Date | 29 July – 9 August 1992 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Pabellón Club Joventut, Badalona | |
Participants | 26 from 26 countries | |
Format | Single elimination tournament. |
The last two world champions in this class were Germans. East German Henry Maske won the title in 1989 but turned professional in 1990, just after German re-unification, leaving the 1991 crown to Torsten May. May was favored in Barcelona and came through for the gold medal, but he had difficult bouts in both the quarter- and semi-finals. In the quarters he faced the much shorter American Montell Griffin, who opened a big cut over May’s eye in the final round. The referee actually stopped the fight but the ring doctor let it go on, with Griffin leading. But Griffin then received a third warning for leading with his head (ducking), and was given a 3-point penalty, which proved decisive as May won the match, 6-4. In the semi-finals, May fought Poland’s Wojciech Bartnik, and spent much of the fight clinching to protect his cut eye, but won a narrow 8-6 decision. May won the gold by outpointing the Ukrainian Rostyslav Zaulychniy in the final, 8-3.
May would turn professional in 1993 and in 1996 fought for the IBF cruiserweight world championship, but lost a decision to Adolpho Washington. He retired after 2003 with a career record of 22-3. Griffin also turned professional and continued to fight through 2011. In 1997 he upset Roy Jones, Jr. when Jones was disqualified, giving Griffin the WBC world light-heavyweight title. But that didn’t last long as Jones knocked out Griffin in the first round of the re-match five months later.
Date | 29 July 1992 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the second round. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 29 Jul | Stephen Wilson | GBR | ||||
Match #2 | 29 Jul | Mika Masoe | ASA | ||||
Match #3 | 29 Jul | Jacklord Jacobs | NGR | ||||
Match #4 | 29 Jul | Rostyslav Zaulychnyi | EUN | ||||
Match #5 | 29 Jul | Zoltán Béres | HUN | Decision | Paulo Mwaselle | TAN | |
Match #6 | 29 Jul | Asghar Muhammad | PAK | Walkover | Ali Asghar Kazemi | IRI | |
Match #7 | 29 Jul | Roland Raforme | SEY | Decision | Rick Timperi | AUS | |
Match #8 | 29 Jul | Patrice Aouissi | FRA | Referee stops contest (head blow) | Manuel Verde | MEX | |
Match #9 | 29 Jul | Montell Griffin | USA | Decision | France Mabiletsa | BOT | |
Match #10 | 29 Jul | Go Yo-Da | KOR | Decision | Bai Chongguang | CHN | |
Match #11 | 29 Jul | Dale Brown | CAN | Referee stops contest (head blow) | Damdingiin Zul | MGL | |
Match #12 | 29 Jul | Torsten May | GER | Decision | Kim Gil-Nam | PRK | |
Match #13 | 29 Jul | Mohamed Ben Guesmia | ALG | Decision | Raimundo Yant | VEN | |
Match #14 | 29 Jul | Wojciech Bartnik | POL | Decision | Alex González | PUR | |
Match #15 | 29 Jul | Ángel Espinosa | CUB | Referee stops contest | Mehmet Gürgen | TUR | |
Match #16 | 29 Jul | Roberto Castelli | ITA | Walkover | Simon Maeble | CMR |
Date | 31 July 1992 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 31 Jul | Stephen Wilson | GBR | Decision | Mika Masoe | ASA | |
Match #2 | 31 Jul | Rostyslav Zaulychnyi | EUN | Decision | Jacklord Jacobs | NGR | |
Match #3 | 31 Jul | Zoltán Béres | HUN | Referee stops contest (head blow) | Asghar Muhammad | PAK | |
Match #4 | 31 Jul | Roland Raforme | SEY | Referee stops contest (head blow) | Patrice Aouissi | FRA | |
Match #5 | 31 Jul | Montell Griffin | USA | Decision | Go Yo-Da | KOR | |
Match #6 | 31 Jul | Torsten May | GER | Decision | Dale Brown | CAN | |
Match #7 | 31 Jul | Wojciech Bartnik | POL | Decision | Mohamed Ben Guesmia | ALG | |
Match #8 | 31 Jul | Ángel Espinosa | CUB | Referee stops contest (head blow) | Roberto Castelli | ITA |
Date | 4 August 1992 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 04 Aug | Rostyslav Zaulychnyi | EUN | Decision | Stephen Wilson | GBR | |
Match #2 | 04 Aug | Zoltán Béres | HUN | Decision | Roland Raforme | SEY | |
Match #3 | 04 Aug | Torsten May | GER | Decision | Montell Griffin | USA | |
Match #4 | 04 Aug | Wojciech Bartnik | POL | Decision | Ángel Espinosa | CUB |
Date | 7 August 1992 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the final match. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 07 Aug | Rostyslav Zaulychnyi | EUN | Referee stops contest | Zoltán Béres | HUN | |
Match #2 | 07 Aug | Torsten May | GER | Decision | Wojciech Bartnik | POL |
Date | 9 August 1992 |
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Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match 1/2 | 09 Aug | Torsten May | GER | Decision | Rostyslav Zaulychnyi | EUN |