Date | 28 August – 10 September 1972 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Boxhalle, Olympiapark, München | |
Participants | 31 from 31 countries | |
Format | Single elimination tournament. |
The biggest shock of the light-flyweight occurred in the first round when reigning Olympic champion Francisco Rodríguez was knocked out by unheralded Australian teenager Dennis Talbot. It was a result that the Venezuelan trainer called “a national disaster“. Talbot’s success did not last long and was easily defeated in his next bout by the man who proved to be the class of the field, Hungary’s European champion György Gedó. Gedo, a tall southpaw, had difficulty outpointing Volodymyr Ivanov in the quarter-finals but won both semi-final and final with ease. His opponent for the gold medal was Kim U-Gil, the first boxer from the People’s Republic of Korea to win an Olympic medal.
Winner of each match advanced to the second round.
Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
Match #1 | Chanyalew Haile | ![]() | Shekie Kongo | ![]() | Referee Stops Contest (Round 2, 2:50) |
Match #2 | Ralph Evans | ![]() | Héctor Velásquez | ![]() | Decision (5 - 0) |
Match #3 | Volodymyr Ivanov | ![]() | Asen Nikolov | ![]() | Decision (5 - 0) |
Match #4 | György Gedó | ![]() | Dennis Talbot | ![]() | Decision (5 - 0) |
Match #5 | James Odwori | ![]() | Said El-Ashry | ![]() | Referee Stops Contest (Round 2, 2:16) |
Match #6 | Kim U-Gil | ![]() | Lee Seok-Un | ![]() | Decision (4 - 1) |
Match #7 | Dacal Rodríguez | ![]() | Davey Armstrong | ![]() | Decision (5 - 0) |
Match #8 | Rafael Carbonell | ![]() | Syed Abdul Kadir | ![]() | Referee Stops Contest (Round 2, 1:21) |
Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
Match #1 | Ralph Evans | ![]() | Chanyalew Haile | ![]() | Decision (5 - 0) |
Match #2 | György Gedó | ![]() | Volodymyr Ivanov | ![]() | Decision (3 - 2) |
Match #3 | Kim U-Gil | ![]() | James Odwori | ![]() | Knock Out (Round 2, 2:26) |
Match #4 | Dacal Rodríguez | ![]() | Rafael Carbonell | ![]() | Decision (4 - 1) |
Winner of each match advanced to the final match.
Match #1 | György Gedó | ![]() | Ralph Evans | ![]() | Decision (5 - 0) |
Match #2 | Kim U-Gil | ![]() | Dacal Rodríguez | ![]() | Decision (3 - 2) |
Match 1/2 | György Gedó | ![]() | Kim U-Gil | ![]() | Decision (5 - 0) |