Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's middleweight

The boxing competition in the middleweight division of men ( up to 75 kg ) at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from July 28 to August 12, 2012 at the Exhibition Centre London. 28 boxers participated.

The competition was held in the knockout system. It started with the first round, which included 32 starting places. Since only 28 qualified boxer, four athletes were randomly assigned byes. The winners came into the second round, quarterfinals and semifinals. The winners of the semi-finals competing for the gold medal, both losers received the bronze medal.

Title holders

First round

July 28, 2012

Second round

August 2, 2012

The fight between champion Yevhen Chytrow from Ukraine and the Briton Anthony Ogogo ended in a draw with 18-18. Also, the auxiliary points could not bring decision ( 52-52 ). Although Ogogo was twice the count standing, the jury decided that feeding Ogogo the quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals

August 6, 2012

Semifinal

August 10, 2012

Final

August 12, 2012, 22:45 clock (CEST )

Medals

Ryota Murata is the first Japanese medalist and Olympic champion in this weight class. Esquiva F. Florentino (BRA ) and Abbo Atoyev ( UZB ) won the first medals for their countries at middleweight.