By Ken Hissner: On Sunday, August 8th the finals of the 2020 Olympic Games Boxing competition came to an end in Tokyo, Japan.
Super Heavyweight Bakhodir Jalolov, 87-11 (19), (8-0 (8) pro)UZB, defeated Richard Torrez, Jr., 54-10 (15), of Tulare, CA, 5-0.
Heavyweight Julio Cesar La Cruz, 218-18 (27), of Camaguey, Cuba, defeated Muslim Gadzhimagomedov, 86-6 (9), of Krasnodar, Russia, 5-0.
Light Heavyweight Arlen Lopez, 128-17 (20), of Guantanamo, Cuba, defeated Benjamin Whitaker, 51-11 (1), of West Bromwich, United Kingdom, 4-1.
Middleweight Hebert Conceicao Sousa, 39-14 (3), of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, stopped Oleksandr Khyzhniak, 111-14 (17), of Poltava, Ukraine, 3rd round.
Middleweight Female Lauren Price, 36-12 (0), of Ystrad Mynach, Wales, UK, defeated Quian Li, 35-8 (0), of Zhengzhou, China, 5-0.
Welterweight Roniel Iglesias, 271-36 (31) of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, defeated Pat McCormack, 67-11 (3), of Sunderland, United Kingdom, 5-0.
Welterweight Female Busenaz Surmeneli, 27-6 (1), of Trabzon, Turkey, defeated Hong Gu, 17-3 (0), of Dandong, China, 3-2.
Lightweight Andy Cruz, 112-8, of Matanzas, Cuba, defeated Keyshawn “The Businessman” Davis, 80-13 (0), (3-0 (2) pro), of Norfolk, VA, 4-1.
Lightweight Female Kellie Harrington, 74-17-1 (0), of Dublin, Ireland, defeated Beatriz Iasmim Soares Ferreira, 73-8 (1), of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 5-0.
Featherweight Albert Batyrgaziev, 52-3 (6), of Nizhnevartovsk, Russia, defeated Duke Ragan, 64-23 (2), (4-0 (1) pro) of Cincinnati, OH, 3-2.
Flyweight Galal Yafai, 35-11 (1), of Birmingham, United Kingdom, defeated Carlo Paalam, 43-12 (1), of Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, 4-1.
Flyweight Female Stoyka Krasteva, 53-14 (0), of Dolbrich, Bulgaria, defeated Buse Cakiroglu, 24-8 (0), of Istanbul, Turkey, 5-0.
GOLD MEDALS:
CUBA 4.
UNITED KINGDOM, 2.
BULGARIA, UZBEKISTAN, WALES, BRAZIL, TURKEY, IRELAND,
RUSSIA, 1 each.
SILVER MEDALS:
USA, UNITED KINGDOM 3 each.
CHINA 2.
RUSSIA, PHILIPPINES, UKRAINE, BRAZIL, TURKEY 1 each.
Super Heavyweight Bakhodir Jalolov, of Uzbekistan, fought out of Brooklyn, NY, from May 2018 thru April 2019 scoring six knockouts in six fights over opponents Hugo Trujillo, 4-0-1, Tyrell Wright, 9-2-2 and Brendan Barrett, 7-2-2, for the vacant NABF Junior heavyweight title. Then, one in Mexico and his home country of Uzbekistan, over Kristaps, 7-1-2.
Heavyweight Julio Cesar La Cruz, of Cuba 2016 and 2020 Olympic Gold Medalist had wins over Yuniel Dorticos, currently 24-2 as a pro, and Yordanis Despaigne, 9-2 for the Cuban national title in 2008. Cuban champion through 2019. Wins over Eleider “Storm” Alvarez, 25-2, of COL. Also over Russian Egor Mekhontsev, 13-0-1, and China’s Fanlong Meng, 16-0
Light Heavyweight Arlen Lopez, Cuba, 2016 and 2020 Olympic Gold Medalist. 20-7 World Series Boxing wins over Israil Madrimov, 7-0, of UZB and Ulugbek Khakberdiev, 7-0, of UZB. Also, Troy Williamson, 16-0-1, of UK, twice.
Welterweight Roniel Iglesias of Cuba National champion 2012 through 2018.
Lightweight Andy Cruz of Cuba 16-0 World Series of Boxing. 2015 thru 2019 Cuban National Champion. Beat Keyshawn Davis in both 2021 and 2019.
Lightweight Kellie Harrington AIBA World champion 2018.