2012 Summer Olympics / Boxing - Welterweight (Men)

sport	Boxing
discipline	Welterweight
gender	Men
place	Exhibition Center London
Attendees	28 athletes from 28 countries
Competition phase	July 29th to August 12th, 2012

The men's welterweight boxing competition (up to 69 kg) at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from July 29 to August 12, 2012 in the Exhibition Center London . 28 boxers took part.

The competition was carried out in a knockout system . It started with the 1st round, which included 32 starting places. Since only 28 boxers qualified, four athletes byes were drawn. The winners made it to the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals. The winners of the semifinals competed for the gold medal, both losers received the bronze medal.

Title holder

Olympic champion	Baqyt Särsekbajew ( Kazakhstan )	Beijing 2008
World Champion	Taras Schelestjuk ( Ukraine )	Baku 2011

1 round

July 29, 2012

Boxer 1	Result	Boxer 2
Taras Schelestyuk	bye
Seleman Kidunda	7 - 20	Vasile Belous
Bjambyn Tüwschinbat	17 - 4	Yannick Mitoumba
Alexis Vastine	16 - 12	Patrick Wojcicki
Custio Clayton	12 - 8	Óscar Molina
Moustapha Hima	6 - 13	Cameron Hammond
Fred Evans	18 - 10	Ilyas Abbadi
Egidijus Kavaliauskas	bye
Vikas K. Yadav	bye
Myke Carvalho	10 - 16	Errol Spence
Carlos Sánchez	8 - 14	Adam Nolan
Maimaitituersun Qiong	11 - 16	Andrei Samkovoi
Ahmad Abdul-Karim	13 - 17	Siphiwe Lusizi
Gabriel Maestre	13 - 8	Amin Ghasemipour
Yasuhiro Suzuki	14 - 13	Mehdi Khalsi
Serik Säpiev	bye

Round of 16

Cameron Hammond (AUS)

August 3, 2012

Boxer 1	Result	Boxer 2
Taras Schelestyuk	15 - 7	Vasile Belous
Bjambyn Tüwschinbat	12 - 13	Alexis Vastine
Custio Clayton	14 - 11	Cameron Hammond
Fred Evans	11 - 7	Egidijus Kavaliauskas
Vikas K. Yadav	13 - 15	Errol Spence
Adam Nolan	9 - 18	Andrei Samkovoi
Siphiwe Lusizi	13 - 18	Gabriel Maestre
Yasuhiro Suzuki	11 - 25	Sarik Säpiev

The fight between the Indian Vikas and the American Spence had an aftermath. The fight ended first with a victory (11-9) for the Indian. The US team protested, whereupon the fight video was viewed by a jury from the world association AIBA . The referees identified nine fouls (stops) by the Indian in the third round alone, of which only one was punished by the referee with a warning. In the second round, the Indian spat out his face mask deliberately (2:38 minutes), but was not warned by the referee. The jury concluded that the referee should have given the Indian at least two more warnings. The US boxer was awarded four points, the fight was rated 11-13 in favor of Spence.

Quarter finals

August 7, 2012

Boxer 1	Result	Boxer 2
Taras Schelestyuk	18 - 18 Decision based on auxiliary points	Alexis Vastine
Custio Clayton	14 - 14 decision by the guide points	Fred Evans
Errol Spence	11 - 16	Andrei Samkovoi
Gabriel Maestre	9 - 20	Serik Säpiev

Semifinals

August 10, 2012

Boxer 1	Result	Boxer 2
Taras Schelestyuk	10 - 11	Fred Evans
Andrei Samkovoi	12 - 18	Serik Säpiev

final

August 12, 2012, 3:15 p.m. (CEST)

Boxer 1	Result	Boxer 2
Fred Evans	9 - 17	Serik Säpiev

Medals

Serik Säpijew ensured the third Kazakh victory in a row in this weight class.
Säpijew was awarded the Val Barker Cup as the technically best boxer of the games following the Olympic boxing tournament .

space	Surname	nation
01	Serik Säpiev	Kazakhstan
02	Fred Evans	United Kingdom
03	Andrei Samkovoi	Russia
03	Taras Schelestyuk	Ukraine

Web links

• Welterweight men

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Protocol of the AIBA (Eng.)