Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Boxing
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Students' Gymnasium
Dates17 September-2 October 1988
Competitors432 from 106 nations

Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in the Jamsil Students' Gymnasium in Seoul between 17 September and 2 October. Twelve men's individual boxing events were contested, attended by 432 athletes and 159 officials from 106 countries. The events were notable for a controversial decision in the light middleweight championship bout between American Roy Jones Jr. and South Korean Park Si-Hun, when Roy Jones was denied gold despite being considered vastly superior by observers.

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