Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's heavyweight
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The men's heavyweight boxing competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held from 6 to 15 August at the Riocentro.[1]
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Venue | Riocentro – Pavilion 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Date | 6–15 August 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
Competitors | 18 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||||||
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The final and medal ceremony saw angry crowd reactions after Russia's Evgeny Tishchenko controversially beat Vasily Levit of Kazakhstan on a unanimous judge's decision.[2] The competition had seen the return of judges scoring fighters on their overall performance in each round rather than a punch counting system originally introduced after controversy over judging in the Seoul Olympics.[3]