Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's middleweight

Men's middleweight
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Men's middleweight; at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Ryōgoku Kokugikan
Dates	26 July 2021; 7 August 2021
Competitors	25 from 25 nations
Medalists
	← 2016 2024 →

The men's middleweight boxing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics is scheduled to take place between 26 July and 7 August 2021 at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan.^[1] 25 boxers from 25 nations are expected to compete.^[2]

The medals for the competition were presented by Sergey Bubka, IOC Member, Ukraine; Olympian, Gold Medalist, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Willi Kaltschmitt Luján, BTF Member; Guatemala.

Background

This will be the 26th appearance of the men's middleweight event. The event appeared at the first Olympic boxing tournament in 1904 and has been held at every Games with boxing (that is, excluding 1912) since. The middleweight class remains at the 69–75 kg range it has used since the 2004 Games.

Reigning World Champion Gleb Bakshi of Russia has qualified for the Games. The 2016 Olympic champion, Arlen López of Cuba, has moved up to the light-heavyweight class for the 2020 Games.

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter only 1 qualified boxer in the weight class. There were 24 quota places available for the men's middleweight, allocated as follows:^[2]

1 place for the host nation, Japan.
3 places at the 2020 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament.
5 places at the 2020 Asia & Oceania Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament.
6 places at the 2020 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament.
4 places that were intended to be awarded at the 2021 Pan American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, which was cancelled. These places were instead awarded through the world ranking list to the top boxers from the Americas who had been registered for the qualification tournament.
4 places that were intended to be awarded at a World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, which was cancelled. These places were instead awarded through the world ranking list, with one place for each continental zone (Africa, Asia & Oceania, Europe, Americas).
1 place for a Tripartite Commission invitation.

In addition, a Refugee Olympic Team invitation was made to Eldric Sella, bringing the total number of boxers in the class to 25.

Competition format

Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition is a straight single-elimination tournament. The competition begins with a preliminary round, where the number of competitors is reduced to 16, and concludes with a final. As there are fewer than 32 boxers in the competition, a number of boxers will receive a bye through the preliminary round. Both semifinal losers are awarded bronze medals.

Bouts consist of three three-minute rounds with a one-minute break between rounds. A boxer may win by knockout or by points. Scoring is on the "10-point-must" system, with 5 judges scoring each round. Judges consider "number of blows landed on the target areas, domination of the bout, technique and tactical superiority and competitiveness." Each judge determines a winner for each round, who receives 10 points for the round, and assigns the round's loser a number of points between 7 and 9 based on performance. The judge's scores for each round are added to give a total score for that judge. The boxer with the higher score from a majority of the judges is the winner.^[3]

Schedule

The middleweight starts with the round of 32 on 26 July. There are two rest days before the round of 16 on 29 July, then two more rest days before the quarterfinals on 1 August. After that, there are three rest days before the semifinals on 5 August but only one before the final on 7 August.^[1]^[4]

R32	Round of 32	R16	Round of 16	QF	Quarterfinals	SF	Semifinals	F	Final

Date	Jul 24		Jul 25		Jul 26		Jul 27		Jul 28		Jul 29		Jul 30		Jul 31		Aug 1		Aug 2		Aug 3		Aug 4		Aug 5		Aug 6		Aug 7		Aug 8
Event	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E
Men's middleweight					R32						R16						QF								SF				F

Results

Finals

	Final



	Oleksandr Khyzhniak (UKR)

	Hebert Conceição (BRA)	KO

Top half

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Oleksandr Khyzhniak (UKR)

5

Yuito Moriwaki (JPN)

0

Shahin Mousavi (IRI)

2

Yuito Moriwaki (JPN)

3

Oleksandr Khyzhniak (UKR)

4

Euri Cedeño (DOM)

1

Francisco Verón (ARG)

5

Adam Chartoi (SWE)

0

Francisco Verón (ARG)

2

Euri Cedeño (DOM)

3

Eldric Sella (EOR)

Euri Cedeño (DOM)

RSC

Oleksandr Khyzhniak (UKR)

3

Eumir Marcial (PHI)

2

Arman Darchinyan (ARM)

5

Andrej Csemez (SVK)

0

Aaron Prince (TTO)

0

Andrej Csemez (SVK)

4

Arman Darchinyan (ARM)

Eumir Marcial (PHI)

KO

Younes Nemouchi (ALG)

5

Kavuma Ssemujju (UGA)

0

Younes Nemouchi (ALG)

Eumir Marcial (PHI)

RSC–I

Bottom half

Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals






		Hebert Conceição (BRA)	3

		Tuohetaerbieke Tanglatihan (CHN)	2
Ashish Kumar (IND)	0

Tuohetaerbieke Tanglatihan (CHN)	5
				Hebert Conceição (BRA)	3

				Abilkhan Amankul (KAZ)	2
Fanat Kakhramonov (UZB)	5

Giorgi Kharabadze (GEO)	0
		Fanat Kakhramonov (UZB)	0

		Abilkhan Amankul (KAZ)	5



						Hebert Conceição (BRA)	4

						Gleb Bakshi (ROC)	1



		Darrelle Valsaint (HAI)	4

		David Tshama (COD)	1
David Tshama (COD)	3

Wilfried Ntsengue (CMR)	2
				Darrelle Valsaint (HAI)	0

				Gleb Bakshi (ROC)	5
Troy Isley (USA)	5

Vitali Bandarenka (BLR)	0
		Troy Isley (USA)	2

		Gleb Bakshi (ROC)	3