Boxing 2020/Men's lightweight

Men's lightweight
General information
Sport	Boxing 2020
Date	25 July-8 August 2021
Competitors	29 athletes
Venue	Kokugikan Arena
Previous medalists
Gold	Robson Conceicao
Silver	Sofiane Oumiha
Bronze	Lazaro Jorge Alvarez Otgondalai Dorjnyambuu
Medalists
	Andy Cruz
	Keyshawn Davis
	Hovhannes Bachkov
	Harry Garside

The men's lightweight of Boxing 2020 during the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 25 July-8 August 2021 in the Kokugikan Arena. With 29 athletes competing, the event was won by Andy Cruz from Cuba, with Keyshawn Davis from United States taking the silver medal and Hovhannes Bachkov from Armenia and Harry Garside from Australia taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of a single elimination tournament, with athletes competing against each other in a head-to-head format. Each contest consists of three rounds of three minutes, with the knockout draw based on a seeding system. After nine minutes, the competitor with the highest number of points advances to the next round. The athlete with the most points in the final wins the event.

Preview

Twenty-nine athletes qualified for the event with European champion and 2017 world champion Sofiane Oumiha, African champion Jonas Jonas, 2019 world champion Andy Cruz, and Asian champion Elnur Abduraimov as the top seeds. The field also featured Zakir Safiullin, Dzmitry Asanau, Louis Richardo Colin, and potential outsider Keyshawn Davis.

Athlete	Nationality
Alston Ryan	Antigua and Barbuda
Hovhannes Bachkov	Armenia
Harry Garside	Australia
Javid Chalabiyev	Azerbaijan
Dzmitry Asanau	Belarus
Wanderson de Oliveira	Brazil
Andy Cruz	Cuba
Fiston Mbaya Mulumba	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Leonel de los Santos Nunez	Dominican Republic
Sofiane Oumiha	France
Luke McCormack	Great Britain
Manish Kaushik	India
Daisuke Narimatsu	Japan
Obada Mohammad Mustafa Alkasbeh	Jordan
Zakir Safiullin	Kazakhstan
Louis Richarno Colin	Mauritius
Chinzorig Baatarsukh	Mongolia
Abdelhaq Nadir	Morocco
Jonas Jonas	Namibia
Enrico Lacruz	Netherlands
John Ume	Papua New Guinea
Leodan Pezo Saboya	Peru
Damian Durkacz	Poland
Wessam Salamana	Refugee Olympic Team
Gabil Mamedov	ROC
Bakhodur Usmonov	Tajikistan
Yaroslav Khartsyz	Ukraine
Keyshawn Daniel Webster Davis	United States
Elnur Abduraimov	Uzbekistan

Summary

Round 1

Round 1 Results
	Result	Result
Enrico Lacruz	0	5	Keyshawn Davis
Abdelhaq Nadir	1	4	Louis Richarno Colin
Damian Durkacz	0	5	Gabil Mamedov
Hovhannes Bachkov	5	0	Alston Ryan
Yaroslav Khartsyz	0	5	Javid Chalabiyev
Bakhodur Usmonov	4	1	Leonel de los Santos Nunez
Chinzorig Baatarsukh	1	4	Elnur Abduraimov
Manish Kaushik	1	4	Luke McCormack
Dzmitry Asanau	5	0	Obada Mohammad Mustafa Alkasbeh
Wessam Salamana	0	5	Wanderson de Oliveira
Zakir Safiullin	5	0	Leodan Pezo Saboya
Daisuke Narimatsu	5	0	Fiston Mbaya Mulumba
Harry Garside	5	0	John Ume

Round 2

Round 2 Results
	Result	Result
Sofiane Oumiha		RSC	Keyshawn Davis
Louis Richarno Colin	0	5	Gabil Mamedov
Hovhannes Bachkov	4	1	Javid Chalabiyev
Bakhodur Usmonov	0	5	Elnur Abduraimov
Andy Cruz	5	0	Luke McCormack
Dzmitry Asanau	2	3	Wanderson de Oliveira
Zakir Safiullin	WO		Daisuke Narimatsu
Harry Garside	5	0	Jonas Jonas

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals Results
	Result	Result
Keyshawn Davis	4	1	Gabil Mamedov
Hovhannes Bachkov	5	0	Elnur Abduraimov
Andy Cruz	4	1	Wanderson de Oliveira
Zakir Safiullin	2	3	Harry Garside

Semifinals

Semifinals Results
	Result	Result
Keyshawn Davis	5	0	Hovhannes Bachkov
Andy Cruz	5	0	Harry Garside

Final

Final Results
	Result	Result
Keyshawn Davis	1	4	Andy Cruz

Results

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Andy Cruz	Cuba
	Keyshawn Davis	United States
	Hovhannes Bachkov	Armenia
	Harry Garside	Australia
5	Wanderson de Oliveira	Brazil
5	Zakir Safiullin	Kazakhstan
5	Gabil Mamedov	ROC
5	Elnur Abduraimov	Uzbekistan
9	Javid Chalabiyev	Azerbaijan
9	Dzmitry Asanau	Belarus
9	Sofiane Oumiha	France
9	Luke McCormack	Great Britain
9	Daisuke Narimatsu	Japan
9	Louis Richarno Colin	Mauritius
9	Jonas Jonas	Namibia
9	Bakhodur Usmonov	Tajikistan
17	John Ume	Papua New Guinea
17	Alston Ryan	Antigua and Barbuda
17	Enrico Lacruz	Netherlands
17	Wessam Salamana	Refugee Olympic Team
17	Leodan Pezo Saboya	Peru
17	Damian Durkacz	Poland
17	Chinzorig Baatarsukh	Mongolia
17	Yaroslav Khartsyz	Ukraine
17	Obada Mohammad Mustafa Alkasbeh	Jordan
17	Manish Kaushik	India
17	Fiston Mbaya Mulumba	Democratic Republic of the Congo
17	Abdelhaq Nadir	Morocco
17	Leonel de los Santos Nunez	Dominican Republic