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'''] at the ]''' took place in the ] in ], California, United States. The boxing schedule began on July 29 and ended on August 11. Twelve boxing events were contested with the participation of 354 fighters from 81 countries.<ref name="SR">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/BOX/ |title=Boxing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=28 December 2018}}</ref> A ] led ], prevented many of the world's best amateur boxers from competing. |
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'''] at the ]''' took place in the ] in ], California, United States. The boxing schedule began on July 29 and ended on August 11. Twelve boxing events were contested with the participation of 354 fighters from 81 countries.<ref name="SR">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/BOX/ |title=Boxing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=28 December 2018}}</ref> A ] led ], prevented many of the world's best amateur boxers from competing. |
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At the ], that was heavily impacted by a US led ], Cuban boxers won 10 medals (6 gold,) and had again been expected to do well.<ref name="AP"> by the Associated Press, ''The New York Times'', May 24, 1984.</ref> The United States team was given a good chance of winning six and possibly as many as nine gold medals in the all twelve weight classes, a windfall resulting from Cuba's withdrawal following the withdrawal of the Soviet Union and its Eastern-bloc allies.<ref>''Alfano, Peter''. , ''The New York Times'', July 29, 1984.</ref> ], who was going to try for his fourth Olympic gold medal before the boycott was officially announced,<ref name="AP" /> had previously defeated ] twice (one by knockout,) and Hermenegildo Báez had previously defeated ]. Soviet ] defeated both Biggs and Tillman during the USA–USSR duals. In the words of ], "Despite all the flag-waving euphoria in the United States over all those medals in Los Angeles, the Summer Games were a made-in-Disneyland reproduction of the Games because there were no Soviet runners, no Cuban boxers, no East German swimmers."<ref>, ''The New York Times'', December 5, 1984.</ref> |
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At the ], that was impacted by a US-led ], Cuban boxers won 10 medals (6 gold) and had again been expected to do well.<ref name="AP"> by the Associated Press, ''The New York Times'', May 24, 1984.</ref> However, the nation withdrew from the games following the announcement of the Soviet boycott.<ref>''Alfano, Peter''. , ''The New York Times'', July 29, 1984.</ref> ], who was going to try for his fourth Olympic gold medal before the boycott was officially announced,<ref name="AP" /> had previously defeated ] twice (one by knockout) and Hermenegildo Báez had previously defeated ]. Soviet ] defeated both Biggs and Tillman during the USA–USSR duals. Cuban and Soviet boxers, however, were more seasoned than their American counterparts. While US athletes typically turned pro after the Olympics, while still in their early twenties, Cubans and the Soviets were not allowed to do so and stayed on in the amateurs, participating in multiple Olympic cycles. ] remarked after the conclusion of the games that "Despite all the flag-waving euphoria in the United States over all those medals in Los Angeles, the Summer Games were a made-in-Disneyland reproduction of the Games because there were no Soviet runners, no Cuban boxers, no East German swimmers."<ref>, ''The New York Times'', December 5, 1984.</ref> Soviet runners and East German swimmers decades later were revealed to have been part of their respective nations' state-sponsored doping schemes.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/14/sports/olympics/soviet-doping-plan-russia-rio-games.html</ref><ref>https://globalsportmatters.com/health/2019/11/07/ex-east-german-athletes-struggle-with-health-problems-due-to-the-consequences-of-ped-taking/</ref> |
