A check on what the best boxers from the Olympics have done as pros. It is a real mixed bag, some journeymen, some great fighters, some never turned pro. [url]1936[/url] Berlin [url]Louis Laurie[/url] [url]United States[/url] [url]Flyweight[/url] Bronze [url]1948[/url] London [url]George Hunter[/url] [url]South Africa[/url] [url]Light heavyweight[/url] Gold [url]1952[/url] Helsinki [url]Norvel Lee[/url] [url]United States[/url] [url]Light heavyweight[/url] Gold [url]1956[/url] Melbourne [url]Dick McTaggart[/url] [url]Great Britain[/url] [url]Lightweight[/url] Gold [url]1960[/url] Rome [url]Nino Benvenuti[/url] [url]Italy[/url] [url]Welterweight[/url] Gold [url]1964[/url] Tokyo [url]Valeri Popenchenko[/url] [url]Soviet Union[/url] [url]Middleweight[/url] Gold [url]1968[/url] Mexico City [url]Philip Waruinge[/url] [url]Kenya[/url] [url]Featherweight[/url] Bronze [url]1972[/url] Munich [url]Teófilo Stevenson[/url] [url]Cuba[/url] [url]Heavyweight[/url] Gold [url]1976[/url] Montreal [url]Howard Davis Jr.[/url] [url]United States[/url] [url]Lightweight[/url] Gold [url]1980[/url] Moscow [url]Patrizio Oliva[/url] [url]Italy[/url] [url]Light welterweight[/url] Gold [url]1984[/url] Los Angeles [url]Paul Gonzales[/url] [url]United States[/url] [url]Light flyweight[/url] Gold [url]1988[/url] Seoul [url]Roy Jones Jr.[/url] [url]United States[/url] [url]Light middleweight[/url] Silver [url]1992[/url] Barcelona [url]Roberto Balado[/url] [url]Cuba[/url] [url]Super heavyweight[/url] Gold [url]1996[/url] Atlanta [url]Vassiliy Jirov[/url] [url]Kazakhstan[/url] [url]Light heavyweight[/url] Gold [url]2000[/url] Sydney [url]Oleg Saitov[/url] [url]Russia[/url] [url]Welterweight[/url] Gold [url]2004[/url] Athens [url]Bakhtiyar Artayev[/url] [url]Kazakhstan[/url] [url]Welterweight[/url] Gold [url]2008[/url] Beijing [url]Vasyl Lomachenko[/url] [url]Ukraine[/url] [url]Featherweight[/url] Gold [url]2012[/url] London [url]Serik Sapiyev[/url] [url]Kazakhstan[/url] [url]Welterweight[/url] Gold [url]2016[/url] Rio de Janeiro [url]Hasanboy Dusmatov[/url] [url]Uzbekistan[/url] [url]Men's light flyweight[/url] Gold
Eastern Euros (or that region anyway) pitching a shut-out since Jirov in '96. Kazakhstan with 3/6 since then too, impressive.
Yeah, the Kazaks rarely leave the amateurs, I guess they get relatively rich there. Bivol and GGG are from there but neither one is ethnic.
I rember Roberto Bolado from Cuba best. He would have been an unbelieveable pro heavyweight. He was a bigger James Toney. He beat Brian Nielsen 15-1 in the semis. Cassamayor, Savon, and De la Hoya won Gold that year but he was named the best. Died in a car accident in Cuba a few months after the olympics. This content is protected
Many of those turned pro way past their prime, Wariunge for example turned pro after three olympic cycles.
I disagree with some of the picks for the best boxer in certain games, Jirov, Artayev and Saitov for example.
