Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Heavyweight explained

Event:	Heavyweight boxing
Games:	1972 Summer
Venue:	Boxing Hall, Munich
Dates:	3 – 10 September
Competitors:	14
Nations:	14
Gold:	Teófilo Stevenson
Goldnoc:	CUB
Silver:	Ion Alexe
Silvernoc:	ROU
Bronze:	Peter Hussing
Bronzenoc:	FRG
Bronze2:	Hasse Thomsén
Bronzenoc2:	SWE
Prev:	1968
Next:	1976

The men's heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of more than 81 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 3 to 10 September 1972. 14 boxers from 14 nations competed.^[1]

Results

The following boxers took part in the event:^[1]

Rank	Name	Country
1
2
3T
3T
5T
5T
5T
5T
9T
9T
9T
9T
9T
9T

First round

• Teófilo Stevenson (CUB) def. Ludwik Denderys (POL), TKO-1
• Duane Bobick (USA) def. Yuri Nesterov (URS), 5:0
• Ion Alexe (ROU) def. Jozsef Reder (HUN), 5:0
• Jürgen Fanghänel (GDR) def. Atanas Suvandzhiev (BUL), KO-1
• Carroll Morgan (CAN) def. Fatai Ayinla (NGR), 3:2
• Hasse Thomsén (SWE) def. Jean Bassomben (CMR), 4:1

Quarterfinals

• Peter Hussing (FRG) def. Oscar Ludeña (PER), KO-1
• Teófilo Stevenson (CUB) def. Duane Bobick (USA), TKO-3
• Ion Alexe (ROU) def. Jürgen Fanghänel (GDR), 5:0
• Hasse Thomsén (SWE) def. Carroll Morgan (CAN), KO-3

Semifinals

• Teófilo Stevenson (CUB) def. Peter Hussing (FRG), TKO-2
• Ion Alexe (ROU) def. Hasse Thomsén (SWE), 5:0

Final

• Teófilo Stevenson (CUB) def. Ion Alexe (ROU), walk-over

Notes and References

1. Web site: Boxing at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130549/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/BOX/mens-heavyweight.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 19 December 2018.