Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The boxing program of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China was held at the Workers Indoor Arena. ^[1]

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Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.

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Aleksei Tishchenko

Aleksei Viktorovich Tishchenko (Алексей Викторович Тищенко; born 29 May 1984) is a former Russian Olympic boxer best known for dominating the lower weight classes and winning numerous titles.

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Alexis Vastine

Alexis Vastine (17 November 1986 – 9 March 2015) was a French boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Light Welterweight division.

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Americas

The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.

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Andry Laffita

Andry Laffita Fernández (born March 26, 1978) is a retired Cuban amateur boxer.

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Asia

Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.

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Bakhyt Abdirakhmanuly Sarsekbayev (Бақыт Әбдірахманұлы Сәрсекбаев; born 29 November 1981) is a Kazakhastani amateur boxer who won gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Welterweight, and won gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games at Welterweight, and won bronze at the 2002 Asian Games at Light Welterweight.

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Bantamweight

Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports and weightlifting.

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Beijing

Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital of China.

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Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport and martial art.

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Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics are boxing at the Summer Olympics.

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Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

The boxing tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held from 28 July to 12 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre. Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics are boxing at the Summer Olympics.

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Bruno Julie

Louis Richard Bruno Julie (born July 11, 1978), known as Bruno Julie, is a Mauritian bantamweight boxer who won a number of medals in international tournaments and competed in the 2008 Olympics where he won the first-ever Olympic medal for the island nation of Mauritius.

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Carlos Banteux

Carlos Banteur Suárez (born October 13, 1986) is a Cuban amateur boxer from Santiago de Cuba best known for qualifying for the 2008 Olympics at welterweight.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Clemente Russo

Clemente Russo (born 27 July 1982) is an Italian amateur boxer, best known for winning gold at the 2007 and 2013 World Amateur Boxing Championships at heavyweight (201 lbs limit).

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Daouda Sow (boxer)

Daouda Sow (born 19 January 1983 in Roubaix) is an amateur boxer from France.

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Darren Sutherland

Darren John Sutherland (18 April 1982 – 14 September 2009) was an Irish professional boxer from Mulhuddart, Dublin.

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David Price (boxer)

David Price (born 6 July 1983) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2009 to 2019.

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Deontay Wilder

Deontay Leshun Wilder (born October 22, 1985) is an American professional boxer.

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Emilio Correa (boxer born 1985)

Emilio Correa Bayeux Júnior (born 12 October 1985) is a Cuban amateur boxer best known for winning the middleweight Gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games.

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Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan

Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan (Энхбатын Бадар-Ууган; born 3 June 1985, in Ulaanbaatar) is a retired boxer from Mongolia who became the first Olympic boxing champion from his country when he won the gold medal in the Bantamweight (-54 kg) division at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Félix Díaz (boxer)

Félix Manuel Díaz Guzman (born 10 December 1983) is a Dominican professional boxer who challenged for the unified WBC, WBO, and ''The Ring'' light welterweight titles in 2017.

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Featherweight

Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Greco-Roman wrestling.

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Flyweight

Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports.

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Georgy Balakshin

Georgy Ruslanovich Balakshin (Георгий Русланович Балакшин; born March 6, 1980, in Antonovka, near Nyurba, Sakha Republic) is an Olympic boxer from Russia best known for winning the European title three times.

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Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling.

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Hrachik Javakhyan

Hrachik Javakhyan (Հրաչիկ Ջավախյան, born on July 6, 1984, in Vanadzor, Armenian SSR) is an Armenian boxer best known to win gold at the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships and bronze at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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IBA World Boxing Championships

The IBA Men's World Boxing Championships and the IBA Women's World Boxing Championships are biennial amateur boxing competitions organised by the International Boxing Association (IBA, previously known as AIBA), which is the sport governing body.

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International Boxing Association

The International Boxing Association (IBA), previously known as the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur (AIBA), is an international sports organization that sanctions amateur (Olympic-style) boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championships.

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International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee (IOC; Comité international olympique, CIO) is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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James DeGale

James Frederick DeGale (born 3 February 1986) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2009 to 2019.

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Kanat Islam

Kanat Islam (Қанат Ислам, Qanat İslam; p; born 13 September 1984) is a Chinese-born Kazakhstani professional boxer who currently lives and trains in Miami.

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Kenny Egan

Kenneth Egan (born 7 January 1982) is an Irish politician and boxer from Clondalkin, Dublin best known for winning a silver medal in the final of the 81 kg, Light-Heavyweight boxing final at the 2008 Olympics.

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Khedafi Djelkhir

Khédafi Djelkhir, or sometimes Khesafi Djelkhir, (born 26 October 1983) is a French featherweight amateur boxer of Algerian origin.

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Kim Jung-joo

Kim Jung-joo (born November 11, 1981, in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea) is a South Korean amateur boxer who won welterweight bronze medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics.

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Light flyweight

Light flyweight, also known as junior flyweight or super strawweight, is a weight class in boxing.

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Light heavyweight

Light heavyweight, is a weight class in combat sports.

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Light welterweight

Light welterweight, also known as junior welterweight or super lightweight, is a weight class in combat sports.

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Lightweight

Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing.

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Manus Boonjumnong

Manus Boonjumnong (มนัส บุญจำนงค์;, born June 23, 1980) is a Thai boxer who won the Olympics at Light Welterweight (60–64 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

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Middleweight

Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports.

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National Olympic Committee

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement.

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Osmay Acosta

Osmay Acosta Méndez Duarte (born April 3, 1985) is a Cuban former amateur boxer, who competed between 2001 and 2010, best known to win the 2007 PanAm Games at Heavyweight with 201 lbs (91 kg) limit.

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Paddy Barnes

Patrick Gerard Barnes (born 9 April 1987) is an Irish former boxer who competed as an amateur from 2005 to 2016 and as a professional from 2016 to 2019.

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Pürevdorjiin Serdamba

Pürevdorjiin Serdamba (Пүрэвдоржийн Сэрдамба; April 18, 1985) is a retired Mongolian amateur boxer.

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Rakhim Chakhkiev

Rakhim Ruslanovich Chakhkiev (Рахим Русланович Чахкиев; born 11 January 1983) is a Russian former professional boxer who competed from 2009 to 2016.

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Roberto Cammarelle

Roberto Cammarelle (born 30 July 1980) is an Italian amateur boxer, best known for winning the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 2007 (Chicago) and 2009 (Milan) as a super heavyweight and a gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

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Roniel Iglesias

Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo (born 14 August 1988) is a Cuban boxer, best known for winning the junior world title at lightweight in 2006, a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and a gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

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Shahin Imranov

Shahin Imranov (Şahin İmranov) (born 23 September 1980) is a boxer from Azerbaijan.

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Somjit Jongjohor

Somjit Jongjohor (สมจิตร จงจอหอ,,; born January 19, 1975) is an amateur Thai boxer best known for winning gold medals in the flyweight division at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships and at the Beijing 2008 Olympics.

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Super heavyweight

Super heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and competitive bodybuilding.

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Tony Jeffries

Tony David Jeffries (born 2 March 1985) is a British former professional boxer who won a bronze medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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Vasiliy Lomachenko

Vasiliy Anatolyevich Lomachenko (Василь Анатолійович Ломаченко,; born 17 February 1988), also spelled Vasyl Anatoliyovych Lomachenko, is a Ukrainian professional boxer.

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Veaceslav Gojan

Veaceslav Gojan (born 18 May 1983) is a Moldovan amateur boxer who won Bantamweight bronze at the 2008 Olympics.

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Vijender Singh

Vijender Singh Beniwal (born 29 October 1985) is an Indian professional boxer and politician of Bharatiya Janata Party.

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Vincenzo Picardi

Vincenzo Picardi (born October 20, 1983, in Casoria) is an Italian professional boxer best known for winning bronze medals in the flyweight division at both the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Chicago and at the 2008 Olympics.

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Vyacheslav Glazkov

Vyacheslav Valeriyovych Glazkov (В'ячеслав Валерійович Глазков, born 15 October 1984) is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed from 2009 to 2016.

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Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports.

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Workers Indoor Arena

The Workers' Gymnasium (official name) is an indoor arena located west of the Workers' Stadium in Beijing, China.

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Yakup Kılıç

Yakup Kılıç (born July 13, 1986) is a Turkish boxer in the featherweight (57 kg) discipline.

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Yampier Hernández

Yampier Hernández Gonzales (born 30 August 1984 in Havana) is a Cuban boxer who won Bronze at the 2008 Olympics at Light Flyweight.

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Yankiel León

Yankiel León Alarcón (born 26 April 1982 in Jobabo) is a Cuban amateur boxer best known for winning the bantamweight silver medal at the 2008 Olympics.

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Yerkebulan Shynaliyev

Yerkebulan Shynaliyev (born October 7, 1987) is an amateur boxer from Kazakhstan best known for winning bronze medals at light heavyweight at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships and at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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Yordenis Ugás

Yordenis Ugas Hernández (born 14 July 1986) is a Cuban professional boxer.

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Zhang Xiaoping

Zhang Xiaoping (p; born April 1, 1982, in Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia) is a Chinese amateur boxer of Mongol ethnicity who won a gold medal as a light heavyweight in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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Zhilei Zhang

Zhilei Zhang (born May 2, 1983) is a Chinese professional boxer.

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Zou Shiming

Zou Shiming (born 18 May 1981) is a Chinese former professional boxer who competed from 2013 to 2017 and held the WBO flyweight title from 2016 to 2017.

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2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships

The 2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held in Chicago, United States from October 23, 2007 to November 3, 2007.

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2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad and officially branded as Beijing 2008, were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China.

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2012 Summer Olympics

The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics

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