Olympic Boxing

Really pleased Levit won (and deservedly won IMO), especially after that BS decision he lost against Savon in the WSB final which he clearly won. I've noticed that Levit's power, movement and counter punching skills make Savon much more wary than he usually is.

Nistor got robbed royally against that Jordanian kid. I'd never heard of the Jordanian before but I got the impression he was the very durable type as soon as I laid eyes on him and so he proved to be.

Buatsi is a beast and he's done brilliantly to stop Rasulov and Katende. He's obviously got a lot of power. Don't forget he put De La Cruz on his ass too when they fought in last years world championships. I wouldn't be surprised if he won silver or even possibly the gold. Think he'll make a great pro too.

6:46

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egr3QXLTodU

Some of the refereeing and decisions have been really bad again. I saw a Mongolian kid drop his opponent flat on his back the other day with a huge shot and for some inexplicable reason the ref decided not count it as a KD. The punch landed with a audible loud thud too. atsch

I also saw one ref deduct a point of one guy for no discernible reason at all. Even the commentary team were completely baffled by it.

Speaking of whom. I like Richie Woodhall and Ronald Mcintosh but they're terribly biased at times.

 

Buatsi seems to be improving fast but if he gets past Benchabla he'll have to face the winner of Mammadov and Niyazmbetov either of whom will be a difficult obstacle to overcome. There seems to be a buzz about him at the moment though like this could be his championships so you never know. De La Cruz should obviously be heavily favoured to win the gold and I favour him to win it too. I agree that realistically Buatsi should probably come away with a bronze, but like I said, I wouldn't be surprised if he came away with something better. That said, Benchabla is a quality operator himself and he has bags of experience and some good wins under his belt so getting past him is certainly no foregone conclusion.

Benchabla's partial record

2015 – All Africa Games (Brazzaville, CGO) 1st place – 81KG Won against Abderrahmane Salah Araby (EGY) 2:1 in the final; Won against Kennedy Katende (UGA) 3:0 in the semi-final; Won against Bambo Botumbe (DRC) TKO 1st round in the quarter-final
2015 – AFBC African Confederation Boxing Championships (Casablanca, MAR) 1st place – 81KG Won against Abderrahmane Salah Araby (EGY) 3:0 in the final; Won against Hassan Saada (MAR) 3:0 in the semi-final; Won against Mohammed Ali (GHA) TKO 1st round in the quarter-final
2015 – AIBA Pro Boxing Cycle I Round 2 (Hamburg, GER) – 81KG Won against Abdelhafid Benchabla (ALG) 3:0
2015 – AIBA Pro Boxing Cycle I Round 1 (Rome, ITA) – 81KG Lost to Nikita Ivanov (RUS) 2:1

2014 – World Series of Boxing Season 2013/2014 Quarter-finals 2nd Leg – 81KG Won against Teymur Mammadov (AZE) 3:0
2014 – World Series of Boxing Season 2013/2014 9th Round – 81KG Won against Oleksandr Ganzulya (UKR) 3:0
2014 – World Series of Boxing Season 2013/2014 5th Round – 81KG Won against Michel Borges (BRA) 3:0

2013 – AIBA World Championships (Almaty, KAZ) 5th place – 81KG Lost to Julio Cesar De La Cruz (CUB) 3:0 in the quarter-final; Won against Alaaldin Ghossoun (SYR) 3:0 in the second preliminary round; Won against Bosko Draskovic (MNE) 3:0 in the first preliminary round
2013 – Mediterranean Games (Mersin, TUR) 1st place – 81KG Won against Abdelkader Bouhenia (FRA) 3:0 in the final; Won against Avni Yildirim (TUR) 3:0 in the semi-final; Won against Gianluca Rosciglione (ITA) 3:0 in the quarter-final; Won against Yahya Mkacheri (TUN) 3:0 in the first preliminary round
2013 – Giraldo Cordova Cardin Memorial Tournament (Havana, CUB) 9th place – 81KG Lost to Julio Cesar De La Cruz (CUB) 3:0 in the first preliminary round
2013 – World Series of Boxing Season 2012/2013 Semi-finals 2nd Leg – 85KG Lost to Oleksandr Gvozdyk (UKR) by points
2013 – World Series of Boxing Season 2012/2013 Quarter-finals 1st Leg – 85KG Won against Mateusz Tryc (POL) by points
2013 – World Series of Boxing Season 2012/2013 9th Round – 85KG Won against Ainar Karlson (EST) by points
2013 – World Series of Boxing Season 2012/2013 7th Round – 85KG Won against Joseph Ward (IRL) by points

2012 – World Series of Boxing Season 2012/2013 4th Round – 85KG Won against Ramezjon Ahmedov (UZB) by points
2012 – World Series of Boxing Season 2012/2013 1st Round – 85KG Lost to Sergej Michel (GER) by points
2012 – London 2012 Olympic Games (London, GBR) 7th place – 81KG Lost to Oleksandr Gvozdyk (UKR) 19:17 in the quarter-final; Won against Enrico Koelling (GER) 12:9 in the first preliminary round
2012 – World Series of Boxing Season 2011/2012 Quarter-finals 2nd Round – 85KG Won against Francisco Ortega (MEX) by points
2012 – World Series of Boxing Season 2011/2012 10th Round – 85KG Won against Rahul Kumar (IND) TKO 5th round
2012 – World Series of Boxing Season 2011/2012 8th Round – 85KG Won against Ludovic Groguhe (FRA) by points

2011 – World Series of Boxing Season 2011/2012 5th Round – 85KG Won against Leonid Charnabayev (BLR) by points
2011 – World Series of Boxing Season 2011/2012 3rd Round – 85KG Lost to Ludovic Groguhe (FRA) TKO 2nd round
2011 – All Africa Games (Maputo, MOZ) 1st place – 81KG Won against Lukmon Lawal (NGR) 18:8 in the final; Won against Christian Domfack Adjoufack (CMR) 15:4 in the semi-final; Won against Norberto Castro (ANG) RSCI 1st round in the quarter-final; Won against Yahya Mkacheri (TUN) 14:7 in the first preliminary round
2011 – ITA-ALG Dual Match2 – 81KG Won against Gianluca Rosciglione (ITA) by points
2011 – World Series of Boxing Individual Finals (Guiyang, CHN) 1st place – 85KG Won against Ludovic Groguhe (FRA) by points in the final
2011 – World Series of Boxing 11th Round – 85KG Won against Assane Faye (SEN) by points
2011 – World Series of Boxing 7th Round – 85KG Won against Ramezjon Ahmedov (UZB) by points
2011 – World Series of Boxing 5th Round – 85KG Won against Zhang Wei (CHN) by points

2010 – World Series of Boxing 4th Round – 85KG Won against Denis Poyatsika (UKR) by points
2010 – World Series of Boxing 2nd Round – 85KG Won against Zhang Wei (CHN) TKO 3rd round
2010 – Mohamed VI Trophy (Marrakech, MAR) 1st place – 81KG Won against Amine El-Mohammady El-Alfy (EGY) by points in the final; Won against Ludovic Groguhe (FRA) 3:1 in the semi-final; Won against Yahya Mkacheri (TUN) 4:2 in the quarter-final

2009 – AIBA President’s Cup (Baku, AZE) 7th place – 81KG Lost to Rizvan Alimuradov (RUS) 12:8 in the quarter-final
2009 – Tammer Tournament (Tampere, FIN) 1st place – 81KG Won against Denis Tsaryuk (RUS) 14:4 in the final; Won against Eemeli Katajisto (FIN) 7:3 in the semi-final; Won against Kennedy Katende (SWE) 10:8 in the quarter-final
2009 – AIBA World Championships (Milan, ITA) participant – 81KG Lost to Carlos Gongora (ECU) 13:10 in the second preliminary round; Won against Vladimir Cheles (MDA) 20:11 in the first preliminary round
2009 – AFBC African Continental Championships (Vacoas, MRI) 1st place – 81KG Won against Charles Ovono Obiang (GAB) RSC 2nd round in the final; Won against Ahmed Saraku (GHA) 8:4 in the semifinal; Won against Rodney Prosper (MRI) 22:3 in the quarterfinal
2009 – Mediterranean Games (Pescara, ITA) 2nd place – 81KG Lost to Bosko Draskovic (MNE) 8:4 in the final; Won against Yahya El-Mekachari (TUN) 9:0 in the semifinal; Won against Munaf Assad (SYR) RSC 2nd round in the quarterfinal
2009 – Ahmet Cömert Tournament (Istanbul, TUR) 3rd place – 81KG Lost to Artur Beterbiyev (RUS) 8:4 in the semifinal; Won against Yildirim Tarhan (TUR) RSC 2nd round quarterfinal; Won against Jose Angel Larduet (CUB) 8:3 in the first round
2009 – Algerian National Championships 1st place – 81KG Won against Samir Masoui (ALG) by points in the final
2009 – Arab Championships (Cairo, EGY) 1st place – 81KG Won against Amine Elmohamady Elalfy (EGY) RSC 3rd round in the final; Won against Ahmed Merzouk (KSA) RSC 1st round in the semifinal; Won against Ahmed Suleiman Al-Teimat (JOR) by points in the quarterfinal
2009 – Chemistry Cup (Halle, GER 2nd place – 81KG Lost to Robert Woge (GER) 11:3 in the final; Won against Jasveer Singh (IND) 8:4 in the semifinal

2008 – AIBA World Cup (Moscow, RUS) 7th place – 81KG Lost to Dinesh Kumar (IND) 17:11 in the quarterfinal
2008 – Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing, CHN) 5th place – 81KG Lost to Zhang Xiaoping (CHN) 12:7 in the quarterfinal; Won against Ramadan Abdelghafar Anwar Yasser (EGY) 13:6 in the second round; Won against Dinesh Kumar (IND) RSCO 3rd round in the first preliminary round
2008 – Ahmet Cömert Tournament (Istanbul, TUR) 3rd place – 81KG Lost to Mehdi Ghorbani (IRN) by points in the semifinal; Won against Asim Iskanderov (AZE) by points in the quarterfinal
2008 – Coupe des Nations (Calais, FRA) 1st place – 81KG Won against Yerkebulan Shinaliyev (KAZ) 24:21 in the final; Won against Rene Krause (GER) 20:14 in the semifinal
2008 – Gee Bee Tournament (Helsinki, FIN) 6th place – 81KG Lost to Imre Szello (HUN) 17:12
2008 – Feliks Stamm Tournament (Warsaw, POL) 3rd place – 81KG Lost to Artur Beterbiyev (RUS) RSC 4th round
2008 – 1st Africa Olympic Qualification Tournament (Alger, ALG) 1st place – 81KG Won against Mourad Sahraoui (TUN) WO in the final; Won against Bastie Samir (GHA) 27:8 in the semifinal

2007 – Pan Arab Games (Cairo, EGY) 6th place – 75KG Lost to Said Rachidi (MAR) 18:12
2007 – World Military Games (Hyderabad, IND) 3rd place – 81KG Lost to Sergey Kovalyov (RUS) 29:8
2007 – All Africa Games (Alger, ALG) 2nd place – 81KG Lost to Ramadan Abdelghafar Anwar Yasser (EGY) 18:15 in the final
2007 – Klichko Brothers Tournament (Kiev, UKR) 7th place – 81KG Lost to Hazzam Nabah (QAT) 8:7 in the quarter-final
2007 – Arab Military Championships (Alger, ALG) 1st place – 81KG
2007 – Arab Championships (Aryanah, TUN) 3rd place – 81KG Lost to Mourad Sahraoui (TUN) by points in the semi-final
2007 – Algerian National Championships 1st place – 81KG

2004 – Algerian Junior National Championships 1st place – 57KG