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Light-Welterweight (≤64 kilograms), Men

Date10 – 21 August 2016
StatusOlympic
LocationRiocentro Pavilhão 6, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants27 from 27 countries
FormatSingle elimination tournament.

At the 2015 Men’s World Championships Uzbekistan won six medals to establish themselves as one of the major powers in the sport. In Rio they made a further breakthrough by winning three Olympic medals and finishing top of the sport’s medal table.

In the light-welterweight division their challenge was spearheaded by Fazliddin Gaybnazarov, a world championship bronze medallist. Gaybnazarov survived a knockdown against American Gary Russell to gain a controversial split decision victory before edging another close win over Russian world champion Vitaly Dunaytsev.

His opponent in the Olympic final was a man with a familial link to the Olympics and an unusual life story. Lorenzo Sotomayor was the nephew of 1992 high jump champion Javier Sotomayor. He had been a promising youngster in the Cuban system until he met and fell in love with a visitor to Cuba, a Russian girl who lived in Azerbaijan, and followed her there. He gained Azeri nationality in time to win gold at the 2015 European Games.

The final was a difficult fight to score and opinion was divided as to who deserved to be called the winner. Judges from Sweden and Morocco were of the opinion that Fazliddin Gaybnazarov just did enough to win and thus earn Uzbekistan their third boxing gold of 2016.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Fazliddin GaybnazarovUZBGold
2Lorenzo SotomayorAZESilver
=3Vitaly DunaytsevRUSBronze
=3Artem HarutyunyanGERBronze
=5Hu QianxunCHN
=5Gary RussellUSA
=5Batuhan GözgeçTUR
=5Yasniel ToledoCUB
=9Baatarsükhiin ChinzorigMGL
=9Hovhannes BachkovARM
=9Manoj KumarIND
=9Wuttichai MasukTHA
=9Arthur BiyarslanovCAN
=9Joedison TeixeiraBRA
=9Hassan AmzileFRA
=9Pat McCormackGBR
=17Thulasi TharumalingamQAT
=17Luis ArcónVEN
=17Dival MalongaCGO
=17Evaldas PetrauskasLTU
=17Richardson HitchinsHAI
=17Obada Al-KasbehJOR
=17Mahaman SmailaCMR
=17Abdelkader ChadiALG
=17Volodymyr MatviychukUKR
=17Jonas JonasNAM
=17Ablaykhan ZhusupovKAZ
DNSRaúl CurielMEX

Round One

Date10 – 11 August 2016
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the second round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #1Vitaly DunaytsevRUS
Match #210 Aug 12:27Baatarsükhiin ChinzorigMGLDecisionThulasi TharumalingamQAT
Match #310 Aug 12:43Hovhannes BachkovARMDecisionLuis ArcónVEN
Match #410 Aug 12:56Hu QianxunCHNWalkoverRaúl CurielMEX
Match #510 Aug 18:25Fazliddin GaybnazarovUZBReferee stops contestDival MalongaCGO
Match #610 Aug 18:43Manoj KumarINDDecisionEvaldas PetrauskasLTU
Match #710 Aug 19:00Gary RussellUSADecisionRichardson HitchinsHAI
Match #8Wuttichai MasukTHA
Match #9Artem HarutyunyanGER
Match #1011 Aug 11:52Arthur BiyarslanovCANDecisionObada Al-KasbehJOR
Match #1111 Aug 12:10Batuhan GözgeçTURDecisionMahaman SmailaCMR
Match #1211 Aug 12:27Joedison TeixeiraBRADecisionAbdelkader ChadiALG
Match #1311 Aug 17:52Lorenzo SotomayorAZEDecisionVolodymyr MatviychukUKR
Match #1411 Aug 18:09Hassan AmzileFRADecisionJonas JonasNAM
Match #1511 Aug 18:26Pat McCormackGBRDecisionAblaykhan ZhusupovKAZ
Match #16Yasniel ToledoCUB

Round Two

Date14 August 2016
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #114 Aug 13:02Vitaly DunaytsevRUSDecisionBaatarsükhiin ChinzorigMGL
Match #214 Aug 13:18Hu QianxunCHNDecisionHovhannes BachkovARM
Match #314 Aug 13:34Fazliddin GaybnazarovUZBDecisionManoj KumarIND
Match #414 Aug 13:50Gary RussellUSADecisionWuttichai MasukTHA
Match #514 Aug 18:54Artem HarutyunyanGERDecisionArthur BiyarslanovCAN
Match #614 Aug 19:10Batuhan GözgeçTURDecisionJoedison TeixeiraBRA
Match #714 Aug 19:27Lorenzo SotomayorAZEDecisionHassan AmzileFRA
Match #814 Aug 19:43Yasniel ToledoCUBDecisionPat McCormackGBR

Quarter-Finals

Date16 August 2016
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #116 Aug 12:09Vitaly DunaytsevRUSDecisionHu QianxunCHN
Match #216 Aug 12:27Fazliddin GaybnazarovUZBDecisionGary RussellUSA
Match #316 Aug 18:00Artem HarutyunyanGERDecisionBatuhan GözgeçTUR
Match #416 Aug 18:17Lorenzo SotomayorAZEDecisionYasniel ToledoCUB

Semi-Finals

Date19 August 2016
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final match.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #119 Aug 14:34Fazliddin GaybnazarovUZBDecisionVitaly DunaytsevRUS
Match #219 Aug 14:50Lorenzo SotomayorAZEDecisionArtem HarutyunyanGER

Final Round

Date21 August 2016
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/221 Aug 15:12Fazliddin GaybnazarovUZBDecisionLorenzo SotomayorAZE