Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place in the Alexander Memorial Coliseum in Atlanta. The boxing schedule began on 20 July and ended on 4 August. Twelve boxing events were contested, with the participation of 355 athletes from 97 countries.[1]
There was significant controversy surrounding the judging of the fight between Floyd Mayweather of the U.S. and Serafim Todorov of Bulgaria, with Todorov being awarded the semi-final bout win which according to many observers, was won by Mayweather.[2] Also the finals of the Light flyweight bout between Bulgaria's Daniel Petrov and Mansueto Velasco of the Philippines, Petrov claims gold as many spectators believed that Velasco should have won the match and questioned the one-sided scoring of the judges.[3][4]
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^"Controversial Olympic loss may have set Mayweather on historic path".
^"After decades, Recah Trinidad still believes Onyok Velasco was robbed of Olympic gold". 28 August 2021.
^"20 years after Atlanta, Onyok still pines for gold". August 2016.
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