Petar Lesov
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Full name | Петър Лесов | |||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1960-09-12) 12 September 1960 (age 64) Rakovski, Plovdiv | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||
Weight class | Flyweight | |||||||||||||||||
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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: 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)
- 2024: Hasanboy Dusmatov (UZB)
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