Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Welterweight

The men's welterweight boxing competition at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was held from 7 to 13 August at the Empress Hall in Earl's Court and the Wembley Arena.[1]

Men's welterweight
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueEarl's Court
Wembley Arena
Date7–13 August
Competitors26 from 26 nations
Medalists
Július Torma  Czechoslovakia
Hank Herring  United States
Alessandro D'Ottavio  Italy
Boxing at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Flyweightmen
Bantamweightmen
Featherweightmen
Lightweightmen
Welterweightmen
Middleweightmen
Light heavyweightmen
Heavyweightmen

Competition format

Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. The competition began with a preliminary round on 9 August, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with a final on 13 August. As there were less than 32 boxers in the competition, a number of boxers received a bye for the preliminary round. All bouts consisted of three periods where the boxers received points for every successful punch they land on their opponent's head or upper body. The boxer with the most points at the end of the bouts wins. If a boxer is knocked to the ground and cannot get up before the referee counts to 10 then the bout is over and the opponent wins.

Results
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 Billy Boyce (AUS) PTS
 Léon Roller (LUX)
 Billy Boyce (AUS)
 Duggie Du Preez (RSA) PTS
 Duggie Du Preez (RSA) PTS
 Feliciano Rossano (URU)
 Duggie Du Preez (RSA)
 Hank Herring (USA) PTS
 Eladio Herrera (ARG) PTS
 Humberto Loayza (CHI)
 Eladio Herrera (ARG)
 Gharib Afifi (EGY)  Hank Herring (USA) PTS
 Peter Foran (IRL) PTS  Peter Foran (IRL)
 Édouard Bombart (BEL)  Hank Herring (USA) PTS
 Hank Herring (USA) PTS  Hank Herring (USA)
 Alex Obeysekere (CEY) PTS  Július Torma (TCH) PTS
 Anwar Pasha Turki (PAK)  Alex Obeysekere (CEY)
 Zygmunt Chychła (POL) PTS  Zygmunt Chychła (POL) KO-2
 Frits Wijngaard (NED)  Zygmunt Chychła (POL)
 Gunnar Hansen (NOR)  Alessandro D'Ottavio (ITA) PTS
 Pierre Hernandez (FRA) PTS  Pierre Hernandez (FRA)
 Alessandro D'Ottavio (ITA) PTS  Alessandro D'Ottavio (ITA) PTS
 George Issabeg (IRI)  Alessandro D'Ottavio (ITA) Third place
 Max Shacklady (GBR) KO-3  Július Torma (TCH) PTS
 Christian Kristensen (DEN)  Max Shacklady (GBR)  Duggie Du Preez (RSA)
 Robert Cranston (IND)  Aurelio Díaz (ESP) PTS  Alessandro D'Ottavio (ITA) PTS
 Aurelio Díaz (ESP) PTS  Aurelio Díaz (ESP)
 Gusztáv Bene (HUN)  Július Torma (TCH) DSQ-2
 Július Torma (TCH) PTS  Július Torma (TCH) RSC-2
 Clifford Blackburn (CAN) PTS  Cliff Blackburn (CAN)
 Mariano Vélez (PHI)

Július Torma fractured his left hand during his second round bout against Cliff Blackburn, but was able to hide the injury in his remaining bouts, through careful defending and judicious use of his right hand.[2]

References
  1. "Boxing at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Welterweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  2. Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 176. ISBN 0140066322.
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