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Light-Middleweight (≤71 kilograms), Men

Date	23 July – 2 August 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Tsentralnaya arena, Sportivny kompleks Olimpiysky, Moskva
Participants	23 from 23 countries
Format	Single elimination tournament.

At only 18 years of age light-middleweight Armando Martínez was the baby of the Cuban team but Martínez had already made a big impression when he toured Eastern Europe in early 1980 and racked up an impressive run of victories against some the region’s best fighters. The teenager became Olympic champion by beating Aleksandr Koshkin of the USSR in the final. Koshkin took standing counts in both the first and last rounds and lost on a 4-1 judges’ decision. The fact that the Polish judge voted for the Soviet brought allegations of collusion between Eastern European countries – even against a fellow Communist country like Cuba. Martínez added the world amateur title in 1982 but injuries hampered his career from then onwards and he retired at an early age.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Armando Martínez	CUB	Gold
2	Aleksandr Koshkin	URS	Silver
=3	Ján Franek	TCH	Bronze
=3	Detlef Kästner	GDR	Bronze
=5	Wilson Kaoma	ZAM
=5	Leonidas Njunwa	TAN
=5	Nicky Wilshire	GBR
=5	Chiquinho de Jesus	BRA
=9	Salah Jassim Beden	IRQ
=9	Imad Idriss	SYR
=9	Adeoye Adetunji	NGR
=9	Jackson Rivera	VEN
=9	Zhelyo Stefanov	BUL
=9	George Kabuto	UGA
=9	Leo Vainonen	SWE
=9	Miodrag Perunović	YUG
=17	Roger Houangni	BEN
=17	Mohamed Halibi	LBN
=17	Benedetto Gravina	ITA
=17	Zygmunt Gosiewski	POL
=17	Seifu Retta	ETH
=17	Marcel Sîrba	ROU
=17	Mbemba Camara	GUI

Round One

Date	23 July 1980
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the second round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Leonidas Njunwa	TAN
Match #2	23 Jul	Imad Idriss	SYR
Match #3	23 Jul	Adeoye Adetunji	NGR
Match #4	23 Jul	Detlef Kästner	GDR
Match #5	23 Jul	Aleksandr Koshkin	URS
Match #6	23 Jul	Salah Jassim Beden	IRQ
Match #7	23 Jul	Nicky Wilshire	GBR
Match #8	23 Jul	Miodrag Perunović	YUG
Match #9	23 Jul	Wilson Kaoma	ZAM
Match #10	23 Jul	Jackson Rivera	VEN	Decision	Roger Houangni	BEN
Match #11	23 Jul	Zhelyo Stefanov	BUL	Decision	Mohamed Halibi	LBN
Match #12	23 Jul	Ján Franek	TCH	Knock-out	Benedetto Gravina	ITA
Match #13	23 Jul	George Kabuto	UGA	Decision	Seifu Retta	ETH
Match #14	23 Jul	Armando Martínez	CUB	Decision	Zygmunt Gosiewski	POL
Match #15	23 Jul	Leo Vainonen	SWE	Decision	Marcel Sîrba	ROU
Match #16	23 Jul	Chiquinho de Jesus	BRA	Decision	Mbemba Camara	GUI

Round Two

Date	28 July 1980
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Jul	Leonidas Njunwa	TAN	Disqualified	Imad Idriss	SYR
Match #2	28 Jul	Detlef Kästner	GDR	Knock-out	Adeoye Adetunji	NGR
Match #3	28 Jul	Aleksandr Koshkin	URS	Knock-out	Salah Jassim Beden	IRQ
Match #4	28 Jul	Nicky Wilshire	GBR	Decision	Miodrag Perunović	YUG
Match #5	28 Jul	Wilson Kaoma	ZAM	Disqualified	Jackson Rivera	VEN
Match #6	28 Jul	Ján Franek	TCH	Disqualified	Zhelyo Stefanov	BUL
Match #7	28 Jul	Armando Martínez	CUB	Knock-out	George Kabuto	UGA
Match #8	28 Jul	Chiquinho de Jesus	BRA	Decision	Leo Vainonen	SWE

Quarter-Finals

Date	30 July 1980
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Detlef Kästner	GDR	Decision	Leonidas Njunwa	TAN
Match #2	30 Jul	Aleksandr Koshkin	URS	Knock-out	Nicky Wilshire	GBR
Match #3	30 Jul	Ján Franek	TCH	Knock-out	Wilson Kaoma	ZAM
Match #4	30 Jul	Armando Martínez	CUB	Decision	Chiquinho de Jesus	BRA

Semi-Finals

Date	31 July 1980
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final match.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Aleksandr Koshkin	URS	Decision	Detlef Kästner	GDR
Match #2	31 Jul	Armando Martínez	CUB	Referee stops contest (head blow)	Ján Franek	TCH

Final Round

Date	2 August 1980

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	02 Aug	Armando Martínez	CUB	Decision	Aleksandr Koshkin	URS