Tumat Sogolik Explained

Tumat Sogolik
Birth Name:Tumat Sogolik
Nationality:Papua New Guinea
Weight Class:Bantamweight
Birth Place:Papua New Guinea

Tumat Sogolik (born 5 May 1955) is a Papua New Guinean boxer. He represented his country in the bantamweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He won his first match over Samuel Meck. He lost his second match against Chul Soon-Hwang.[1]

He later competed in boxing in the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada. He won silver in the Bantamweight division after losing to Barry McGuigan of Northern Ireland. Tumat presently lives on Tsoi Island in the New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tumat Sogolik Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418103352/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/tumat-sogolik-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
  2. News: How fight with 'an absolute beast' made Barry McGuigan a household name | Sport . . 2014-08-20 . 2017-01-06.
  3. Web site: Sports Hall of Fame Inductee - Tumat Sogolik . Pngolympic.org . 2017-01-06.
  4. Web site: Troy Taule . Tumat Sogolik now a member of Sports Hall of Fame . Loop PNG . 1955-05-05 . 2017-01-06.
  5. Web site: So many great fighters shared Common touch - - Mirror Online . Mirror.co.uk . 2010-10-02 . 2017-01-06.
  6. Book: Papua New Guinea . Ingrid Gascoigne . 2009 . 109 . Marshall Cavendish . 9780761434160 . 2017-01-06.
  7. News: Paul Rowan . Ring of fire . https://web.archive.org/web/20150528024633/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/sport/boxing/article1436719.ece . dead . May 28, 2015 . . 2014-07-20 . 2017-01-06.

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