Tammer tournament
The Tammer Tournament ( Finnish : Tammer-Turnaus; English : Tammer Tournament) is one of the largest, international amateur boxing tournaments in Europe and has been held annually in the Finnish city of Tampere since 1977 (exceptions in 1981, 1993, 2000) . Boxing takes place in ten weight classes under the rules of the AIBA world amateur boxing association .
history
The first tournament took place from October 12 to 16, 1977 with 54 boxers from Finland, Canada , Bulgaria , West Germany , Czechoslovakia and Norway , among others . Fought was in the eleven weight classes of half-flies, flies, bantam, feather, light, half-world, welter, medium, medium, medium, and heavyweight. In 1979 the super heavyweight was added, but from 2003 the light middleweight and from 2008 the light flyweight were canceled. In 1978 79 boxers from 13 nations and in 1979 117 fighters from 17 nations took part in the tournament. The largest tournaments to date were held in 1997 with 122 athletes from 35 countries and in 1999 with 146 boxers from 23 countries.
The quality of the participating boxing relays also increased enormously over time. Initially mainly city and club teams from Finland and neighboring European countries took part, the tournament is now mainly attended by boxers from national teams from all over the world. In 1997 it served as a qualifying tournament for participation in the 1998 European Championships in Minsk , and in 1999 even as a European qualifying tournament for participation in the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney . Women's boxing has also been held since 2010.
In 2012, 98 boxers from 18 nations took part, fighting 87 fights in ten weight classes.
procedure
To win the tournament, a boxer has to fight his way through a knockout system through a round of 16, a quarter-final, a semi-final and finally a final. A fight lasts three rounds of three minutes each, with a one-minute break between rounds. A defeat in one of the fights leads to elimination from the tournament. As is usual in almost all amateur boxing tournaments, the two losers in the semi-finals of a weight class each receive a bronze medal and thus share third place. In addition, the technically most outstanding boxer will be chosen by the officials after the tournament and honored with an award.
The fights are in the weight classes flying (-49 kg), bantam (-52 kg), feather (-56 kg), light (-60 kg), half- welter ( -64 kg), welter (-69 kg), medium (- 75 kg), heavyweight (-81 kg), heavy (-91 kg) and super heavy (+91 kg).
Known tournament winners
The world's most famous winners of the Tammer tournament include Mike Tyson (super heavyweight 1984), Oscar de la Hoya (featherweight 1989) and Danny Garcia (lightweight 2005).
Other important winners were Ulli Kaden (Super Heavy 1980), Francesco Damiani (Super Heavy 1982), Michal Franek (Semi-Medium 1984), Andreas Zülow (Feder 1985), Wjatscheslaw Janowski (Welter 1985), Egerton Marcus (Medium 1987), Mark Johnson (Half-Flies 1988), Dieter Berg (Bantam 1988), Alexander Lebsjak (Halbwelter 1989), Terron Millett (Halbwelter 1989), Robin Reid (Halbwelter 1990), Sven Ottke (Halbschwer 1992), Oktay Urkal ( Halbwelter 1992), David Guerault (Flying 1992 ), Zsolt Erdei (medium 1995), Amin Asikainen (Welter 1998), Falk Huste (Feder 1999), Mariusz Cendrowski (Halbwelter 1999), Denis Inkin (medium 1999), Paolo Vidoz (super difficult 1999), Robert Helenius (super difficult 2002 and 2005), Kenneth Egan (Halbschwer 2004, 2006 and 2012), Gyula Káté (Halbwelter 2006), Billy Joe Saunders (Welter 2007), Khedafi Djelkhir (Feder 2007), Ronny Beblik (Flying 2007), Luke Campbell (Bantam 2008), Salomo N'tuve (Flying 2008), Abdelhafid Benchabla ( Semi-difficult 2009), Tyron Zeuge (Semi-difficult 2010), Patrick Wojcicki (Welter 2010), David Oliver Joyce (Light 2012) and John Joe Joyce (Welter 2012).