Results of the Olympic Games in Rio boxing. Professional boxers are in no rush to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Why don't they hire professionals?

MOSCOW, June 3. /Corr. TASS Igor Lazorin/. Leading professional boxers are not planning to take part in the 2016 Olympics, even after the International Boxing Association (AIBA) officially allowed them to compete at the Games.

Previously, according to AIBA rules, which were introduced in 2013, professional boxers were eligible to participate in the Olympics provided that they had fought fewer than 15 fights for which they received a fee, as well as signed a special short-term contract with the organization. The new rules will allow any professional boxer, regardless of age or experience, to take part in the Olympic Games.

Official qualifying tournament for the pros for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro is scheduled for the period from July 3 to 8 in the Venezuelan city of Vargas.

Vladimir Klitschko and Alexander Povetkin will not go

The 2004 Olympic champion, Russian Alexander Povetkin, abandoned this prospect and will prepare to return to professional ring after the story of the discovery of the prohibited substance meldonium in his doping sample.

1996 Olympic champion Ukrainian Vladimir Klitschko, who will have a rematch with Briton Tyson Fury on July 9, will also not box in Brazil. The absence of Klitschko in the Ukrainian national team can be compensated by two-time Olympic champion and winner of the Val Barker Cup (a prize for the most technical boxer at the Olympics) Vasily Lomachenko, who is in no way inferior in potential to his eminent compatriot.

As TASS previously reported, the teams of Great Britain, the USA and Kazakhstan will refuse services professional boxers in favor of amateurs who had been fighting for two years to participate in the Games. It was also assumed that American Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Filipino Manny Pacquiao could perform in Rio de Janeiro.

World champion in two versions, Russian Denis Lebedev, told TASS that he could, under certain conditions, take part in the selection for the Games, if this does not interfere with his career. The possibility of calling Lebedev to the team was confirmed Main coach Russian national team Alexander Lebzyak.

Why don't they hire professionals?

Leading federations refuse to invite professionals for one simple reason - many teams have already won all their licenses and filled vacancies to participate in the 2016 Olympic Games.

Nobody wants conflict situations between amateurs and professionals, as this could negatively affect performance at the Games, as well as lower the authority of the national federation.

The Ukrainian national team does not yet have Olympic licenses at all, so negotiations on the participation of professional boxers are logical. The same applies to the Russian national team, which does not yet have licenses in all weight categories, but can win them at the qualifying tournament in Baku (ends on June 19). After it, it will become clear whether there will be pros on the Russian national team.

Pros from Mexico will also not compete at the Games, whose federation categorically prohibits such boxers from competing in amateur competitions. As the federation told TASS, such events can lead to risks and damage to health for amateur boxers.

What's the result?

According to the majority of federations, AIBA has accepted correct solution, allowing professionals to participate in the Olympic Games. However, the decision was made at a time when the composition of the teams has already been practically formed, which does not allow the heads of national organizations to make a choice and carry out rotation.

As noted by the US Boxing Federation, AIBA's decision leads to the development of boxing and increases the entertainment value of the Olympic boxing tournament.

Boxing fans can immediately name the world boxing champions. But when it comes to Olympic champions, the list is noticeably reduced to names that can be counted on the fingers of one hand.

Some athletes became two-time and three-time Olympic champions. They trained constantly, and fully deserved the title of Olympic boxing champions.

The list of Olympic boxing champions is quite extensive, but not all the names on the list are familiar to fans professional boxing. We decided to correct this misunderstanding and tell you about the Olympic boxing champions.

Two-time Olympic boxing champions

List of two-time champions olympic games boxing has not been replenished since 2012. The list of winners who have proven twice that they are the best in their sport at the Olympic Games in different years is as follows:

• Oliver Kirk(USA) - 1904 (52kg), 1904 (56kg);
• Jerzy Zdzislaw Kuley(Poland) - 1964, 1968;
• Boris Lagutin(USSR) - 1964 (71kg), 1968 (71kg), 1960 bronze;
• Angelo Herrera Vera(Cuba) - 1976, 1980;
• Hector Vinent(Cuba) - 1992, 1996;
• Ariel Hernandez(Cuba) 75kg - 1992, 1996;
• Oleg Saitov(Russia) - 1996, 2000, bronze in Athens 2004;
• Mario Kindelan(Cuba) - 2000, 2004;
• Guillermo Rigondeaux(Cuba) - 2000, 2004;
• Alexey Tishchenko(Russia) - 2004, 2008;
• Zou Shiming(China) - 2008, 2012, bronze in Rio de Janeiro 2016;
• Vasily Lomachenko(Ukraine) - 2008, 2012.

One of the last Olympians in this sport was the Ukrainian Vasily Lomachenko, a two-time Olympic champion in boxing, who was nicknamed the gold miner in Ukraine during the 2012 Summer Olympics.

In 2008 at the Beijing Olympics, Vasily Lomachenko knocked out the Frenchman Djelkir Kedafy, and in the final at the Olympic Games in London in 2012, the Ukrainian defeated Sung-Chul Han from South Korea.

Three-time Olympic boxing champions - who are they? Fans of this sport need to know at least their last names, especially since they can be counted on the fingers of one hand.

In the entire history of the Olympics, only three boxers have become three-time boxing champions. Here we will tell you about them in more detail.

Hungarian athlete Laszlo Lapp is the first Olympic boxing champion, who managed to become a champion three times. He was the world's best middleweight boxer from 1948 to 1964.

Lapp took his first gold in 1948 at the Olympic Games in London in the weight category up to 74 kilograms, defeating British boxer John Wright.

The second time Olympic boxing champion Laszlo Lapp won gold in 1952 at the Helsinki Olympics, winning in the ring against South African athlete Theunis Van Schalkwyk in the weight category of up to 71 kilograms.

The Hungarian boxer's third victory was at the 1956 Olympics, which took place in Melbourne. Then Lapp beat the future professional boxing champion, American Jose Torres.

In addition to his successful boxing career, Laszlo Lapp acted in films.

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up to 49 kg

In the easiest weight category 22 athletes will compete at the Olympic boxing tournament. The main contender for gold medal considered a very promising 19-year-old Cuban Joanis Archilagos. This young boxer managed to win gold at the last World Championships and silver at the Pan American Games. At the continental tournament, Cuba, as usual, took first place as a team, but their representative in 49 kg lost to the Mexican Joselito Velazquez, who will go to the Olympics after winning the WSB/APB qualifying tournament in Venezuela.

Also, the 32-year-old Kazakh veteran will again enter the Olympic ring amateur boxing Birzhan Zhakypov. For a native of the village of Zharty-Tobe in Kazakhstan, these Olympic Games will be the third.

Among the participants in the boxing tournament in Rio, we will single out a 22-year-old Russian Vasily Egorova, who managed to win silver at the World Championships in Doha, gold at the European Championships and successfully debut in the World Series of Boxing. The talented Russian, according to many experts, should compete with Archilagos for the gold medal.

It should be noted that a representative of Uzbekistan will compete in 49 kg Khasanboy Dusmatov, who played in the WSB season before last for the Ukrainian Atamans. During his time in Ukraine, Khasanboy emerged victorious in most fights, often finding himself head and shoulders above his opponents. After his departure, the “Ukrainian Atamans” lost their strongest boxer at 49 kg.

1. Patrick Lourenço (Brazil)

2. Paddy Barnes (Ireland)

3. Lu Bin (China)

4. Birzhan Zhakypov (Kazakhstan)

5. Joanis Archilagos (Cuba)

6. Vasily Egorov (Russia)

7. Jurberchen Martinez (Colombia)

8. Nico Hernandez (USA)

9. Fotsala Simplis (Cameroon)

10. Mathias Amunyela (Namibia)

11. Peter Mungai Waruy (Kenya)

12. Khasanboy Dusmatov (Uzbekistan)

13. Rohen Ladon (Philippines)

14. Gankhuyagiin Gan-Erdene (Mongolia)

15. Jalal Yafai (Great Britain)

16. Artur Hovhannisyan (Armenia)

17. Manuel Cappai (Italy)

18. Rufat Huseynov (Azerbaijan)

19. Samuel Carmona (Spain)

20. Joselito Velazquez (Mexico)

21. Carlos Quipo (Ecuador)

22. Leandro Blanc (Argentina)

up to 52 kg

Let's start with the 2015 world champion Azerbaijani Elvina Mamimshzade. At the age of 24, in addition to medals from the World Championships in Doha, the Azerbaijani won the European Games and won silver and bronze at the European Championships in 2010 and 2013.

Second boxer at the World Championships in Qatar and the best in the WSB rankings in the 2014/2015 season, Cuban Yosvani Veitia worth considering among the contenders for Olympic medals. At the boxing tournament in London in 2012, the Cuban was unlucky in 49 kg, where he became only ninth. Then the Cuban became one of the leaders of amateur boxing.

The 2012 Olympics bronze medalist, Russian, should compete with Mamimshzade and Veitia Misha Aloyan. Unlike his rivals, 27-year-old Aloyan managed to collect many awards in the amateur ring. Four years ago, the Russian was also considered a favorite and a contender for a medal of the highest standard, but lost to the Mongolian in the semifinals Nyambayarynu Togstsogtu.

1. Julian Neto (Brazil)

2. Javier Cintron (Puerto Rico)

3. Ashraf Kharroubi (Morocco)

4. Misha Aloyan (Russia)

5. Elias Emichdio (Mexico)

6. Elvin Mamishzade (Azerbaijan)

7. Yosvani Veitia (Cuba)

8. Fernando Martinez (Argentina)

9. Leonel de los Santos (Dominican Republic)

10. Mohamed Flissi (Algeria)

11. Ronald Serugo (Uganda)

11. Moroke Mokhoto (Lesotho)

13. Shakhobidin Zoirov (Uzbekistan)

14. Hu Jianguan (China)

15. Olzhas Sattybaev (Kazakhstan)

16. Muhammad Ali (Great Britain)

17. Narek Abgaryan (Armenia)

18. Brendan Irvine (Ireland)

19. Daniel Asenov (Bulgaria)

20. Antonio Vargas (USA)

21. Selcuk Eker (Türkiye)

22. Kharhuugiin Enkh-Amar (Mongolia)

23. Elie Conchi (France)

24. Yoel Rivas (Venezuela)

25. Hamza Touba (Germany)

26. Saber Avila (Colombia)

up to 56 kg

One of the main contenders for olympic gold 24-year-old Irishman will weigh 56 kg Michael Conlan. The Belfast resident won a bronze medal at London 2012 and gold at the last World and European Championships. After 2012, Conlan moved from 52 to 56 kg, where he rarely meets opponents who can cope with his potential.

Ukrainian featherweight is represented in this weight category Nikolay Butsenko. After 2012, Nikolai received the status of one of the most talented Ukrainian amateur boxers. In the Olympic cycle, the Ukrainian won medals at the 2013 European and World Championships, but it was difficult with licenses. The last hope for the 2016 Olympics was the world qualifying tournament in Baku in June 2016. The Ukrainian showed his best skills at this tournament, defeating the London Olympic champion in 52 kg Cuban along the way Robeisi Ramirez. Having won the tournament, the former “Ukrainian chieftain” got the opportunity to perform in Rio.

1. Robenilson Vieira (Brazil)

2. Vladimir Nikitin (Russia)

3. Mohamed Hamout (Morocco)

4. Kedafy Djelkir (France)

5. Zhang Jiawei (China)

7. Murodzhon Akhmadaliev (Uzbekistan)

8. Dmitry Asanov (Belarus)

9. Shakur Stevenson (USA)

10. Alberto Melian (Argentina)

11. Bilel Mhadmi (Tunisia)

12. Inkululeko Suntele (Lesotho)

13. Omar Abdul (Ghana)

14. Chhatchhai Butdi (Thailand)

15. Shiva Thapa (India)

16. Kairat Eraliev (Kazakhstan)

17. Javid Chelebiev (Azerbaijan)

18. Qais Ashfaq (Great Britain)

19. Aram Avagyan (Armenia)

20. Nikolay Butsenko (Ukraine)

21. Erdenebatyn Tsendbaatar (Mongolia)

22. Robeisy Ramirez (Cuba)

23. Arashi Morisaka (Japan)

24. Fahem Khammashi (Algeria)

25. Benson Gicharu (Kenya)

26. Hector Garcia (Dominican Republic)

27. Victor Rodriguez (Venezuela)

28. Lionel Varavara (Vanuatu)

There are only two leaders in the 60-kilogram weight category, and they are significantly superior to their competitors in the class. Number 1 is considered the winner of the 2012 Olympic bronze medal in 56 kg, Cuban Lazaro Alvarez. At 25 years old, the representative of a country famous good boxers, cigars and rhythmic dancing, won world championships and Pan American Games. He was also the leader of the fourth season of WSB, where he lost only to the famous Dagestan amateur representing Azerbaijan, Albert Selimov.

It is the Dagestani who is number two in the 60 kg division. At his previous Olympic Games, Selimov competed for Russia and was destroyed by a Ukrainian in his first match Vasily Lomachenko. After failures, Albert made his debut in the World Series of Boxing and changed his citizenship. At the last World Championship, the newly minted Azerbaijani lost only to Alvarez TKO.

All other participants in the Olympics are also capable of delivering surprises. Such strong boxers like a Russian Adlan Abdurashidov and APB champion from Ubekistan Khurshid Tadzhibaev. These boxers are also at a high amateur level, but in skill they are slightly inferior to Alvarez and Selimov.

1. Adlan Abdurashidov (Russia)

2. Carlos Balderas (USA)

3. Khurshid Tajibaev (Uzbekistan)

4. Berik Abdrakhmanov (Kazakhstan)

5. Lazaro Alvarez (Cuba)

6. Albert Selimov (Azerbaijan)

7. Robson Conceiço (Brazil)

8. Luis Cabrera (Venezuela)

9. Teofimo Lopez (Honduras)

10. Ignacio Perrin (Argentina)

11. Mahmoud Abdelaal (Egypt)

12. Reda Benbaziz (Algeria)

13. Andrique Allisop (Seychelles)

14. Dorzhnyambuugiin Otgondalay (Mongolia)

15. Charlie Suarez (Philippines)

16. Daisuke Narimatsu (Japan)

17. Sofiane Umia (France)

18. Joseph Cordina (Great Britain)

19. David Joyce (Ireland)

20. Enrico Lacruz (Netherlands)

21. Anvar Yunusov (Tajikistan)

22. Shan Jun (China)

23. Lai Zhuneng (Taiwan)

24. Hakan Ersheker (Qatar)

25. Lindolfo Delgado (Mexico)

26. Amnat Ruenroeng (Thailand)

27. Carmine Tommasone (Italy)

28. Tadius Katua (Papua New Guinea)

This weight category could be called Russian. From our troubled neighbors in this weight, two star boxers at once applied for a trip to Rio: the first number in the APB rating Armen Zakarian and world champion Vitaly Dunaytsev. Both could have become contenders for a gold medal, but the Russian Boxing Federation decided to give preference to Dunaytsev, who is geared towards amateur boxing, rather than to Zakaryan, who is a semi-professional.

Also among the contenders for the gold medal is the bronze medalist of London 2012 in the 60 kg Yasniel Toledo, successfully performing in WSB. After the Olympics, the Cuban moved up to 64 kg, where he has not yet won big competitions and only won silver at the World Championships in Almaty in 2013 and bronze in Doha in 2015.

Ukraine is represented in the 64 kg category by a boxer from Berdichev Vladimir Matveychuk. The Ukrainian won the right to participate in the tournament thanks to the WSB qualifying tournament in Venezuela. On it, Vladimir lost only in the semi-finals to the Armenian Vanes Bachkova.

Matveychuk, who has been playing for the “Atamans” since 2012, won a brilliant victory in a meeting with the “Turkish Conquerors” during the 2016 season in the World Series of Boxing. After which there was a good performance at the qualifying tournament in Venezuela.

1. Joedison Teixeira (Brazil)

2. Yasniel Toledo (Cuba)

3. Raul Curiel (Mexico)

4. Artyom Harutyunyan (Germany)

5. Abdelkader Shadi (Algeria)

6. Vitaly Dunaytsev (Russia)

7. Fazliddin Gaibnazarov (Uzbekistan)

8. Wuttichai Masuk (Thailand)

9. Arthur Biyarslanov (Canada)

10. Luis Arcon (Venezuela)

11. Jonas Junius (Namibia)

12. Hamza El-Barbari (Morocco)

13. Mahaman Smaila (Cameroon)

14. Abylaikhan Zhussupov (Kazakhstan)

15. Baatarsukhiin Chinzorig (Mongolia)

16. Hu Qianxun (China)

17. Lorenzo Sotomayor (Azerbaijan)

18. Evaldas Petrauskas (Lithuania)

19. Batuhan Gozgec (Türkiye)

20. Pat McCormack (Great Britain)

21. Richardson Hitchins (Haiti)

22. Gary Antoine Russell (USA)

23. Manoj Kumar (India)

24. Hassan Amzile (France)

25. Hovhannes Bachkov (Armenia)

26. Thulasi Tharumalingam (Qatar)

27. Vladimir Matveychuk (Ukraine)

28. Obada Al-Kasbeh (Jordan)

At 69 kg there are several favorites, including the Moroccan Mohammed Rabii, Cuban Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo, and Kazakh Daniyar Eleusnov.

The last World Cup in Qatar was won by 23-year-old Rabii. The Moroccan reached the final in Doha, where he defeated the winner of the world championship in 2013, Eleusinov. At the upcoming Olympic tournament, the Moroccan and Kazakh are again on the list of the main contenders for gold medals.

The 27-year-old 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, 2009 world champion, and gold medalist were also among the favorites. Olympic medalist London - Sotolongo. This technical and fast boxer should never be written off. In 2016, in addition to participating in qualifying tournaments, the Cuban participated in the WSB and capitulated in a duel with a Ukrainian Sergei Bogachuk. In that meeting, the Vinnitsa boxer began to put pressure on Sotolongo from the first seconds. The Cuban endured pressure in the first two rounds and won thanks to counterattacks, but the Ukrainian took the rest of the fight. However, at the 2016 Olympics, such tactics will probably not bring results, since we will have 3 rounds instead of five.

1. Parviz Bagirov (Azerbaijan)

2. Stephen Donnelly (Ireland)

3. Onur Shipal (Türkiye)

4. Andrey Zamkovoy (Russia)

5. Mohamed Rabiei (Morocco)

6. Daniyar Eleusinov (Kazakhstan)

7. Liu Wei (China)

8. Roniel Iglesias (Cuba)

9.Gabriel (Venezuela)

10. Alberto Palmetta (Argentina)

11. Rayton Okwiri (Kenya)

12. Walid Mohamed (Egypt)

13. Zohir Kedasheh (Algeria)

14. Shahram Giyasov (Uzbekistan)

15. Sailom Adi (Thailand)

16. Byambyn Tuvshinbat (Mongolia)

17. Eimantas Stanionis (Lithuania)

18. Vincenzo Mangiacapre (Italy)

19. Vladimir Margaryan Armenia)

20. Souleymane Sissoko (France)

21. Imre Bacskai (Hungary)

22. Pavel Kostromin (Belarus)

23. Josh Kelly (Great Britain)

24. Simeon Chamov (Bulgaria)

25. Juan Pablo Romero (Mexico)

26. Arajik Marutyan (Germany)

27. Yuba Sissoko (Spain)

28. Winston Hill (Fiji)

up to 75 kg

Unstable in last years The 26-year-old Ukrainian is one of the main contenders for victory at the Olympic tournament. If Dmitry returned his former stability, we would put him in the top five best fighters at the tournament.

His main rival will be the eternal enemy Artem Chebotarev, with whom Mitrofanov has a long history of confrontations. Currently, the Russian is in the lead with a score of 3:1.

Also among the favorites of the Olympic tournament is the 23-year-old Cuban Arlen Lopez, who won the World Championship in 2015 and finished second in the 2016 WSB season.

On Olympic medal The highest standard of eyes was also given by the 2013 world champion Zhanibek Alimkhanuly from Kazakhstan. Although the boxer won his last trophy back in 2014, he is only 23 years old and has a chance of success.

1. Tomasz Jablonski (Poland)

2. Ilyas Abbadi (Algeria)

3. Artyom Chebotarev (Russia)

4. Dmitry Mitrofanov (Ukraine)

5. Arlen Lopez (Cuba)

6. Bektemir Melikuziev (Uzbekistan)

7. Hossam Abdin (Egypt)

8. Charles Conwell 9USA)

9. Misael Rodriguez (Mexico)

10. Jorge Vivas (Colombia)

11. Nsenge Wilfried (Cameroon)

12. Merven Claire (Mauritius)

13. Said Harnouf (Morocco)

14. Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (Kazakhstan)

15. Zhao Mingang (China)

16. Daniel Lewis (Australia)

17. Christian Mbilli Assomo (France)

18. Zoltan Harcsa (Hungary)

19. Anthony Fowler (Great Britain)

21. Arslanbek Achilov (Turkmenistan)

22. Wahid Abdul-Rida (Iraq)

23. Vikas Krishan Yadav (India)

24. Kamran Shahsuvarly (Azerbaijan)

25. Marlo Delgado (Ecuador)

26. Endre Jose Pinto (Venezuela)

27. Onder Shipal (Türkiye)

28. Benny Muzie (Zambia)

In the light heavyweight category you will be able to observe first-hand the skill of the gifted 26-year-old Cuban Julio Cesar la Cruz. During his amateur career, Julio won three world championships in 2011, 2013, 2015. He was also a favorite at the 2012 Games, but lost to the Brazilian in the quarterfinals Florentino Yamaguchi. In 2016, Cruz is the main favorite for gold.

The silver medalist was in the lead at 81 kg last championship world, 22 year old Irishman Joseph Ward. The two-time European champion showed a very good performance at the tournament in Doha. Irish boxer beat everyone strong opponents, except for Cruz.

London silver medalist 23-year-old will also perform in Rio Adilbek Niyazymbetov. This Kazakh boxer has the skill and experience to reach the podium of the main competitions. Uzbek glove master must compete with Kazakh Elshod Rasulov. He has even more experience and is always a winner at continental and world championships.

A new feature of the new Olympic Games 2016 will be the participation of professionals. The most titled of them was the former professional world champion from Cameroon. Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam. The peak of this boxer came in 2010-2012 and the “temporary” WBA and WBO championships. The authoritative boxing resource BoxRec now continues to place the Cameroonian in the Top 10 of the middle division. Hassan got to the 2016 Games thanks to his participation in the final of the qualifying tournament in Venezuela, where he left no chance for the Ukrainian in the semifinals Denis Solonenko. The representative of Ukraine also became a participant in the Olympic Games, becoming the last in 81 kg. Solonenko spent the season actively in the Ukrainian Atamans, where he defeated serious opponents. In Venezuela, Denis fought against strong opponents until he came across an experienced professional from Cameroon.

1. Michel Borges (Brazil)

2. Valentino Manfredonia (Italy)

3. Hrvoje Sep (Croatia)

4. Ehsan Ruzbahani (Iran)

5. Mathieu Boderlic (France)

6. Julio Cesar la Cruz (Cuba)

7. Joe Ward (Ireland)

8. Carlos Mina (Ecuador)

9. Albert Ramirez (Venezuela)

10. Abdelhafid Benshabla (Algeria)

11. Abdelrahman Salah (Egypt)

12. Kennedy Katende (Uganda)

13. Elshod Rasulov (Uzbekistan)

14. Adilbek Niyazymbetov (Kazakhstan)

15. Erkin Adylbek Uulu (Kyrgyzstan)

16. Joshua Buatsi (Great Britain)

17. Peter Mullenberg (Netherlands)

18. Mehmet Unal (Türkiye)

19. Teymur Mamedov (Azerbaijan)

20. Serge Michel (Germany)

21. Petr Khamukov (Russia)

22. Mikhail Dolgolevets (Belarus)

23. Hassan Saada (Morocco)

24. Juan Carlos Carrillo (Colombia)

25. Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam (Cameroon)

26. Denis Solonenko (Ukraine)

up to 91 kg

The heavyweight division also brought together a very competitive crowd. Among the long-term leaders of the weight category is the Russian Evgenia Tishchenko, forever second Clemente Russo, Cuban Erislandy Savona and Kazakh Vasily Levit.

Let's start imagining best boxers heavy weight from an experienced 34 year old Italian Clemente Russo. For him, the 2016 Games will be the third at which he will finally try to win the coveted gold. In 2008 and 2012, the Italian was only one step away from gold, content with silver medals. Let us note that at the previous Olympic Games Russo was stopped by the Ukrainian in the final Alexander Usik, who will try to become a professional world champion in the fall.

Also, a 25-year-old Russian will compete for the first line Evgeniy Tishchenko. The representative of the Russian national team is lanky and incredibly awkward for his opponents. 196 cm Tishchenko is not the fastest, does not have incredible power, but skillfully uses his size. In a duel against a Ukrainian Georgy Manukyan At the 2015 World Championships in Doha, the Russian leveled the technique and skill of our athlete, thanks to anthropometry.

A Cuban will definitely be present as the leader of the boxing tournament Erislandy Savon. The Doha World Championships silver medalist is one of the most gifted boxers in the world. A technically perfect fighter is usually hampered by poor refereeing, but in everything else he is in the first positions. The Cuban performs especially successfully in the World Series of Boxing.

You shouldn’t remove the Kazakh from your accounts Vasily Levit. This 28-year-old fighter has not won 1st competition categories, but is constantly adding. At the World Championships, in the quarterfinals, in a very equal match, Levit lost to Manukyan and could have improved further, but there was not enough time and good refereeing.

1. Vasily Levit (Kazakhstan)

2. Clemente Russo (Italy)

3. David Graf (Germany)

4. Evgeny Tishchenko (Russia)

5. Erislandy Savon (Cuba)

6. Yamil Peralta (Argentina)

7. Joao Nogueira (Brazil)

8. Kennedy St. Pierre (Mauritius)

9. Shuaib Bouloudinat (Algeria)

10. Hassen Shaktami (Tunisia)

11. Rustam Tulaganov (Uzbekistan)

12. Yu Fengkai (China)

13. Jason Whatley (Australia)

14. Lawrence Okolie (Great Britain)

15. Paul Omba Biongolo (France)

16. Abdulkadir Abdullayev (Azerbaijan)

17. Igor Yakubovsky (Poland)

18. Julio Cesar Castillo (Ecuador)

+91 kg

The world champion in the royal weight category and the favorite of the 2016 Olympic Games is a 24-year-old Frenchman Tony Yoka. At the world championship, he unexpectedly defeated all his main rivals. Yoki's victory in the heavyweight division seems understandable, since after the 2012 Games the division weakened significantly. World Championships medalist German will also compete for medals Eric Pfeiffer, bronze medalist of the last Olympic Games Kazakh Ivan Dychko and a titled Briton Joseph Joyce. All these boxers are quite old by the standards of amateurs, but in the category of defective personnel.

Also, do not forget about the 29-year-old experienced Azerbaijani Magomedrasul Medzhidov, who managed to take gold medals at the World Championships in 2011 and 2013. Majidov also performs at the semi-professional level, where he is one of the best boxers super heavyweight WSB.

1. Filip Hrgovic (Croatia)

2. Eric Pfeiffer (Germany)

3. Mihai Nistor (Romania)

4. Tony Yoka (France)

5. Lenier Perot (Cuba)

6. Nigel Paul (Trinidad and Tobago)

7. Clayton Lauren (US Virgin Islands)

8. Efe Ajagba (Nigeria)

9. Mohamed Arjaoui (Morocco)

10. Devilson Morais (Cape Verde)

11. Ivan Dychko (Kazakhstan)

12. Bakhodir Jalolov (Uzbekistan)

13. Hussein Ishaish (Jordan)

14. Joseph Joyce (Great Britain)

15. Magomedrasul Majidov (Azerbaijan)

16. Ali Eren Demirezen (Türkiye)

17. Guido Vianello (Italy)

18. Edgar Muñoz (Venezuela)

WOMEN

up to 51 kg

The titled 33-year-old British woman is considered the favorite in this weight category Nicola Adams. This athlete already won the Olympic Games in 2012 and is number one in the women's division.

The British woman's main rival will be the Chinese woman Ren Cancan, who won all the world championships before London 2012, but failed to take gold at the main tournament. The defeat to Adams was painful and offensive for the Chinese woman, and in Rio she will definitely try to avenge her defeat.

Ukraine will be represented in this weight category by a 28-year-old native of Kovel Tatyana Kob. It was Kob, thanks to third place at the European qualifying tournament in Turkey, who obtained the first license in amateur boxing for Ukraine.

1. Nicola Adams (Great Britain)

2. Pimvilai Laopim (Thailand)

3. Sarah Ouramune (France)

4. Zhaina Shekerbekova (Kazakhstan)

5. Mandy Bujold (Canada)

6. Ingrit Valencia (Colombia)

7. Zohra Ez-Zahrawi (Morocco)

8. Ren Cancan (China)

9. Edgoroy Mirzaeva (Uzbekistan)

10. Stanimira Petrova (Bulgaria)

11. Tatyana Kob (Ukraine)

12. Judith Mbunyade (Central African Republic)

The leader of 60 kg is a 30-year-old Irish woman Katie Taylor. The London Olympic champion won many world and continental tournaments during her career. In addition to boxing, Taylor is a member of the Irish national football team. The Irishwoman is definitely the most colorful participant in the boxing tournament.

Taylor's main rivals will probably be the French world champion Ettel Mossely and silver medalist Russian Anastasia Belyakova.

1. Adriana Araujo (Brazil)

2. Estelle Mossely (France)

3. Anastasia Belyakova (Russia)

4. Katie Taylor (Ireland)

5. Mira Potkonen (Finland)

6. Michaela Mayer (USA)

7. Hasnaa Lashjar (Morocco)

8. Yin Junhua (China)

9. Shelley Watts (Australia)

10. Yana Alekseevna (Azerbaijan)

11. Irma Testa (Italy)

12. Jennifer Cheng (Federated States of Micronesia)

Among the favorites in the heaviest women's weight category is Olympic champion from USA Claressa Shields. She is a unique girl because at the age of 17 she was able to defeat all her rivals in London 2012. Four years ago, she won gold easily, as happens in such “beginner” sports as women’s boxing. And in 2015, the “junior” won gold at the World Championships and Pan American Games.

The American's main rival should be the 2015 World Championship silver medalist, a 28-year-old Dutch woman. Nauhka Fontaine, who defeated all the strongest girls at 75 kg, except for the American.

1. Claressa Shields (USA)

2. Nauhka Fontein (Netherlands)

3. Zhen Ningjin (Taiwan)

4. Savannah Marshall (UK)

5. Ariane Fortin-Brochu (Canada)

6. Andrea Bandeira (Brazil)

7. Khadija El Mardi (Morocco)

8. Li Qian (China)

9. Dariga Shakimova (Kazakhstan)

10. Yaroslava Yakushina (Russia)

11. Anna Laurell Nash (Sweden)

12. Ateyna Bilon (Panama)

A tough and spectacular sport is about boxing. This is a martial art where athletes perform in protective helmets and gloves, striking each other on the permitted parts of the body. The fight is controlled by a judge, he is called a referee. To win, you need to knock out your opponent: knock him down so that he cannot get up for 10 seconds. If the opponent is injured so much that he cannot continue the fight, this is called a technical knockout. If the opponents were unable to knock each other out, the judges decide which of them won. The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro are notable for the fact that for the first time in the history of the Olympics, male boxers will compete without helmets. Women boxers will continue to fight in full protection.

Participants in boxing competitions

Participants from all over the world will come to the Summer Olympic Games, there will be 286 boxers - 250 men and 36 women. Athletes are divided into categories according to which the qualification of the competition is determined. Categories correspond to weight, and selection is based on it. Men have 10, women have 3.

• up to 49 kg;
• up to 52 kg;
• up to 56 kg;
• up to 60 kg;
• up to 64 kg;
• up to 69 kg;
• up to 75 kg;
• up to 81 kg;
• up to 91 kg;
• weight more than 91 kg.

• up to 51 kg;
• up to 60 kg;
• up to 75 kg.

Only one athlete from one country can take part in each qualification. The names of athletes qualifying for the Olympics are determined by the qualifying tournament. As is customary in boxing, both boxers who lose in the semi-finals will receive bronze medals.

Boxing competition calendar

Boxing schedule for the Summer Olympics

• August 6, men, preliminary round for categories up to 49, 60, 81, 91 kg.
• August 7, men, preliminary round for categories up to 60, 69, 81 kg.
• August 8, men, preliminary round for categories up to 49, 69, 75 kg; 1/8 finals in the 91 kg category.
• August 9, men, preliminary round for categories up to 75, 91+ kg. 1/8 finals at 60 kg weight.
• August 10, men, preliminary round for categories up to 56, 64, 81 kg; 1/4 finals in weights up to 49.91 kg.
• August 11, men, preliminary round for categories up to 56, 64 kg. 1/8 finals in categories up to 69, 81 kg.
• August 12, men, 1/8 finals in the up to 75 kg category, quarterfinals in the up to 60 kg category, semi-finals in the up to 49 kg category; women, preliminary round in categories up to 51, 60 kg.
• August 13, men, preliminary round in the up to 52 kg category, 1/8 finals in the 91+ kg category, quarter-finals in the up to 69 kg category, semi-finals in the up to 91 kg category.
• August 14, men, 1/8 finals in the up to 56, 64 kg categories, quarterfinals in the up to 81 kg category, semi-finals in the up to 60 kg category, final in the up to 49 kg category; women, preliminary round for categories up to 75 kg.
• August 15, men, 1/8 finals in the up to 52 kg category, quarterfinals in the up to 75 kg category, semi-finals in the up to 69 kg category, final in the up to 91 kg category; women, quarterfinals in the category up to 60 kg.
• August 16, men, quarterfinals in the categories up to 56, 64, 91+ kg, semi-finals in the category up to 81 kg; women, quarterfinals in the category up to 51 kg.
• August 17, men, quarterfinals in the up to 52 kg category, finals in the up to 69 kg category; women, quarterfinals in the up to 75 kg category, semi-finals in the up to 60 kg category.
• August 18, men: semi-finals in the up to 56, 75 kg category, final in the up to 81 kg category; women, semi-final in the category up to 51 kg.
• August 19, men, semi-finals in categories up to 52, 64, 91+ kg; women, semi-finals in the up to 75 kg category, finals in the up to 60 kg category.
• August 20, men, finals in the categories up to 56, 75 kg; women: finals of the competition in the category up to 51 kg.

August 21, men, finals in categories up to 52, 64, 91+ kg; women, final in the category up to 75 kg.