Oleksandr Usyk (UKR) Wins 91kg Heavy Boxing Gold - London 2012 Olympics

Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk defeates Italy’s Clemente Russo to win gold in the men’s boxing heavy 91kg event at the ExCeL - South Arena 2 as part of the London 2012 Olympic Games (11 August 2012). Subscribe to the Olympics here & hit the bell! 🔔 Boxing made its Olympic debut at the 1904 Games in St Louis, since then boxing has been staged at each edition of the Games, except in 1912 in Stockholm, owing to Swedish law, which forbade the practice. The rules have evolved since the 1980s: 1984 in Los Angeles: protective helmet obligatory; 1992 in Barcelona: set-up of an electronic scoring system to strengthen the objectivity of refereeing; 2007: standardised point scoring. Women’s boxing will make its debut at the 2012 London Games in London. Find more about Boxing at