Olympic Games

Boxing at the Olympic Games

Boxing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since 1904, except for in 1912 in Stockholm as Swedish law banned the sport at the time.
American Eddie Eagan, who was a boxing gold medallist at the 1920 Games, became the only person to have won gold medals in both the Summer and Winter Games. He also won gold at the 1932 Lake Placid Games in the team bobsled event.
In Rome, 1960, 18-year-old boxer Cassius Clay - later to be known as Muhammad Ali - became the light heavyweight boxing champion. In 1996, he returned to the Olympic Games to light the cauldron at the start of the Centennial Games.

In 1976, five American boxers won gold medals, including three future world boxing champs: Ray Leonard, Michael Spinks, and Leon Spinks.
In 1980, super-heavyweight Teófilo Stevenson of Cuba became the first boxer to win in the same weight division three times in a row.
In 1992, Cuba won seven gold medals in boxing.