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Welterweight (≤69 kilograms), Men

Date10 – 24 August 2008
StatusOlympic
LocationBeijing Gongren Tiyuguan, Beijing
Participants29 from 29 countries
FormatSingle elimination tournament.

The 2007 World Champion was American Demetrius Andrade, who was slightly favored based on his performance in Chicago, winning all of his bouts by at least 11 points. The runner-up at the 2007 Chicago Worlds was Thai boxer Non Boonjumnong, brother of the 2004 light-welterweight World Champion, Manus Boonjumnong, who won silver in Beijing. Non Boonjumnong went out in a second round upset, however, and Andrade also lost early, in the quarter-finals, to Korean Kim Jeong-Ju.

But the final came down to Cuba’s Carlos Banteux against the Kazakh, Bakhyt Sarsekbayev, who defeated Kim in the semi-finals. Banteux was relatively unknown, having been named to the Cuban national team in 2007 after the 2005 World Champion, Erislandy Lara, attempted to defect at the Pan American Games. Sarsekbayev had won the 2006 Universiade, the 2005 and 2007 Asian Championships, and 2006 Asian Games, but had not yet medaled at the Worlds. Sarsekbayev won devisively after Banteux, 18-9, continuing the Cuban gold medal shutout in Beijing.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Bakhyt SarsekbayevKAZGold
2Carlos BanteurCUBSilver
=3Hanati SilamuCHNBronze
=3Kim Jeong-JuKORBronze
=5Hosam Bakr AbdinEGY
=5Tureano JohnsonBAH
=5Dilshod MakhmudovUZB
=5Demetrius AndradeUSA
=9Non BoonjumnongTHA
=9Billy Joe SaundersGBR
=9Oleksandr StretskyiUKR
=9Joseph MulemaCMR
=9Vitalie GrușacMDA
=9Jaoid ChiguerFRA
=9Andrey BalanovRUS
=9John JacksonISV
=17Adem KılıççıTUR
=17Rolande MosesGRN
=17Gilbert CastilloDOM
=17Precious MakinaZAM
=17Bruno BongongoCAF
=17Adam TrupishCAN
=17Ged O'MahonyAUS
=17Aliasker BashirovTKM
=17Mehdi KhalsiMAR
=17K'akhaber ZhvaniaGEO
=17Mujandjae KasutoNAM
=17Mahamed NurudzinauBLR
=17Jack Culcay KethGER

Round One

Date10 August 2008
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the second round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #110 AugHosam Bakr AbdinEGY
Match #210 AugNon BoonjumnongTHA
Match #310 AugCarlos BanteurCUB
Match #410 Aug 15:01Billy Joe SaundersGBRDecisionAdem KılıççıTUR
Match #510 Aug 15:15Tureano JohnsonBAHDecisionRolande MosesGRN
Match #610 Aug 15:30Oleksandr StretskyiUKRDecisionGilbert CastilloDOM
Match #710 Aug 15:45Hanati SilamuCHNDecisionPrecious MakinaZAM
Match #810 Aug 16:00Joseph MulemaCMRDecisionBruno BongongoCAF
Match #910 Aug 16:15Bakhyt SarsekbayevKAZDecisionAdam TrupishCAN
Match #1010 Aug 20:31Vitalie GrușacMDADecisionGed O'MahonyAUS
Match #1110 Aug 20:45Jaoid ChiguerFRADecisionAliasker BashirovTKM
Match #1210 Aug 21:00Dilshod MakhmudovUZBDecisionMehdi KhalsiMAR
Match #1310 Aug 21:15Demetrius AndradeUSADecisionK'akhaber ZhvaniaGEO
Match #1410 Aug 21:30Andrey BalanovRUSDecisionMujandjae KasutoNAM
Match #1510 Aug 21:45John JacksonISVDecisionMahamed NurudzinauBLR
Match #1610 Aug 22:00Kim Jeong-JuKORDecisionJack Culcay KethGER

Round Two

Date14 August 2008
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #114 Aug 13:30Hosam Bakr AbdinEGYDecisionNon BoonjumnongTHA
Match #214 Aug 13:45Carlos BanteurCUBDecisionBilly Joe SaundersGBR
Match #314 Aug 14:00Tureano JohnsonBAHDecisionOleksandr StretskyiUKR
Match #414 Aug 14:15Hanati SilamuCHNDecisionJoseph MulemaCMR
Match #514 Aug 21:00Bakhyt SarsekbayevKAZReferee stops contest (injured)Vitalie GrușacMDA
Match #614 Aug 21:15Dilshod MakhmudovUZBDecisionJaoid ChiguerFRA
Match #714 Aug 21:30Demetrius AndradeUSADecisionAndrey BalanovRUS
Match #814 Aug 21:45Kim Jeong-JuKORDecisionJohn JacksonISV

Quarter-Finals

Date17 August 2008
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #117 Aug 20:00Carlos BanteurCUBDecisionHosam Bakr AbdinEGY
Match #217 Aug 20:15Hanati SilamuCHNDecisionTureano JohnsonBAH
Match #317 Aug 20:30Bakhyt SarsekbayevKAZDecisionDilshod MakhmudovUZB
Match #417 Aug 20:45Kim Jeong-JuKORDecisionDemetrius AndradeUSA

Semi-Finals

Date22 August 2008
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final match.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #122 Aug 20:30Carlos BanteurCUBDecisionHanati SilamuCHN
Match #222 Aug 20:45Bakhyt SarsekbayevKAZDecisionKim Jeong-JuKOR

Final Round

Date24 August 2008
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/224 Aug 15:15Bakhyt SarsekbayevKAZDecisionCarlos BanteurCUB