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Bantamweight (≤56 kilograms), Men

Date10 – 20 August 2016
StatusOlympic
LocationRiocentro Pavilhão 6, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants28 from 28 countries
FormatSingle elimination tournament.

The bantamweight division at the Rio Olympic Games served up high quality boxing and controversy in equal measures. The favourite for the title was Michael Conlan of Ireland but he exited the tournament in one of the most contentious fights of the Games. Most observers thought he had the better of Russia’s Vladimir Nikitin in their quarter-final but the judges unanimously gave the fight to the Russian on a score of 29-28. Two of the judges were later sent home by the AIBA for scoring that was “not at the level expected”. Conlan responded with a barrage of foul mouthed abuse towards the sport’s governing body and accusing them of cheating him out of his Olympic dream. He was fined for his behaviour but, since he had already turned professional by the time of the announcement, refused to pay. To make things even worse he was later reprimanded by the IOC for placing bets on other bouts during the Olympic boxing tournament.

Nikitin, suffering from facial injuries incurred during his fight with Conlan, withdrew from his semi-final which allowed Shakur Stevenson to be the only male American to reach a boxing final in Rio. Stevenson’s opponent would be the 2012 flyweight champion Robeisy Ramírez of Cuba. Ramírez fought on four occasions to reach the gold-medal bout, while Stevenson only fought twice after an opening round bye and the semi-final walkover.

The two finalists put on a high-level display for the crowd and shared the first two rounds. The third saw the Cuban land with 18 punches to 17 from Stevenson though Ramírez threw many more punches and appeared busier than his opponent. This was enough to convince two of the three judges to vote for Ramírez and make him only the sixth boxer to win Olympic gold in two weight divisions.

For Stevenson, who was named in honour of the rap artist Tupac Shakur, this was his first defeat in international competition.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Robeisy RamírezCUBGold
2Shakur StevensonUSASilver
=3Vladimir NikitinRUSBronze
=3Murodzhon AkhmadaliyevUZBBronze
=5Michael ConlanIRL
=5Erdenebatyn TsendbaatarMGL
=5Zhang JiaweiCHN
=5Alberto MeliánARG
=9Aram AvagyanARM
=9Chatchai ButdeeTHA
=9Dzmitry AsanauBLR
=9Robenílson de JesusBRA
=9Ham Sang-MyeongKOR
=9Mohamed HamoutMAR
=9Bilel MhamdiTUN
=9Kayrat YeraliyevKAZ
=17Arashi MorisakaJPN
=17Qais AshfaqGBR
=17Boe WarawaraVAN
=17Héctor GarcíaDOM
=17Benson NjangiruKEN
=17Fahem HammachiALG
=17Víctor RodríguezVEN
=17Mykola ButsenkoUKR
=17Shiva ThapaIND
=17Abdul OmarGHA
=17Inkululeko SunteleLES
=17Cavid ÇələbiyevAZE

Round One

Date10 – 11 August 2016
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the second round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #1Michael ConlanIRL
Match #210 Aug 11:33Aram AvagyanARMDecisionArashi MorisakaJPN
Match #310 Aug 11:51Chatchai ButdeeTHADecisionQais AshfaqGBR
Match #410 Aug 12:08Vladimir NikitinRUSDecisionBoe WarawaraVAN
Match #510 Aug 17:34Dzmitry AsanauBLRDecisionHéctor GarcíaDOM
Match #610 Aug 17:50Erdenebatyn TsendbaatarMGLDecisionBenson NjangiruKEN
Match #710 Aug 18:08Robenílson de JesusBRADecisionFahem HammachiALG
Match #8Shakur StevensonUSA
Match #9Zhang JiaweiCHN
Match #1011 Aug 11:00Ham Sang-MyeongKORDecisionVíctor RodríguezVEN
Match #1111 Aug 11:18Mohamed HamoutMARDecisionMykola ButsenkoUKR
Match #1211 Aug 11:35Robeisy RamírezCUBDecisionShiva ThapaIND
Match #1311 Aug 17:00Alberto MeliánARGDecisionAbdul OmarGHA
Match #1411 Aug 17:18Bilel MhamdiTUNDecisionInkululeko SunteleLES
Match #1511 Aug 17:35Kayrat YeraliyevKAZDecisionCavid ÇələbiyevAZE
Match #16Murodzhon AkhmadaliyevUZB

Round Two

Date14 August 2016
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #114 Aug 11:34Michael ConlanIRLDecisionAram AvagyanARM
Match #214 Aug 11:51Vladimir NikitinRUSDecisionChatchai ButdeeTHA
Match #314 Aug 12:08Erdenebatyn TsendbaatarMGLDecisionDzmitry AsanauBLR
Match #414 Aug 12:25Shakur StevensonUSADecisionRobenílson de JesusBRA
Match #514 Aug 17:34Zhang JiaweiCHNDecisionHam Sang-MyeongKOR
Match #614 Aug 17:50Robeisy RamírezCUBDecisionMohamed HamoutMAR
Match #714 Aug 18:07Alberto MeliánARGDecisionBilel MhamdiTUN
Match #814 Aug 18:21Murodzhon AkhmadaliyevUZBDecisionKayrat YeraliyevKAZ

Quarter-Finals

Date16 August 2016
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #116 Aug 11:34Vladimir NikitinRUSDecisionMichael ConlanIRL
Match #216 Aug 11:53Shakur StevensonUSADecisionErdenebatyn TsendbaatarMGL
Match #316 Aug 17:33Robeisy RamírezCUBDecisionZhang JiaweiCHN
Match #416 Aug 17:50Murodzhon AkhmadaliyevUZBReferee stops contestAlberto MeliánARG

Semi-Finals

Date18 August 2016
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final match.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #118 Aug 14:31Shakur StevensonUSAWalkoverVladimir NikitinRUS
Match #218 Aug 14:35Robeisy RamírezCUBDecisionMurodzhon AkhmadaliyevUZB

Final Round

Date20 August 2016
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/220 Aug 14:18Robeisy RamírezCUBDecisionShakur StevensonUSA