Date | 31 July – 11 August 2012 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | ExCeL, Newham, London | |
Participants | 26 from 26 countries | |
Format | Single elimination tournament. |
The 2008 Olympic champion Zou Shiming arrived in London having won every major championship he had contested since 2007. The only question mark against him was his age – at 31 he was considered ancient for a light-flyweight. As it turned out London was kind to the more experienced boxers and, at 26, Irishman Paddy Barnes was the youngster amongst the semi-finalists.
Barnes had been shut out by Zou in the semi-finals at Beijing but in London he fought the title holder to a hugely entertaining 15-15 tie before losing on countback. The other semi saw an upset as the Thai soldier Kaeo Pongprayoon comfortably disposed of David Ayrapetyan of Russia.
Pongprayoon appeared to have the better of Zhou in the final but, in a messy bout where both men were warned for negative tactics, the Chinese fighter retained his Olympic title by 13-10. A chorus of booing greeted the decision.
Date | 31 July 2012 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the second round. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 31 Jul | Zou Shiming | ![]() | ||||
Match #2 | 31 Jul | Yosbany Veitía | ![]() | Decision | Billy Ward | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 31 Jul | Mark Barriga | ![]() | Decision | Manuel Cappai | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 31 Jul | Birzhan Zhakypov | ![]() | Decision | Jérémy Beccu | ![]() | |
Match #5 | 31 Jul | Paddy Barnes | ![]() | ||||
Match #6 | 31 Jul | Thomas Essomba | ![]() | Decision | Abdelali Daraa | ![]() | |
Match #7 | 31 Jul | Devendro Singh Laishram | ![]() | Referee stops contest | Bayron Molina | ![]() | |
Match #8 | 31 Jul | Pürevdorjiin Serdamba | ![]() | ||||
Match #9 | 31 Jul | David Ayrapetyan | ![]() | ||||
Match #10 | 31 Jul | Jantony Ortiz | ![]() | Decision | Suleimana Tetteh | ![]() | |
Match #11 | 31 Jul | Ferhat Pehlivan | ![]() | Decision | Carlos Suarez | ![]() | |
Match #12 | 31 Jul | Ramy Hilmi | ![]() | ||||
Match #13 | 31 Jul | Carlos Quipo | ![]() | Decision | Kelvin de la Nieve | ![]() | |
Match #14 | 31 Jul | Kaew Pongprayoon | ![]() | Decision | Mohamed Flissi | ![]() | |
Match #15 | 31 Jul | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | ![]() | Decision | Juliano Máquina | ![]() | |
Match #16 | 31 Jul | Sin Jong-Hun | ![]() |
Date | 4 August 2012 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 04 Aug | Zou Shiming | ![]() | Decision | Yosbany Veitía | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 04 Aug | Birzhan Zhakypov | ![]() | Decision | Mark Barriga | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 04 Aug | Paddy Barnes | ![]() | Decision | Thomas Essomba | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 04 Aug | Devendro Singh Laishram | ![]() | Decision | Pürevdorjiin Serdamba | ![]() | |
Match #5 | 04 Aug | David Ayrapetyan | ![]() | Decision | Jantony Ortiz | ![]() | |
Match #6 | 04 Aug | Ferhat Pehlivan | ![]() | Decision | Ramy Hilmi | ![]() | |
Match #7 | 04 Aug | Kaew Pongprayoon | ![]() | Decision | Carlos Quipo | ![]() | |
Match #8 | 04 Aug | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | ![]() | Decision | Sin Jong-Hun | ![]() |
Date | 8 August 2012 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 08 Aug | Zou Shiming | ![]() | Decision | Birzhan Zhakypov | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 08 Aug | Paddy Barnes | ![]() | Decision | Devendro Singh Laishram | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 08 Aug | David Ayrapetyan | ![]() | Decision | Ferhat Pehlivan | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 08 Aug | Kaew Pongprayoon | ![]() | Decision | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | ![]() |
Date | 10 August 2012 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the final match. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 10 Aug | Zou Shiming | ![]() | Decision | Paddy Barnes | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 10 Aug | Kaew Pongprayoon | ![]() | Decision | David Ayrapetyan | ![]() |
Date | 11 August 2012 |
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Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match 1/2 | 11 Aug | Zou Shiming | ![]() | Decision | Kaew Pongprayoon | ![]() |