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Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Italy and the United States dominated boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics, winning three gold medals for each country. Two of the gold medalists later became world champions in professional boxing: Cassius Clay and Nino Benvenuti.

Contents

Competition format

Men competed in the following ten events:

  • Flyweight (51kg)
  • Bantamweight (54kg)
  • Featherweight (57kg)
  • Lightweight (60kg)
  • Light welterweight (64kg)
  • Welterweight (67kg)
  • Light middleweight (71kg)
  • Middleweight (75kg)
  • Light heavyweight (81kg)
  • Heavyweight (+81kg)

    • Round 1

  • Paolo Curcetti (ITA) def. Frank Kisekka (UGA), 5-0

    • Quarterfinals

  • Kiyoshi Tanabe (JPN) def. Mircea Dobrescu (ROU), 4:1
  • Sergei Sivko (URS) def. Manfred Homberg (FRG), 5:0
  • Gyula Török (HUN) def. Miguel Angel Botta (ARG), 5:0
  • Abdel Moneim El-Guindi(EGY) def. Humberto Barrera (USA), 4:1

    • Semifinals

  • Sergei Sivko (URS) def. Kiyoshi Tanabe (JPN), 4:1
  • Gyula Török (HUN) def. Abdel Moneim El-Guindi (EGY), 4:1

    • Final

  • Gyula Török (HUN) def. Sergei Sivko (URS), 3:2

    • First round

  • Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL) def. Carl Crawford (GUA), 5–0
  • Petar Spassov (BUL) def. Johnny Ould (GBR), 4–1
  • Matti Aho (FIN) def. Colm McCoy (IRL), 4–0

    • Second round

  • Gennadiy Shatkov (URS) def. Ray Cillien (LUX), 5–0
  • Cassius Clay (USA) def. Yvon Becaus (BEL), stoppage – 2nd round
  • Anthony Madigan def. Lars-Olof Norling (SVE), 5–0
  • Gheorghe Negrea (ROM) def. George Oywello (UGA), 5–0
  • Giulio Saraudi (ITA) def. Muhammad Safdar (PAK), 5–0
  • Rafael Gargiulo (ARG) def. José Leite (BRA), stoppage – 1st round
  • Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL) def. Emil Willer (GER), 5–0
  • Petar Spassov (BUL) def. Matti Aho (FIN), 5–0

    • Quarterfinals

  • Cassius Clay (USA) def. Gennadiy Shatkov (URS), 5–0
  • Anthony Madigan (AUS) def. Gheorghe Negrea (ROM), ko – 2nd round
  • Giulio Saraudi (ITA) def. Rafael Gargiulo (ARG), 5–0
  • Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL) def. Petar Spassov (BUL), 5–0

    • Semifinals

  • Cassius Clay (USA) def. Anthony Madigan (AUS), 5–0
  • Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL) def. Giulio Saraudi (ITA), 5–0

    • Final

  • Cassius Clay (USA) def. Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL), 5–0

    • Round 1

  • Obrad.Sretenovic (YUG) def. Joe.Casey (IRL), 5-0

    • Round 2

  • Josef Němec (USA) def. Thomas Dave (GBR),5-0
  • Percy Jr Price (USA) def Ron Taylor (AUS),ko 2 round
  • Andrey Abramov (URS) def Manuel Garcia (ESP) stop 1 round
  • Franco de Piccoli (ITA) def Willy Venneman (BEL),Abandon 1 round

    • References

    Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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