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Olympics Boxing
Boxing has been played in the Summer Olympics since 1904. However, it was not played during the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm due to a Swedish law, which banned the sport at the time.
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When did boxing become an Olympic event?
1988 - Taekwondo Olympic debut as a demonstration sport, Seoul, South Korea
1992 - Taekwondo was again a demonstration sport, Barcelona, Spain
1996 - Taekwondo held status of an Exhibition sport, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
2000 - First time Taekwondo was a Full Medal sport, Sydney, Australia
As of May, 2007 the boxer Miguel Cotto lived in the Valle del Turabo sector of Caguas, Puerto Rico.
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Names of UK Olympic Boxing Team in 1972?
1) Ralph Evans - light flyweight - won bronze medal
2) Alan Minter - light middleweight - won bronze medal
3) George Turpin - bantamweight - won bronze medal
4) Neville Cole - lightweight - finished 17th
5) Maurice Hope - welterweight - finished 5th
6) William Knight - middleweight - finished 9th
7) Graham Moughton - light welterweight - finished 5th
8) Maurice O'Sullivan - flyweight - finished 17th
9) William Taylor - featherweight - finished 17th
Who was the heaviest boxing champ?
for a long time the biggest and heaviest heavyweight champion of the world was primo carnera. during the mid to late 90's though a new breed of heavyweight came through and regularly weighed in alot heavier - like riddick bowe, jorge luise gonzalez and lennox Lewis. i believe now though that the enormous nikolai valuev is both the tallest and heaviest ever world heavyweight champion. the first Russian to win the title - he stands over 7ft tall and weighs about 330lbs. he lost his title and unbeaten record earlier this year.
Can you give me an example in malleability?
I can possably say an example is the process of aluminum flattened to sheets
How do you get energy through solar panels?
Solar panels use the energy of the sun to operate. Some panels will produce an electrical current when sunlight reaches them. Others use fluid filled pipes to turn the sun's energy into heat.
With either method, energy from the sun reaches the panel as radiated energy and is converted to electrical or heat energy.
Which ancient Olympic event included both wrestling and boxing?
Pankration (pan = all, kration = power, 'no holds barred').
What hockey team came back from being down 3 to 0?
That has happened twice. In 1942, the Toronto Maple Leafs came back from a 3-0 deficit to defeat the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 3 and win the Stanley Cup. In 1975, the New York Islanders came back from a 3-0 deficit to defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4 games to 3 in a second round playoff series. The Islanders were defeated in the next round by the Philadelphia Flyers.
Who was the Aussie boxer who fought joe frazier in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics?
Athol McQueen.
The referee stopped the contest 40 seconds into the first round.
Name of Indian boxers in olympic 2008?
India had five representatives at Beijing in boxing in 2008. 81kg Dinesh Kumar 75kg Mahimal Vijender Singh 57kg Anthresh Latit Lakra 54kg Akhil Kumar 51kg Jitender Kumar
Boxing became a legal sport in what year?
Boxing goes way back. it was even bigger back then because people didn't have all the stuff we have nowadays. people would gather around a radio and listen in on fights because their were no televisions back then, or it was hard to aquire them?$$? like the 20's for example, jack dempsey was a very famous boxer even back then.
What are the shortest boxing matches?
Quickest Knockout ever:
Russell Rees stopped Des Sowden in just 4 seconds on Friday November 3, 2000, Leisure Centre, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, Wales. Sowden was knocked out by first punch just 4 seconds into the fight. The quickest recorded knockout in What_was_the_shortest_boxing_match_everhistory. (recently this has been changed to 10 seconds)
Ever Beleño stopped Guillermo Salcedo in 5 seconds on Friday 16 September 1994. The shortest KO record in the world.
Oliver Rubin stopped Peter Simko in 5 seconds on Friday, February 8, 2002, Imperial Gym, Budapest, Hungary.
José (Espinaca) Pons, knocked out Cecilio Niz, both Argentinians, in only 5 seconds, in the Luna Park Stadium of Buenos Aires, CF, Argentina, on March 26, 1952; this is the record for a South American professional fight.
Jack Roberts stopped Tony Milam in 6 seconds in Corpus Christi, TX on Wednesday, March 29, 1939.
Peter McNeeley had a 6 second TKO over Frankie Hines.
Ricky Parkey stopped Broderick Mason in 8 seconds on Tuesday 11 December 1984.
Phil Williams KO Brandon Burke in 10 seconds
Teddy Baker stopped Bob Roberts in 10 seconds.
Jeremy Williams stopped Arthur Weathers in 10 seconds on Tuesday, March 19, 1996, Spruce Goose, Long Beach, CA
Marty Lindquist stopped Max Alexander in 10 seconds, National Guard Armory, Philadelphia, PA on October 14, 2006.
* Lindquist landed a right hand with the opening bell on a unsuspecting Alexander leaving him unconscious for several minutes
* official time of stoppage was 10 seconds
* on November 1st 2006 the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission ruled the fight a No Contest because Lindquist failed the pre fight drug test.
The quickest knockout in recorded history, including the full 10 count from the ref, was a What_was_the_shortest_boxing_match_everfight from 1946, when Al Couture knocked out Ralph Walton in 10.5 seconds.
Jack Dempsey KO Tony Drake in 11 seconds
George Warner KO Mike Russo in 11 seconds
Sid Hitchins KO Trino Perez in 11 seconds
Shannon Briggs KO Luciano Zolyone in 11 seconds
Rudy Zymeck stopped Alec Luke in 11 seconds on October 9, 1939 in Newark, N.J.
Joe Jakes stopped Al Foreman in 11 seconds on January 14, 1942 in Brooklyn, N.Y.
George Wyoming Warner stopped Mike Russo in 11 seconds on August 15, 1927 in Shibe Park, Philadelphia, PA
Battling Nelson KO William Rossler in 12 seconds
Nicky Piper KO John Ellis in 12 seconds
Billy Weeks KO Romeo Hagen in 12 seconds
Freddie Pendleton KO Kevin Sedam in 12 seconds
Angel Torres KO Gabriel Krizan in 12 seconds
Henry Crawford KO Adam Wynant in 12 seconds
Jerry Coursol stopped Larry Baker in 12 seconds on June 21, 1944 in Elizabeth, N.J.
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