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Middleweight (≤75 kilograms), Men

Date28 July – 11 August 2012
StatusOlympic
LocationExCeL, Newham, London
Participants28 from 28 countries
FormatSingle elimination tournament.

Yevhen Khytrov, the world champion and top seed in the division, was the victim of a huge shock in his first bout of the Games. His fight against British boxer Anthony Ogogo ended in a 14-14 tie and incredibly the two men could not be divided by the countback system which had them level at 52-52. It took the individual preference votes of the judges to decide that the Briton, despite having been given two standing counts, was the winner.

Ogogo’s winning run was snapped in the semi-final by Esquiva Florentino of Brazil who was one of two brothers who won medals at boxing in Beijing. The other semi-final was a close affair that was awarded to Ryota Murata of Japan over Abbos Atayev of Uzbekistan by a single point. One point was also the margin that decided the final and again it was the Japanese fighter who came out on top. An appeal on behalf on Florentino was denied by the AIBA.

Both champion Murata and bronze medallist Ogogo had been through difficult times prior to the Olympics. Murata’s former coach had committed suicide six months before the Games began whilst Ogogo’s preparations had to be put on hold when his mother lapsed into a coma following a brain aneurysm in June. Murata’s gold medal was the first by a Japanese fighter since 1964 and the first to be won outside Japan.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Ryota MurataJPNGold
2Esquiva FlorentinoBRASilver
=3Anthony OgogoGBRBronze
=3Abbos AtoyevUZBBronze
=5Stefan HärtelGER
=5Zoltán HarcsaHUN
=5Vijender SinghIND
=8Yevhen KhytrovUKR
=8Darren O'NeillIRL
=8Mujandjae KasutoNAM
=8Soltan MigitinovAZE
=8Bogdan JuratoniROU
=8Terrell GaushaUSA
=8Aleksandar DrenovakSRB
=8Abdelmalek RahouALG
=16Junior CastilloDOM
=16Muideen AkanjiNGR
=16Enrique CollazoPUR
=16Sobirjon NazarovTJK
=16José EspinozaVEN
=16Mohamed HikalEGY
=16Badr-Eddine HaddiouiMAR
=16Andranik HakobyanARM
=16Danabek SuzhanovKAZ
=16Nursähet PazzyýewTKM
=16Marlo DelgadoECU
=16Jesse RossAUS
DQAdem KılıççıTUR1

Round One

Date28 July 2012
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the second round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #128 JulYevhen KhytrovUKR
Match #228 JulAnthony OgogoGBRDecisionJunior CastilloDOM
Match #328 JulDarren O'NeillIRLDecisionMuideen AkanjiNGR
Match #428 JulStefan HärtelGERDecisionEnrique CollazoPUR
Match #528 JulMujandjae KasutoNAMDecisionSobirjon NazarovTJK
Match #628 JulZoltán HarcsaHUNDecisionJosé EspinozaVEN
Match #728 JulSoltan MigitinovAZEDecisionMohamed HikalEGY
Match #828 JulEsquiva FlorentinoBRA
Match #928 JulBogdan JuratoniROU
Match #1028 JulAbbos AtoyevUZBDecisionBadr-Eddine HaddiouiMAR
Match #1128 JulTerrell GaushaUSAReferee stops contestAndranik HakobyanARM
Match #1228 JulVijender SinghINDDecisionDanabek SuzhanovKAZ
Match #1328 JulNursähet PazzyýewTKMDisqualificationAdem KılıççıTUR
Match #1428 JulAleksandar DrenovakSRBDecisionMarlo DelgadoECU
Match #1528 JulAbdelmalek RahouALGDecisionJesse RossAUS
Match #1628 JulRyota MurataJPN

Round Two

Date2 August 2012
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #102 AugAnthony OgogoGBRDecisionYevhen KhytrovUKR
Match #202 AugStefan HärtelGERDecisionDarren O'NeillIRL
Match #302 AugZoltán HarcsaHUNDecisionMujandjae KasutoNAM
Match #402 AugEsquiva FlorentinoBRADecisionSoltan MigitinovAZE
Match #502 AugAbbos AtoyevUZBDecisionBogdan JuratoniROU
Match #602 AugVijender SinghINDDecisionTerrell GaushaUSA
Match #702 AugAleksandar DrenovakSRBDisqualificationAdem KılıççıTUR
Match #802 AugRyota MurataJPNDecisionAbdelmalek RahouALG

Quarter-Finals

Date6 August 2012
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #106 AugAnthony OgogoGBRDecisionStefan HärtelGER
Match #206 AugEsquiva FlorentinoBRADecisionZoltán HarcsaHUN
Match #306 AugAbbos AtoyevUZBDecisionVijender SinghIND
Match #406 AugRyota MurataJPNDecisionAdem KılıççıTUR

Semi-Finals

Date10 August 2012
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final match.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #110 AugEsquiva FlorentinoBRADecisionAnthony OgogoGBR
Match #210 AugRyota MurataJPNDecisionAbbos AtoyevUZB

Final Round

Date11 August 2012
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/211 AugRyota MurataJPNDecisionEsquiva FlorentinoBRA