Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Light middleweight


The men's light middleweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 71 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 20 September to 2 October 1988. 36 boxers from 36 nations competed.
19-year-old Roy Jones Jr. of the U.S. dominated his opponents, never losing a single round en route to the final. In the final, he controversially lost a 3–2 decision to South Korean fighter Park Si-Hun, despite pummeling Park for three rounds and landing 86 punches to Park's 32.

Medalists

Results

The following boxers took part in the event:
RankNameCountry
1Park Si-hun
2Roy Jones Jr.
3TRaymond Downey
3TRichard Woodhall
5TRey Rivera
5TYevgeny Zaytsev
5TVincenzo Nardiello
5TMartin Kitel
9TPeter Silva
9TApolinário de Silveira
9TMichal Franek
9TSounaila Sagnon
9TTorsten Schmitz
9TQuinn Paynter
9TLaurensio Mercado
9TAbrar Hussain Syed
17TCharles Mahlalela
17TGeorge Allison
17TDesmond Williams
17TMohamad Orungi
17TM'tendere Makalamba
17TGary Smikle
17TJohn Boscoe Waigo
17TAbdullah Ramadan
17TAngel Stoyanov
17TJohnny de Lima
17TLikou Aliu
17TNcholu Monontsi
17TWabanko Banko
17TNorbert Nieroba
17TFrançois Mayo
32TEmmanuel Quaye
32TJorge Oscar López
32TGarth Felix
32TNoureddine Meziane
32TMoussa Wiawindi

First round

Judges Zaur Gvadzhava of the Soviet Union and Sándor Pajar of Hungary each voted for Jones, 60–56, on the 20-point must system. But Alberto Duran of Uruguay and Hiouad Larbi of Morocco voted for Park, each by 59–58. Bob D. Kasule of Uganda gave 59–59 a draw, but decided that Park was more aggressive. As the decision was highly controversial, it eventually led the Olympic authorities to introduce a new high-tech scoring system, which in turn was intended to eliminate biased judging.