10 most iconic Olympic boxing bouts - Punch Newspapers
OLYMPIC boxing has introduced some of the most legendary names ever to grace the sport.
But The Greatest must have been thankful that he did make the trip as he went on to win the gold, beating Pole Zbigniew Pietrzykowski in the final. Clay turned professional and won the heavyweight World Championship for the first time in 1964, beating Sonny Liston in a legendary fight. Over the next four years he defended his title nine times, converted to Islam and changed his name to Muhammad Ali.Leonard goes down as one of the most technically gifted fighters of all time, blessed with speed, timing and magical footwork.
Leonard now keeps his gold medal locked up tight in a safety deposit box, but he says he’s allowed it to grace other people’s necks on rare occasions. The outcome drew instant criticism and disdain, even from South Koreans, who heckled Park at the podium and bombarded local TV stations with phone calls protesting that the country’s home advantage had gone too far.
“There’s hardened resentment built up in me that I will probably carry for the rest of my life,” Park, 54, who now coaches the small municipal boxing team of Seogwipo City in the island province of Jeju, said.Lennox Lewis, Seoul 1988At the age of 18, he represented Canada in the 1984 Summer Olympics as a super heavyweight but lost by decision in the quarter-finals to American, Tyrell Biggs, the eventual gold medalist.
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