Petar Lesov
Bulgarian boxer (born 1960)
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| Full name | Петър Лесов | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1960-09-12) 12 September 1960 (age 63) Rakovski, Plovdiv | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Flyweight | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Petar Lesov (Bulgarian: Петър Лесов, born 12 September 1960) is a former Bulgarian boxer, who won the Flyweight Gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He is a two-time European champion in the flyweight division (1981 and 1983). Lesov is currently a boxing coach.
Amateur career
Below is the Olympic record of Petar Lesov, a Bulgarian flyweight boxer who competed in the 1980 Moscow Olympics:
- Round of 32: Defeated Onofre Ramírez (Nicaragua) by decision, 5-0
- Round of 16: Defeated Hassen Sherif (Ethiopia) by decision, 5-0
- Quarterfinal: Defeated Gilberto Roman (Mexico) by decision, 4-1
- Semifinal: Defeated Hugh Russell (Ireland) by decision, 5-0
- Final: Defeated Viktor Miroshnichenko (USSR) by a second-round TKO (won gold medal)
Professional career
Lesov turned pro in 1991 with little success. After five defeats by KO or TKO, including a loss to journeyman Wilson Rodriguez, he retired in 1992 with a record of 0-5-0.
External links
- Boxing record for Petar Lesov from BoxRec (registration required)
- Petar Lesov at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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1904: 105 lb (47.6 kg) · 1920–1936: 112 lb (50.8 kg) · 1948–1964: 51 kg · 1968–2008: 48–51 kg · 2012: 49–52 kg · 2016: 50-52 kg · 2020–: up to 52 kg
- 1904:
George Finnegan (USA) - 1920:
Frankie Genaro (USA) - 1924: Fidel LaBarba (USA)
- 1928:
Antal Kocsis (HUN) - 1932: István Énekes (HUN)
- 1936:
Willy Kaiser (GER) - 1948:
Pascual Pérez (ARG) - 1952: Nate Brooks (USA)
- 1956:
Terry Spinks (GBR) - 1960:
Gyula Török (HUN) - 1964:
Fernando Atzori (ITA) - 1968:
Ricardo Delgado (MEX) - 1972:
Georgi Kostadinov (BUL) - 1976:
Leo Randolph (USA) - 1980: Petar Lesov (BUL)
- 1984: Steve McCrory (USA)
- 1988:
Kim Kwang-sun (KOR) - 1992:
Choe Chol-su (PRK) - 1996:
Maikro Romero (CUB) - 2000:
Wijan Ponlid (THA) - 2004: Yuriorkis Gamboa (CUB)
- 2008: Somjit Jongjohor (THA)
- 2012: Robeisy Ramírez (CUB)
- 2016:
Shakhobidin Zoirov (UZB) - 2020: Galal Yafai (GBR)
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