Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Middleweight

The men's middleweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 75 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 29 August to 10 September 1972. 22 boxers from 22 nations competed.

Medalists

Results The following boxers took part in the event: Rank Name Country 1 Vyacheslav Lemeshev 2 Reima Virtanen 3T Prince Amartey 3T Marvin Johnson 5T Witold Stachurski 5T Poul Knudsen 5T Alejandro Montoya 5T Nazif Kuran 9T Titus Simba 9T Peter Dula 9T José Luis Espinosa 9T William Peets 9T Ewald Jarmer 9T Bill Knight 9T Hans-Joachim Brauske 9T Nat Knowles 17T Alec Năstac 17T Julius Luipa 17T Abdel Wahab Abdullah Salih 17T Wiem Gommies 17T Athanasios Giannopoulos 17T Faustino Quinales

First round Alejandro Montoya (CUB) def. Alec Năstac (ROU), KO-1 Bill Knight (GBR) def. Julius Luipa (ZAM), 3:2 Hans-Joachim Brauske (GDR) def. Abdalla Abdelwahb Salih (SUD), 3:2 Vyacheslav Lemeshev (URS) def. William Gomnies (INA), KO-1 Nazif Kuran (TUR) def. Athanasios Giannopoulos (GRE), TKO-2 Nathaniel Knowles (BAH) def. Faustino Quinales (VEN), TKO-1

Second round Reima Virtanen (FIN) def. Titus Simba (TNZ), 3:2 Witold Stachurski (POL) def. Peter Dula (KEN), 4:1 Prince Amartey (GHA) def. José Luis Espinosa (MEX), 5:0 Poul Knudsen (DEN) def. William Peets (VIS), 5:0 Marvin Johnson (USA) def. Ewald Jarmer (FRG), 5:0 Alejandro Montoya (CUB) def. Bill Knight (GBR), TKO-2 Vyacheslav Lemeshev (URS) def. Hans-Joachim Brauske (GDR), 5:0 Nazif Kuran (TUR) def. Nathaniel Knowles (BAH), KO-1

Quarterfinals Reima Virtanen (FIN) def. Witold Stachurski (POL), TKO-3 Prince Amartey (GHA) def. Poul Knudsen (DEN), 3:2 Marvin Johnson (USA) def. Alejandro Montoya (CUB), 5:0 Vyacheslav Lemeshev (URS) def. Nazif Kuran (TUR), TKO-2

Semifinals Reima Virtanen (FIN) def. Prince Amartey (GHA), 3:2 Vyacheslav Lemeshev (URS) def. Marvin Johnson (USA), TKO-2

Final Vyacheslav Lemeshev (URS) def. Reima Virtanen (FIN), KO-1

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