Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Boxing
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Boxing; at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Dates	20 July-4 August 1996
Competitors	355 from 97 nations
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Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place in the Alexander Memorial Coliseum in Atlanta. The boxing schedule began on 20 July and ended on 4 August. Twelve boxing events were contested, with the participation of 355 athletes from 97 countries.^[1]

There was significant controversy surrounding the judging of the fight between Floyd Mayweather of the U.S. and Serafim Todorov of Bulgaria, with Todorov being awarded the semi-final bout win which according to many observers, was won by Mayweather.^[2] Additionally, in the final of the light flyweight bout between Bulgaria's Daniel Petrov and Mansueto Velasco of the Philippines, Petrov claimed gold as many spectators believed that Velasco should have won the match and questioned the one-sided scoring of the judges.^[3]^[4]

^ "Boxing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
^ "Controversial Olympic loss may have set Mayweather on historic path".
^ "After decades, Recah Trinidad still believes Onyok Velasco was robbed of Olympic gold". 28 August 2021.
^ "20 years after Atlanta, Onyok still pines for gold". August 2016.

[SR-1] "Boxing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2019.

[2] "Controversial Olympic loss may have set Mayweather on historic path".

[3] "After decades, Recah Trinidad still believes Onyok Velasco was robbed of Olympic gold". 28 August 2021.

[4] "20 years after Atlanta, Onyok still pines for gold". August 2016.

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Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

	Light flyweight
	Flyweight
	Bantamweight
	Featherweight
	Lightweight
	Light welterweight
	Welterweight
	Light middleweight
	Middleweight
	Light heavyweight
	Heavyweight
	Super heavyweight
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