Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Flyweight explained

Event:Men's flyweight boxing
Games:1928 Summer
Venue:Krachtsportgebouw
Date:August 7–11
Competitors:19
Nations:19
Gold:Antal Kocsis
Goldnoc:HUN
Silver:Armand Apell
Silvernoc:FRA
Bronze:Carlo Cavagnoli
Bronzenoc:ITA
Prev:1924
Next:1932

The men's flyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the lightest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 112 pounds (50.8 kilograms). The competition was held from Tuesday, August 7, 1928, to Saturday, August 11, 1928.[1]

Results

The competition started with a controversial decision in the first round, when the American Hyman Miller was declared a surprise loser by points. The American boxing team in protest wanted to withdraw all its competitors. But Douglas MacArthur, at that time President of the U.S. Olympic Committee, wouldn't allow it, because "Americans never quit."

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Boxing at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Flyweight . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418131945/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/BOX/mens-flyweight.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 7 November 2018.