZB)		13
	Yahia El-Mekachari (TUN)		16			Yahia El-Mekachari (TUN)		6
	Jahon Qurbonov (TJK)		8								Elshod Rasulov (UZB)		15
	Damien Hooper (AUS)		13								Egor Mekhontsev (RUS)		19
	Marcus Browne (USA)		11			Damien Hooper (AUS)		11
						Egor Mekhontsev (RUS)		19

Bottom half

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals
						Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ)		13
	Carlos Góngora (ECU)		9			Carlos Góngora (ECU)		5
	Vatan Huseynli (AZE)		8								Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ)		13
	Jeysson Monroy (COL)		10								Ehsan Rouzbahani (IRI)		10
	Ehsan Rouzbahani (IRI)		12			Ehsan Rouzbahani (IRI)		18
						Bahram Muzaffer (TUR)		12
																Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ)		13
	Oleksandr Hvozdyk (UKR)		18													Oleksandr Hvozdyk (UKR)		13
	Mikhail Dauhaliavets (BLR)		10			Oleksandr Hvozdyk (UKR)		18
	Boško Drašković (MNE)		11			Osmar Bravo (NCA)		6
	Osmar Bravo (NCA)		16								Oleksandr Hvozdyk (UKR)		19
	Christian Donfack Adjoufack (CMR)		6								Abdelhafid Benchabla (ALG)		17
	Enrico Kölling (GER)		15			Enrico Kölling (GER)		9
						Abdelhafid Benchabla (ALG)		12

Controversy

India's Sumit Sangwan fought well against Brazil's Yamaguchi Falcão before losing the bout 14–15 in what appeared to be a controversial decision in favour of the Brazilian. The decision not only angered the Indian team and the country's sports minister, Ajay Maken, but also led to an official protest which Maken confirmed on Twitter. Some commentators were also surprised by the decision, one describing it as "day-light robbery."^[2]

References