He earned two referee stopped contests — essentially TKOs, typically awarded awarded when one participant has been knocked down three times in a round — before decimating Kenyan Sylvanus Okello with a first round knockout in his third fight. He was done. However, Barry was knocked out cold with a headshot, which by Olympic rules, meant he was medically suspended for 28 days and thus, could not even compete for the gold medal he had lucked his way into.
Josipovic picked up gold, Barry was awarded silver and Holyfield had to settle for bronze without any final ever taking place. The U. They also reasoned that, in all, Barry was given six cautions and warnings, typically plenty to disqualify an amateur boxer. Despite all that, though, the Olympic spirit was on display.
The country rallied behind Holyfield as the clear favorite to win the gold medal. He was already one of the better American stories of the Olympics, having only just made it past the quarterfinal round, for winning his three bouts on knockouts and all but inscribing his name on the gold medal.
The controversy came in the semifinal match, where no controversy should have lived. Holyfield was to face Kevin Barry of New Zealand. Barry wasn't known as a big-time hitter but had never been knocked down in his career. All the same, the smart money was on Real Deal Holyfield. Barry knew it, too. It was a rough fight, dominated by the younger, faster Holyfield.
Both fighters were issued warnings for fouls. The winner would be guaranteed at least a silver medal and would fight for gold.
The loser would go home with bronze. With just six seconds left in the second round, two things happened. A vicious combo from Holyfield—a solid right shot to the body, followed by an amnesia-inducing left hook to the head—dropped Barry to the mat. Mike Tyson, one of the most famous and dangerous boxers who ever lived, wanted to be one of these illustrious athletes, but failed to even make it to the U. As an amateur, Tyson won gold medals at the and Junior Olympics, beating Joe Cortez in and beating Kelton Brown in By the time he tried to secure his spot at the Los Angeles Games, he had Evander Holyfield and Pernell Whittaker trying to form the same team.
The competition was fierce. Tillman retired with a record. He met Tyson in the pro ranks in during his comeback fight after his shock loss to Buster Douglas. Tyson knocked him out in the first round for revenge.
The year-old Holyfield had blitzed his way through the competition, winning all three of his fights by knockout, and seemed destined to win gold. While officially declared the winner, Barry was unable to fight for gold after being knocked out and thus prohibited from fighting for 28 days under strict amateur rules. This notorious robbery in the men's light middleweight final is among the most scandalous ever seen at the Games.
The year-old Jones Jr had set the tournament alight with his superlative skills, knocking out Malawi's Mtendere Makalamba in his opener, outclassing Czech Michal Franek in the round of 16 and seeing off the Soviet southpaw Yevgeny Zaytsev in the quarterfinals.
Park had already benefited from some generous officiating during the competition, but nothing close to the favours he would receive in the final. In a thoroughly one-sided affair, Jones Jr ran rings around his rival, outlanding Park by 86 punches to 32 and forcing two standing eight counts to seemingly win going away.
Or so he thought. Three of the five judges inexplicably declared Park as the winner, robbing Jones Jr of his golden moment. To the South Korean's credit, he knew he'd been well beaten and made a point of holding Jones Jr's arm aloft during the medal ceremony. Years later, it emerged that several judges had been wined and dined by Korean boxing officials, though the IOC found "no evidence of corruption". Jones Jr, meanwhile, continues to fight for the medal he insists was "stolen" from him 33 years ago.
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