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1166:. Michael Spinks would hold a version of the light-heavyweight title through 1985 when he moved up to the heavies and defeated Larry Holmes to win the IBF heavyweight crown, the first light-heavyweight champion to move on to become heavyweight world champ. Spinks fought through 1988, winning his first 31 fights, but he retired after losing a heavyweight title fight that year to
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In the gold medal bout, American rookie Spinks faced the veteran Soviet Rufat
Riskiyev, the 1974 World Champion. Riskiyev had defeated Spinks at a match in Tashkent early in 1976, but in the final, Spinks landed a telling body blow in round three, and the referee had to stop the contest, giving
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1904: 145–158 lb (65.8–71.7 kg) · 1908: 140–158 lb (63.5–71.7 kg) · 1920–1936: 147–160 lb (66.7–72.6 kg) · 1948: 67–73 kg · 1952–2000: 71–75 kg · 2004–2012: 69–75 kg · 2016–2020: 70–75 kg · 2024–: 72–80
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Riskiyev, who was 27 at the time of the 1976 Olympics, stayed in the amateurs, as the Soviet system did not allow any athletes to turn pro, though he didn’t achieve further success.
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387:. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 75 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 19 to 31 July 1976. 19 boxers from 19 nations competed.
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1206:"Boxing at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Middleweight"
1236:"Montreal 1976 Boxing - Olympic Results by Discipline"
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1159:Spinks, just 19 years of age, the gold medal.
1277:Olympic boxing champions – men's middleweight
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16:Olympic boxing tournament
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1164:Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
379:event was part of the
1792:Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov
972:(KEN), both walk-over
37:Maurice Richard Arena
1147:Luis Felipe Martínez
1106:Luis Felipe Martínez
1053:Luis Felipe Martínez
1007:Jean-Pierre Malavasi
950:Fulgencio Obelmejias
946:Luis Felipe Martínez
870:Fulgencio Obelmejias
681:Jean-Pierre Malavasi
385:1976 Summer Olympics
220:1976 Summer Olympics
1907:Oleksandr Khyzhniak
1608:Vyacheslav Lemeshev
24:Middleweight boxing
1562:Valeri Popenchenko
377:men's middleweight
305:Light middleweight
285:Light welterweight
1924:
1923:
1288:
1110:Dragomir Vujković
1090:Ryszard Pasiewicz
1043:Dragomir Vujković
1003:Ryszard Pasiewicz
960:Nicolas Arredondo
920:Carlos Betancourt
916:Dragomir Vujković
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906:
828:Nicolás Arredondo
786:Carlos Betancourt
597:Ryszard Pasiewicz
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325:Light heavyweight
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1210:Sports Reference
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1139:(ROM), walk-over
1100:Fernando Martins
1057:Bernd Wittenburg
1037:Philip McElwaine
1029:(LIB), walk-over
1023:Fernando Martins
1019:(CMR), walk-over
1017:Jean-Marie Emebe
982:(GHA), walk-over
970:Zakaria Amalemba
936:Bernd Wittenburg
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1786:
1772:
1769:Jorge Gutiérrez
1763:
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1746:Ariel Hernández
1740:
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1723:Ariel Hernández
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1631:Michael Spinks
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1585:Chris Finnegan
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1182:Rufat Riskiyev
1178:Michael Spinks
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1143:Rufat Riskiyev
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1133:Michael Spinks
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1116:Rufat Riskiyev
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1086:Michael Spinks
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1069:Rufat Riskiyev
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1040:
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1027:Matouk Elsadek
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1080:Quarterfinals
1074:
1073:Ilya Dimitrov
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448:Luis Martínez
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1378:Harry Mallin
1355:Harry Mallin
1230:
1218:. Retrieved
1214:the original
1209:
1184:(URS), RSC-3
1172:
1161:
1157:
1122:(PAK), RSC-2
1047:David Odwell
997:Second round
962:(MEX), RSC-3
940:Bryan Gibson
926:David Odwell
807:Bryan Gibson
755:East Germany
545:Soviet Union
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464:
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436:Soviet Union
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315:Middleweight
295:Welterweight
255:Bantamweight
124:Soviet Union
18:
1861:Arlen López
1700:Henry Maske
1470:László Papp
1220:23 December
1180:(USA) def.
1145:(URS) def.
1137:Alec Năstac
1135:(USA) def.
1118:(URS) def.
1108:(CUB) def.
1098:(ROM) def.
1096:Alec Năstac
1088:(USA) def.
1071:(URS) def.
1065:(PAK) – Bye
1055:(CUB) def.
1045:(YUG) def.
1035:(ROM) def.
1033:Alec Năstac
1025:(BRA) def.
1015:(USA) def.
1009:(FRA), KO-2
1005:(POL) def.
992:(FIN), KO-3
988:(URS) def.
980:Musa Gariba
978:(BUL) def.
968:(ZAM) def.
966:Lotti Mwale
958:(PAK) def.
948:(CUB) def.
942:(CAN), KO-3
938:(GDR) def.
928:(GBR) def.
918:(YUG) def.
910:First round
797:Puerto Rico
702:Dave Odwell
576:Alec Năstac
470:Alec Năstac
335:Heavyweight
275:Lightweight
171:Alec Năstac
55:Competitors
1654:José Gómez
1189:References
1168:Mike Tyson
1149:(CUB), 3:2
1127:Semifinals
1112:(YUG), 5:0
1102:(BRA), 3:2
1092:(POL), 5:0
1075:(BUL), 5:0
1059:(GDR), 3:2
1049:(GBR), 5:0
1039:(AUS), 3:2
952:(VEN), 5:0
932:(MAR), 5:0
922:(PUR), 5:0
629:Yugoslavia
50:19–31 July
1120:Siraj Din
1063:Siraj Din
956:Siraj Din
881:Venezuela
734:Australia
660:Siraj Din
391:Medalists
245:Flyweight
63:Medalists
1931:Category
776:Bulgaria
671:Pakistan
504:Country
41:Montreal
902:Finland
860:Morocco
587:Romania
488:Results
480:Romania
383:at the
182:Romania
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217:at the
215:Boxing
180:
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1154:Final
47:Dates
33:Venue
1897:2024
1874:2020
1851:2016
1828:2012
1805:2008
1782:2004
1759:2000
1736:1996
1713:1992
1690:1988
1667:1984
1644:1980
1621:1976
1598:1972
1575:1968
1552:1964
1529:1960
1506:1956
1483:1952
1460:1948
1437:1936
1414:1932
1391:1928
1368:1924
1345:1920
1322:1908
1299:1904
1222:2018
566:Cuba
501:Name
498:Rank
458:Cuba
399:Gold
375:The
201:1980
196:1972
153:Cuba
1913:UKR
1890:BRA
1867:CUB
1844:JPN
1821:GBR
1798:RUS
1775:CUB
1752:CUB
1729:CUB
1706:GDR
1683:KOR
1660:CUB
1637:USA
1614:URS
1591:GBR
1568:URS
1545:USA
1522:URS
1499:USA
1476:HUN
1453:FRA
1430:USA
1407:ITA
1384:GBR
1361:GBR
1338:GBR
1315:USA
887:14T
866:14T
845:14T
824:14T
803:14T
782:14T
339:men
329:men
319:men
309:men
299:men
289:men
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249:men
239:men
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