Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Middleweight

The men's middleweight boxing competition at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was held from 7 to 13 August at the Empress Hall in Earl's Court and the Wembley Arena.[1]

Men's middleweight
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueEarl's Court
Wembley Arena
Date7–13 August
Competitors25 from 25 nations
Medalists
László Papp  Hungary
Johnny Wright  Great Britain
Ivano Fontana  Italy
Boxing at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Flyweightmen
Bantamweightmen
Featherweightmen
Lightweightmen
Welterweightmen
Middleweightmen
Light heavyweightmen
Heavyweightmen

Competition format

Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. The competition began with a preliminary round on 7 August, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with a final on 13 August. As there were fewer than 32 boxers in the competition, a number of boxers received a bye for the preliminary round. All bouts consisted of three periods where the boxers received points for every successful punch they land on their opponent's head or upper body. The boxer with the most points at the end of the bouts wins. If a boxer is knocked to the ground and cannot get up before the referee counts to 10, then the bout is over and the opponent wins by knockout.

Results
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 Dogomar Martínez (URU) PTS
 Antoni Kolczyński (POL)
 Dogomar Martínez (URU)
 Ivano Fontana (ITA) PTS
 John Nuttall (IND)
 Ivano Fontana (ITA) PTS
 Ivano Fontana (ITA)
 László Papp (HUN) PTS
 Washington Jones (USA)
 Auguste Cavignac (BEL) DSQ-2
 Auguste Cavignac (BEL)
 László Papp (HUN) KO-1
 Jeannot Welter (LUX)
 Valle Resko (FIN)  László Papp (HUN) RSC-1
 László Papp (HUN) KO-2  László Papp (HUN) PTS
 Tore Karlsson (SWE)  Johnny Wright (GBR)
 Hussain Tousi (IRI) PTS  Hussain Tousi (IRI)
 Jack Keenan (CAN)  Mick McKeon (IRL) PTS
 Mick McKeon (IRL) PTS  Mick McKeon (IRL) PTS
 Martin Hansen (DEN) KO-1  Aimé-Joseph Escudie (FRA)
 Evert Johanson (NOR)  Martin Hansen (DEN)
 Aimé-Joseph Escudie (FRA) PTS  Aimé-Joseph Escudie (FRA) PTS
 Ken La Grange (RSA)  Mick McKeon (IRL) Third place
 Moustafa Fahim (EGY) RSC-2  Johnny Wright (GBR) PTS
 Jaime Oliver (ESP)  Moustafa Fahim (EGY)  Ivano Fontana (ITA) WO
 Miloslav Příhoda (TCH)  Jan Schubart (NED) PTS  Mick McKeon (IRL)
 Jan Schubart (NED) PTS  Jan Schubart (NED)
 Hermann Schneider (SUI)  Johnny Wright (GBR) PTS
 Johnny Wright (GBR) PTS  Johnny Wright (GBR)
 Graham Higham (AUS)  Héctor García (ARG) RSC-2
 Héctor García (ARG) PTS

References
  1. "Boxing at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Middleweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
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