The Val Barker Trophy — The Aftermath - Boxing.com Boxing.com The Val Barker Trophy — The Aftermath By Cain Bradley on June 9, 2016 Salido used all his nous as a professional to rough up Lomachenko and take the decision. From this it can be seen that being the best boxer at an Olympic Games is not a great indicator for future success… The Val Barker trophy is handed out at every Olympic Games. Named after the British man who would become the first honorary secretary of AIBA, it goes to the most impressive boxer at an Olympic Games, signifying the best pound-for-pound boxer. This article will look at who won the awards, how they won them, and what they went on to do after the win. 1936 The inaugural winner of the Val Barker trophy was Louis Laurie. The young American was only 18 at the time of the Olympics and surprisingly did not win a gold medal. Louis Laurie only won bronze but it was decided that his style was the most scientific and thus, the most impressive. He only had 22 amateur bouts but would make up for his lack of experience with his technical ability.

He won three bouts at the Olympics, beating Rudolf Bezdek, Asbjorn Berg-Hansen and Edmund Sobkowiak. He would lose in the semi finals to the eventual silver medalist, Gavino Motta who was perhaps unlikely to come up against a home boxer. The loser from the other semifinal Alfredo Carlomango was not able to box Laurie for the bronze, so he won it by walkover. His style was so impressive that it was requested that he box an exhibition. He would turn professional not long after the Olympics and box under Sam Barber. Joey Wells would defeat him in his debut, but he would get the win back in his next fight. With this win he would go on a streak of eight wins, the best of his career. He would also move to Chicago, to be managed by Jack Hurley. The loss to end the streak was to a debutant, Sammy Sferas. After three straight losses in 1939 he decided to give up boxing. After a year, with persuasion from Max Minnich he would return at featherweight.

He would never recreate the promise he had shown at the 36 Olympics and ended with a record of 16-11-1 before fighting in the war and eventually becoming a machinist. It is incredibly difficult to find information about the boxing at the 1936 Olympics, picking a better candidate for the Val Barker Trophy is almost impossible. To make matters more difficult, none of the gold medal winners went on to have impressive professional careers. 1948 After a 12-year break it was George Hunter who won the Val Barker Trophy. The 21-year-old South African was a phenom in the light heavyweight division. He was handed a difficult draw but made his way through it, continually impressing. He beat Ray Edwards, Chuck Spieser, Harry Siljander and Mauro Cia to make the final. In the final he would take on Don Scott. The impressive Englishman was favorite giving home advantage but George Hunter won a close contest with a unanimous decision. Following the win, Hunter would turn professional. He won his first professional bout by disqualification but would lose his second bout.

He would mainly be productive on the regional scene, where in his sixth bout he won the South African Transvaal (White) championship. It was Billy Wood that he beat to win the title, with a unanimous decision. He managed to make a couple of defenses of the bout but would lose it after. He ended his career with a record of 13-6. The two gold medal winners who went on to have the most successful careers were Laszlo Papp and Pascual Perez. 1952 For the second consecutive Olympics, the winner would come from the light-heavyweight division. The American Norvel Lee won the crown. He began his career in 1947 with the military and lost out in a 1948 Olympic trial to Jay Lambert. He would win the first two AAU titles of the 1950s and the Olympic Games would be his crowning glory. He was often mistaken for Joe Louis due to his skill and stature. At the ‘52 Olympic Games he would defeat Claude Arnaiz, Tadeusz Grzelak, Harri Siljander and Antonio Pacenza in the final.

After his Olympic win there were repeated offers for him to turn professional but he refused them all. Norvel believed that his boxing style would not lend itself to the professional game plus he thought of himself as too old. He would continue to box until 1955 when he won a Silver medal in the Pan-American Games. His record ended at an impressive 100-5. In retirement he would become a member of the WBC executive board. When speaking of boxing this Olympics tends to be remembered for the performances of Floyd Patterson. 1956 The only British winner of the Val Barker award is Richard McTaggart. Born in Scotland in 1935, he was one of three brothers, all of whom were very impressive boxers. Dick, as he was known, was a boxer for the Royal Air Force. He was a right-handed southpaw making him very awkward to deal with. He had very good footwork, using small movements to control the range. Heading into the Olympics he was considered to be a rank outsider. He defeated Chandrasena Jayasuria, Andre Vairolatto and Anatoly Lagetko en route to the final.

His opponent in the final was Harry Kurschat who was the European Champion. Dick would come out quickly and landed his lethal right hand early, knocking Kurschat down twice in round one. He would go on to win the decision and the Olympic gold. Dick remained unmoved by the big money offers he received as he never wanted boxing to become his job. He went on to become a five-time ABA champion and competed at two more Olympics. Both times he would lose to the eventual winners in Kazimierz Pazdzior and Jerzy Kulej. In retirement he would go on to be a coach, leading the Scottish team into the 1990 Commonwealth Games. He finished with a record of 610-24 and Henry Carpenter described him as the greatest amateur. High praise indeed, and given his impressive performances at the Games, it is hard to list out other potential winners of the award. 1960 The winner of the award at the 1960 Olympics in Rome was the Italian Giovanni Benvenuti. He took up boxing at a young age and developed into an outstanding prospect having been inspired by Duilio Loi.

He won five consecutive Italian titles between 1956 and 1960 as well as European titles in 1957 and 1959. He could box in any way necessary as an amateur and was favorite heading into the Olympics. He would defeat Jean Josselin and future World Champion Ki-Soo Kim to reach the quarterfinals. Chichman Mitzev was next, before Jimmy Lloyd and finally Yuri Radonyak were beating to give Nino the gold medal. He would turn professional not long after the Olympics having amassed a 120-1 record. Nino would start his career with one of the more impressive winning streaks. He won 65 bouts, including defeating Sandro Mazzinghi for the WBA and WBC light middleweight titles. He would lose his title to old rival Ki-Soo Kim on a slight decision before moving up to middleweight. He shared a sensational trilogy with Emile Griffith including a bout voted the Ring Fight of the Year. He won the first and third fights to be WBA and WBC middleweight champion. He would lose to Dick Tiger and Carlos Monzon late in his career but had impressive wins over Luis Manuel Rodriguez and Don Fullmer.

His professional record would finish at 82-7-1. Nino will go down as a legend and one of Europe’s best ever boxers but he may have been awarded a home town decision. One of the more impressive boxers in the Games was a young American called Cassius Clay who would go on to become a legend. 1964 Valeri Popenchenko never wanted to be his boxer. His main interest was hurdling but when he did not show the desirable skill level, he took up boxing at the age of 12. He was one of the hardest punchers in amateur boxing and used a stalking style with his hands held low. By the 1964 Olympics he had won five Soviet championships as well as the European Championships in 1963. At the Olympics he would start slowly, beating Sultan Mahumud and Joe Darkey. In the semi final he would stop Tadeusz Walasek and then Emil Schulz to win the gold. He would continue to box into 1965 when he would win Soviet and European titles. He was shielded from the lure of professional boxing which perhaps robbed the game of a unique stylist whose power would surely translate to the professional ranks.

In 1965 he would retire in order to continue his studies. He began work as the head of the physical culture department at Moscow State Technical University. A tragedy would occur when at the age of 37 he would visit a construction site and fall down three flights of stairs. The performances of Popenchenko, especially in the latter stages, probably deserved the Val Barker trophy but Joe Frazier would also have been a worthy recipient. 1968 The only African winner of this award was Philip Waruinge, the Kenyan. He would box out of the famous Nakaru gym and in 1962 at only 17 would win a bronze at the Commonwealth Games. This was despite fighting up a weight class. He would continue his rise by winning the All-Africa games in 1965 and finally winning the Commonwealth Games in 1966. He would box at featherweight in the 1968 Olympics comfortably beating Jean-Paul Anton and Mohamed Sourour. He defeated Miguel Garcia in the quarter finals to guarantee himself a medal. In the semi final he would box Antonio Roldan, the home town favorite.

Waruinge looked to get the better of Roldan but Roldan was gifted a split decision victory, consigning Waruinge to a bronze medal. He would remain as an amateur after the Olympics. Once again he would win the Commonwealth Games in 1970. In 1972 when one of the favorites he would make the final edging a decision over Clementine Rojas in the semi final. This time it was the final where Waruinge was to be robbed in a fight that he looked like he had won against Boris Kuznetsov. He had to settle for silver. With a second Olympic disappointment he chose to turn professional in 1973 at Super Bantamweight. His biggest claim to fame can be losing to Carlos Zarate as part of his 14-10-1 record. Waruinge was blighted by troubles in his left eye that still exist. The other contender for the Val Barker in 1968 was George Foreman who won all but one bout by stoppage on his way to the gold medal. 1972 Teofilo Stevenson was nine when he began boxing and his sheer size marked him out as someone to watch.

After impressive results as a junior he lost in the final of the 1970 Central American Championships. Stevenson would win his first gold at 20, at the 1972 Munich Olympics. In the first round it was Ludwik Denderys who he dropped in thirty seconds. Trevor Bobick was the tournament favorite and despite being marginally behind on the scorecards he came out and stopped Bobick in the final round. Peter Hussing, also considered a contender was stopped in the second round of the semifinal. Ion Alexe was his opponent in the final but due to injuries he would not make it, handing Stevenson the gold. Stevenson was 6’5” and used his length as a counterpuncher with a flicking, long jab. He also had a booming right hand which came from a textbook guard. One of only three men to win three Olympic gold medals, Teofilo Stevenson is often regarded as one of the greatest amateur boxers ever. He would follow this up with victories in ‘76 and ‘80 before having the chance to win a fourth taking away by the Soviet Union boycott of the 1984 Olympics.

He won three of the four World Championships he entered, only losing to Francesco Damiani, a future WBO world champion who would only lose twice as a pro. Being Cuban he could not turn professional but being in the same era as Muhammad Ali led to numerous rumours. He was reportedly offer millions, but stated “What is millions of dollars, compared to the love of millions of Cubans.” 1976 Howard Davis Jr. was part of the 1976 American Olympic Dream team. He learned to box from his father having been inspired by a movie about Muhammad Ali. He had won the gold medal at the inaugural 1974 World Championships and was favorite for the lightweight gold heading into the Olympics. In order to qualify for the Olympics he had to beat American teammates Aaron Pryor and Thomas Hearns. Still a young man at 20, his mother died a week before the Olympics begun. He started off by defeating Yukio Segawa and then two stoppage victories over Leonidas Asprilla and Tzvetan Tzvetkov. In the semifinal it was Ace Rusevski he defeated before a win over Simion Cutov handed him the gold.

He would turn professional soon after the Olympics having amassed a record of 125-5. He signed a huge contract which saw him earn over 100k a fight. He would win his first 13 fights before losing a close decision to World Champion Jim Watt. He would soon go on another winning streak and would challenge Edwin Rosario for his world title at 26-1. Rosario would win a split decision. His final attempt at a world title would come again Buddy McGirt who stopped Howard Davis at the beginning of the fight. He would end with a record of 36-6-1. Unable to leave combat sports alone he would become a trainer in boxing and MMA before becoming a director at American Top Team. He also was a musician and motivational speaker. Other than Davis it was a strong Olympics for Americans and both Spinks and Leonard would have held arguments for the Val Barker. 1980 Patrizio Oliva took the Val Barker trophy at the Moscow Olympics marred by a boycott. He was a bank clerk from Naples who was trained by his father Rocco and brother Mario.

Two years prior to the Olympics he would win the European Junior Championships before making the final of the senior version a year later losing to Serik Konakbayev. He was 21 for the Olympics and competed in the light welterweight category. His first two opponents, Aurelien Agnan and Farez Halabi, were stopped in an impressive manner. He would beat former Olympic bronze medalist Ace Rusevski to guarantee a medal. In the semifinal he defeated the Briton, Tony Willis. The final would be against his old foe Serik Konakbayev. He dominated him taking a comfortable win and in doing so was the only boxer from a non-Communist nation to win a gold medal. His record would end at 93-3 as he turned professional. He was another boxer to start with an impressive win streak of 44. He would beat Kirkland Laing and then Ubaldo Nestor Sacco to win the WBA light-welterweight title. He defended his title four times before being stopped by Juan Martin Coggi. He would set up a later shot against Buddy McGirt for a middleweight shot but lost by unanimous decision. His record when he retired was 57-2.

This was perhaps the Olympics where the Cuban team was at its most impressive. Hernandez, Herrera, Aldama and Stevenson were all gold winners who looked incredible. 1984 Paul Gonzalez was the type of man that movies are made about. The young man grew up in the East Los Angeles projects where he was stabbed and shot by the time he was 12. Guided by a local police officer who dragged him off the streets he was the poster child for the city that hosted the Olympics. He became US amateur champion in 1983 and at 20 was considered a serious contender. His first round bout was against Kwang Sun Kim. He won comfortably but the bout had repercussions as he broke his hand. Despite an injured hand he would continue through the rounds. He defeated William Bagonza and John Lyon to make the semifinals. He won a wide decision over Marcelino Bolivar in the semifinal before his opponent in the final Salvatore Todisco pulled out because of injury. The American team was described as a second dream team but because of another boycott many of the world’s best boxers were not present.

He would turn professional in 1985 and would soon experience success in 1986 when beating Orlando Canizales. However this was not Canizales at his best and would be about as good as it got. He would fall out with his trainer and soon after his boxing would begin to decline. He would be stopped in the second round of a 1990 rematch. He still had the aggression and willingness but it never seemed to adapt to the professional ranks. At 16-4 he retired to become a car salesman. Once again quite a few of the American team could have won the trophy, especially Taylor, Whittaker, Hill or Holyfield. 1988 Roy Jones Jr. would become the only man to win this trophy despite only winning a silver medal. He was the 1986 and 1987 Golden Gloves winner and at 19 was headed to the Seoul Olympics after twice defeating Frankie Liles. His incredible amateur record would end up at 121-13. He defeated M’Tendere Makalamba, Michal Franek, Evgeni Zaytsev and Richie Woodhall en route to the final.

He had not lost a single round in any of those fights, with his speed and accuracy too much to handle. In the final he would lose a split decision to home boxer Park Si-Hun. According to CompuBox he landed over double the amount of punches. The fighter and referee both apologized to Roy Jones with the judges suspended and a new scoring system introduced for the Olympics. His record as an amateur would finish at 121-13 before turning professional and it is probably not a stretch to suggest that he was by far the most impressive Val Barker winner at the professional level. He would go 62-9 and has gone down as a legend. He campaigned from middleweight to heavyweight. Winning titles in four weights. The names on his résumé include Felix Trinidad, Antonio Tarver, Clinton Ruiz, Montell Griffin, Virgil Hill, John Ruiz, Mike McCallum, James Toney and Bernard Hopkins. Roy Jones was almost definitely the right pick, especially given the awful decision he received but Ray Mercer was impressive with all stoppage wins. 1992 The winner in 1992 was perhaps the man who is one of the biggest what ifs in amateur boxing.

Roberto Balado was a Cuban super heavyweight who looked incredible when winning the 1987 World Junior Championship. By the time 1992 rolled around he was a reigning double World Champion and a three-time Cuban Champion. He entered the Olympics at the age of 23, having gone 56 bouts unbeaten. He beat Tom Glesby, Larry Donald and Brian Nielsen to make final. In the final he defeated Richard Ignineghu. Over the tournament his overall score was 54-10 showing his level of dominance over opponents. Despite being short for a super heavyweight at 5’7 he used his speed and superb footwork to foil opponents. After winning another World Championship and two more Cuban titles, Balado looked sure to at least become a double champion. Instead in 1990 he tried to cross a rail track but was involved in a tragic accident. It was a national tragedy, prompting an outburst of mourning which teammate Ariel Hernandez found especially tough.

His final record stood at 238-12 and he would surely have been favorite to be too quick for 1996 winner Wladimir Klitschko and too tough for 2000 champion Audley Harrison. Some of his teammates were close to snatching the Val Barker trophy from him, especially Felix Savon and Ariel Hernandez. 1996 The first winner from Kazakhstan, the rising star of amateur boxing, was Vassily Jirov. He begun boxing at the age of 12 and having just turned 20 he won a bronze at the 1993 World Championship. At the 1995 version he would stop his first two opponents but lose in the final to Antonio Tarver. His Olympics begin by defeat Julio Cesar Gonzalez, the future light heavyweight champion, by stoppage. Pietro Aurino and Troy Amos Ross were defeated in the way to the semifinals. He would face Antonio Tarver in the semi but ran out a comfortable winner, by six points. In the final he took on Seung-Bae Lee who was a bronze medalist from the previous Olympics but would once again dominate him, with a victory of 13 points.

Jirov was an awkward southpaw as his aggressiveness kept opponents on the back foot. Having amassed a record of 207-10 he turned professional, making his debut in January of 1997. He would win his first eleven fights in his first year by stoppage. His 21st bout was against Arthur Williams for the IBF cruiserweight title whom he stopped in the seventh round. His first defeat would come against James Toney in 2003. It was a fight that was disputed. As was his second loss which came against Michael Moorer. He retired with a record of 38-3-1. As usual the Cubans could definitely have received the trophy. 2000 The Russian, Oleg Saitov was the winner in 2000 when he became a double Olympic champion. At 19 he won his first World Championship medal, a bronze after losing to Jyri Kjall. In 1995 he would win a silver at a higher weight losing to Juan Hernandez Sierra, who he would beat when winning the 1996 Olympics.

He would also win the ‘97 Olympics and with ‘99 world champion Juan Hernandez Sierra moving up a division he was considered strong favorite. He beat Francisco Calderon before narrowly edging Ruslan Khairov. In the semifinal he beat one of the other favorites in Dorel Simion and finally Sergey Dotshenko in the final. Saitov had an intriguing style with constant movement leading to an elusiveness that many boxers dream of. He used fast point scoring punches to rack up big totals and boxed with his hands down. He would continue boxing as an amateur but in 2004 could only win a bronze. He had a career as a mechanic whilst boxing but when he retired in 2004 he would become a local politician. He has also been a trainer and involved in organizing youth sport. Saitov possibly got a bit of a lucky decision with Rigondeaux and Kindelan both having good Olympics. 2004 Bakhtiyar Artayev was the second consecutive winner of the Val Barker trophy to come from the welterweight division. At 20, he entered his first World Championships in 2003, losing in the quarterfinal.

Artayev was the Kazakhstan chosen boxer over Gennady Golovkin who moved up a weight. Heading into the Olympics he was not a favorite but he beat Willy Bertrand Tankeu, Aliasker Bashirov and Viktor Polyakov with two stoppages to make it through to the semifinal. There he would face double Olympic champion Oleg Saitov. He would edge him 20-18 in order to teach the final where he met an even tougher matchup in Lorenzo Aragon. Aragon was unbeaten for over 18 months and the double World Champion. Artayev once again defeated the favorite by a score of 36-26. Artayev is tough and strong and used that to beat all comers to his weight. He would carry on as an amateur and win two bronzes at the 2005 and 2007 World Championships losing to Erislandy Lara and Alfonso Blanco. He was considered a medal contender at the 2008 Olympics but was handed a very tough draw. He drew Matvey Korobov in the second round. He was a dominant two-time world champion who was unbeaten in five years.

Artayev used his reach and got a narrow points decision over Korobov. In the next round he boxed James DeGale, the British hope, losing a close decision to the eventual gold medal winner. He retired after this and would take an interesting in being on the other side of boxing events. He currently resides on the WSB commission. 2008 Vasyl Lomachenko is widely considered to be one of the greatest amateur boxers. He was coached by his father from a young age. At only 19 he won a silver in the 2007 World Championships, losing to Albert Semilov. The two would clash in the first round of the 2008 Olympics. Despite going 5-1 down he would rally to beat Semilov. He used impressive inside work and long straight shots to frustrate Semilov. In the second round he dominated Bahodirjon Sooltonov, who had won an Olympic bronze as well as two World Championship bronzes. The quarter final saw him take on another World Championship bronze medalist and fan favorite Li Yang. Yakup Kilic also had a bronze medal and then in the final he beat Khedafi Djellhir.

Against such an impressive list of boxers, Lomachenko was dominant with an overall score of 58-13 that could have been improved on as the final was stopped. This is probably the most impressive streak in Olympic boxing ever. Lomachenko would continue his dominance in the featherweight division at the 2009 World Championship winning easily with scores of 65-7. After this he would take the move up to lightweight and win the 2011 World Championships. He would go on to win his second Olympic gold medal in London. With a reported amateur record of 396-1 he would turn professional, signing with Top Rank. He stopped a tough opponent in his first fight before taking a world title shot against Orlando Salido. Salido used all his nous as a professional boxer to rough up Lomachenko and take the decision. He would win the WBO title by beating Gary Russell Jr. in his next fight and made three defenses. He is looking forward to fighting the weight above for a title against Roman Martinez. 2012 Kazakhstan won their third Val Barker trophy in the last five Olympics with Serik Sapiyev.

He twice won World Championships, in 2005 and 2007. Interesting the 2007 final saw him beat Gennady Kovalev, a mix of two of the greatest boxers in the world. He lost to defending Olympic champion Manus Boonjumnong in 2008. He moved up to Welterweight following this Olympics. He won bronze in 2009 and silver in 2011. Heading into the Olympics he was considered a favorite alongside Fred Evans. He defeated Yasuhiro Suzuki and Gabriel Maestre by wide margins. Andrey Zamkovoy who beat Sapiyev in 2009 was his semifinal opponent but Sapiyev won comfortably here. His final came against Fred Evans, the other Olympic favorite fighting in front of a home crowd. Evans seemed slightly overawed and Sapiyev was comfortable. Sapiyev was an awkward southpaw who throws solid combinations. He is fast with an impressive workrate and a master at dictating pace. He made Errol Spence, a slick boxer, look like a slow slugger.

Sapiyev was a national hero after his Olympic win and has since seen the National Training Centre named after him. After signing up for the APB he would actually retire instead of boxing again. He received numerous offers but decided upon reaching his dream it was time to retire. He studied sports management at Brunel University and has since become the manager of the WSB team, the Astana Arlans. Anthony Joshua was second in the Val Barker voting, only a point behind Sapiyev despite arguably getting a gift of a decision in the final. From this it can be seen that being the best boxer at an Olympic Games is not a great indicator for future success. Many choose not turn professional with other Olympic winners often going on to have better professional careers. In recent times those who have gone professional have mainly seen success with the last failure probably being Paul Gonzales in 1984. Follow us on Twitter@boxing_com to continue the discussion Who will win 2012 Olympics and the Val Barker Trophy? Who will win 2012 Olympics and the Val Barker Trophy?

By Ken Hissner, Doghouse Boxing (Oct 26, 2011) Doghouse Boxing - Tweet The Val Barker Trophy is presented every four years to an Olympic boxing athlete who exemplifies style during competition. It does not always go to a Gold Medal winner. Roy Jones, Jr. can testify to that having won the trophy in 1988 after being robbed of a Gold Medal and settling for a Silver Medal. At the AIBA World Boxing Championships, in Baku, Azerbaijan, during September and October there were 64 boxers from 8 different weight categories qualifying for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Though there have been 3 triple Gold Medal winners only 1 of them won the trophy once. That was Teofilo Stevenson of Cuba in 1972 at Munich. The other 2, Lazlo Papp of Hungary and Felix Savon of Cuba never won the trophy. Since it was initiated in 1936 there have been 17 winners. All but 3 have won Gold Medals. When started in 1936 Louis Laurie was the first winner. He was a Bronze Medal winner in the flyweight class representing the USA in Berlin.

The USA has won the most trophies with 5 winners. Laurie turned professional and was 16-11-1 (2), out of Cleveland, OH, from 1937-40. He died in 2002 at age 85. After 1936 there wasn’t another winner until 1948 when Gold Medalist George Hunter of the RSA (South Africa) won the trophy in the light heavyweight division at the London games. Hunter turned professional and was 13-6 (4) winning the South African 175 title. He died in 2004 at age 77. In 1952 Norvel Lee of the USA team won Gold and the trophy at Helsinki. He never turned pro. He was from Bethesda, MD, and died at age 67. In 1956 Richard McTaggart of Great Britain won Gold at Melbourne and also never turned pro. He is 77 and from Scotland.

In 1960 when Cassius Clay aka Muhammad Ali won a Gold Medal in the 175 division he was outvoted by Nino Benvenuti of Italy who won Gold in the welterweight division at Rome. He would go onto win the WBC/WBA light middleweight and middleweight titles as a pro posting an 82-7-1 (35) record. He is 73. In 1964 Valeri Popenchenko of the URS (Russia) won the Gold Medal in the middleweight division in Tokyo. He was not allowed to turn professional. He died at the age of 37 in 1975 falling to his death on a construction site. In 1968 at Mexico City when George Foreman won the Gold Medal in the heavyweight division and walked around the ring waving the American flags he lost in the trophy voting to Philp Waruinge, a featherweight from Kenya who won the Bronze Medal. It’s been said he was 14-10-1 as pro. He died at age 66.

In 1972 Teofilo Stevenson of Cuba won the first of 3 Gold Medals in the heavyweight division and the trophy. Though rumored to come to the US to fight Muhammad Ali it would never take place. He is 59. In 1976 when the USA had what most considered their greatest team Howard Davis, Jr., of Long Island, NY, won the trophy winning a Gold Medal in the lightweight division in Montreal. He barely survived the trials defeating Aaron Pryor and won over “Sugar” Ray Leonard in the voting. Davis was 36-6-1 (14) as a pro fighting for 4 titles but coming up short each time. He is 55 and has a son Dyah fighting pro. In 1980 at Moscow Patrizio Oliva of Italy won a Gold Medal in the light welterweight division and the trophy. He was 57-2 (20) and the WBA light welterweight champion. He is 52. In 1984 in Los Angeles their own Paul Gonzales won a Gold Medal in the light flyweight division and the trophy.

He was 16-4 (3) and the NABF flyweight champion. He out voted teammates Mark Breland, Meldrick Taylor, Virgil Hill, Evander Holyfield, Frank Tate and Pernell Whitaker who would all win professional titles. Some consider this the best USA team but since the Cubans and Russians didn’t attend it was a hollow victory. In 1988 in Seoul Roy Jones, Jr., Jr. as mentioned earlier won the trophy after gaining a Silver Medal in the light middleweight division. He would go onto win the IBF 160, 168, IBF/WBC/WBA 175 and WBA heavyweight titles. He is 54-8 (40) and still competing at 42. In 1992 Roberto Balado of Cuba won the super heavyweight Gold Medal at Barcelona. He died at age 25 in a crash at a train crossing. In 1996 Vassily Jirov of KAZ won the light heavyweight Gold Medal at Atlanta defeating Antonio Tarver of the USA and would turn pro winning the IBF cruiserweight title and was 38-3-1 (32).

His defeat by James Toney was one of the all time great cruiser title bouts. He is 37 and last fought in 2009. Trophy winner in 2000 at Sydney Oleg Saitov of RUS (Russia) repeated winning a Gold Medal as he did in 1996. He finished with a Bronze Medal in 2004 losing to Bakhtiyar Artayev (KAZ) Kazakhstan who would be eventual Gold Medalist and win Val Barker Trophy. Saitov is 37. Artayev lost in the 2008 Olympics at Athens to James Degale who went on to win Gold Medal. At 25 he retired in 2008. Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR) of the Ukraine won the trophy in 2008 at Beijing, China, in the featherweight division after winning the Gold Medal. In 2011 he qualified for the Olympics in London in 2012 in the lightweight division since there is no featherweight division in 2012.

He was 1 of 8 who qualified in his division at the AIBA World Boxing Championships by winning over Cuba’s Yasnier Toledo in the finals. When the AIBA championships concluded the Ukraine was tops with 4 Gold Medals and 1 Silver medal for a total of 5. Cuba was next with 2 Gold and 1 Silver medal for 3. Kazakhstan had a higher total medal count with 2 Silver medals and 2 Bronze medals but no Gold medals to total 4 medals. Of the total 40 medals the USA and 8 other countries ended up with 1 Bronze medal each. Two-time Olympian Rau’shee Warren of the USA team was the lone medalist in the Flyweight division but became the first American to go to 3 Olympics. Misha Aloyan of Russia defeated Warren in the semi-finals and went on to win the Gold Medal. The USA team had 2 others that finished in the top 8 to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in Errol Spence in the Welter division and Joseph Diaz in the Bantam division. Spence is from Dallas, TX, and a 3-time National champion.

He defeated boxers from Iran, Canada and Hungary before losing to two-time world champion Serik Sapiyev of Kazakhstan in the quarterfinal who went onto win a Silver medal. Diaz is from S. El Monte, CA, and a two-time National champion. He defeated a boxer from Myanmar in the open round. Then he defeated 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist Worapoj Petchkoom of Thailand in the second round. In the quarterfinal he lost to eventual Gold Medal winner Lazaro Alvarez from Cuba. The USA leads with 5 Val Barker Trophy winners with Italy, Cuba and Kazakhstan having 2 each. Only the USA has had 2 consecutive winners. Remember, the Val Barker Trophy goes not necessarily to the best but the one with the most style! . Sugar Ray Leonard won the gold medal 40 years ago Opinion Sugar Ray Leonard won the gold medal 40 years ago Sugar Ray Leonard raises his arms in victory after defeating Ulrich Beyer of East Germany to qualify for the final bout at the XXI Summer Olympics in Montreal in 1976.

Credit: Associated Press SHARE July 08, 2016 0 Forty years ago, a flashy light welterweight by the name of Sugar Ray Leonard shocked the world when he out-pounded a heavy-handed Cuban, Andres Aldama, to win a gold medal at the Olympics in Montreal. I still remember watching that fight on our floor model television set. I was worried for Sugar Ray when he entered the ring because he was facing a knockout artist. It was Leonard's sixth fight of the Olympics. Both of his hands were badly swollen, and he was fighting one of Cuba's toughest boxers. Leonard, 60, the father of four, told me during a recent interview that he was worried going into the fight. "Aldama was annihilating everyone (he scored five straight knockouts to reach the finals). They were leaving the ring on stretchers. No one believed I had a chance with this guy," Leonard said. The night before the fight, Leonard said he was walking around the Olympic Village, and he overheard someone saying that Aldama was going to kill him. Leonard started the fight cautious against the poised southpaw, escaping his opponent's right lead and avoiding his powerful left hand.

As the minutes passed, Leonard started to flash the hand speed that would make him famous and a powerful left hand. He worked the lanky fighter's body and then connected with several left hooks. Leonard said after the first round, he knew not only that he could hurt Aldama, he knew he would win. He would go on to drop Aldama in the second round with a straight left, and get two standing 8 counts in the third and final round. Leonard, 20, became one of the stars of what arguably could be considered one of the strongest U.S. Olympic boxing teams. The 11-member U.S. boxing team took home five gold; a silver; and a bronze medal and featured Michael and Leon Spinks; Leo Randolph and Howard Davis Jr., whose mother died while he was competing. Leonard talked Davis into staying on the team because he told him that she would have wanted him to win. Davis was awarded the Val Barker Trophy — an award that goes to the top "pound-for-pound" boxer at the Olympics. He won the gold medal just a week after his mother died. Leonard admitted that he hasn't kept up with this year's U.S.

boxing team but he hopes that it can turn into something special in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. The 2016 U.S. Olympic boxing team will have six men and two women . Leonard said that, unlike when he competed 40 years ago, amateur boxing is suffering from an identity problem. Television networks are not covering amateur boxing as it used to, and it's harder for fans to follow the careers of young fighters. Professional boxing also is suffering from competition from UFC, a lack of top-name fighters and a lack of free television coverage. Leonard said boxing needs the next Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier or Floyd Mayweather. Despite all that Leonard accomplished in the ring, he ranked winning the Olympic gold in 1976 and facing Roberto Duran as his two biggest fighting accomplishments. When Leonard faced Duran in " The Brawl in Montreal ," on June 20, 1980, he was returning to the city where he won the gold medal. Leonard entered the ring with a record of 27-0. Duran was 71-1 with 56 knockouts. Leonard would lose the 15-round decision.

Duran was a bully, and he often challenged Leonard's manhood leading up the fight. "Ah man. He talked about my wife. He gave her the finger. He called me every name under the sun. But I had this image that I wanted to keep so I kept smiling, but inside I wanted to get him and hurt him in the ring," Leonard said. Leonard ended up losing because he fought to Duran's strength. It was a dirty, flat-footed slugfest. Although Leonard lost, he gained the respect of many by proving that he could mix it up with anyone. He would gain his revenge on Nov. 25, 1980, in the famous " No Mas " fight, when Duran surrendered at the 2:44 mark of the eighth round and quit for no apparent reason. "I knew it was my night when Ray Charles sang 'America The Beautiful' and when he finished, he gave me a hug. A lot of people may not know this but I was named after him — Ray Charles Leonard," he said. Other boxing topics Leonard touched on: ■On Usher Raymond playing him in the upcoming movie on Duran. "He is going to surprise some people," Leonard said.

"I went to his house and he has a boxing gym in his basement. He lifted up his shirt and showed me an eight-pack. I told him he needed to give two packs back because I was never that buff." ■On if he would have stopped Mayweather's win streak. "I beat his father so I know I would have stopped him, too," he said. "I think I would have got him. But he said he would have beat me, too. I wouldn't expect him to say anything else." ■On former Milwaukee boxer and WBC champion Gerald McClellan. "If Gerald would not have gotten hurt he would have been one of the all-time best. He punched so hard." ■On Duran's bad blood toward him. "I asked him if he hated me that much and he told me he was acting. If that was acting, then that was some of the best acting in the world." ■On brain injuries. "I like to say I was lucky, but I keep my brain active by doing games and reading. But in this sport you will be touched in some way." James E. Causey is a Journal Sentinel columnist and blogger. Email james.causey@jrn.com .

Facebook: fb.me/jamescausey.12 Twitter: jecausey Norvel Lee Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com Medals: 1 Gold (1 Total) Biography Norvel Lee first came to boxing prominence in 1948 when he lost in the finals of the Olympic trials to heavyweight [Jay Lambert]. Lee went to London with the Olympic team but did not compete. In the interim between Olympics he won the AAU championship in 1950 and 1951 and in the 1951 Pan American Games a bronze medal in the heavyweight class. At the 1952 Olympic trials Lee again lost in the finals of the heavyweight division, losing to [Eddie Sanders]. However, Lee was small for a heavyweight and the teams coaches felt he could make the light-heavyweight limit and asked him to do so. He managed to lose the weight and outshone [Chuck Spieser] in training, so Lee was entered in the light-heavyweight division. Not only did he win the gold medal, but Lee won the Val Barker Trophy, an award given at the Olympics to the best boxer in any division.

At the 1955 Pan American Games he won again the bronze medal in the heavyweight class. Between the two Olympics, Lee made headlines of a different sort. In late 1948, in his hometown of Covington, Kentucky, Lee became one of the first blacks to defy the law which required blacks to sit in a separate section of local buses. Lee was arrested and fined, but appealed the ruling. Though he did not win that fight, the years have proven him a winner – in all ways. Results Olympic Games Countdown: Can Hungary restore its fortunes? - Boxing News Boxing News April 20, 2016 BN Staff Olympic Games Countdown: Can Hungary restore its fortunes? Can Hungary reclaim the glories of yesteryear, wonders Chris Kempson in his Olympic Games Countdown Olympic Games Countdown: Can Hungary restore its fortunes? Can Hungary reclaim the glories of yesteryear, wonders Chris Kempson in his Olympic Games Countdown Read more articles by Don’t miss any action. Sign up for the free BN newsletter(s) here HUNGARY, now a democratic republic, once big on the Olympic boxing medal scene , has fallen on hard times.

Are they set to stay or will a resurgence in their Olympic fortunes start in Rio? Hungary nestling in mid-Europe has a population of around ten million and by any standards has excelled, mainly in the past, with its return on Olympic boxing medals. The tally is thus: ten golds, two silver and three bronze from twenty Games. Not bad by any standards, especially if you are a small country with a variety of other top class sports under your medal belt, all vying for fine sportsmen too. In 1924 Hungary entered one boxer for the first time with no reward. Four years late in 1928, flyweight, Antai Kocsis won gold and a further years on gold was acquired by Istvan Evekes again in the flyweight division. The Berlin Games of 1936 saw lightweight, Imre Harangz claim gold. In London in 1946 a certain southpaw, Laszlo Papp, caught the eye at middleweight and won a gold medal, he repeated this feat twice more, although dropping down to light-middleweight to claim his hat trick of golden triumphs.

Papp’s extraordinary achievements were achieved when in 1945 Hungary became internally under communist rule and externally under the then Soviet Union. Papp later turned professional and finished as middleweight champion of Europe (EBU), retiring with an unblemished paid record of twenty-nine contests, including two drawn contests. He may well have landed a professional world crown had he been allowed to box for it, being denied an exit visa by the Hungarian authorities when a world title contest was on the line for him. Professionalism as such was frowned upon in those days by countries under communist rule and therefore all of his paid contests had to be boxed abroad, thus denying his huge home support the chance to see their hero take on the best around in the paid ring. They had to be content with their personal amateur memories of him. The late Laszlo Papp was without doubt one of the greatest Olympic champions of all time and perhaps even in an era when competition was not as fierce and widespread as today, he remains forever a sporting icon for his country and the Olympic movement. Indeed he only lost one round during his entire Olympic exploits and that was to Jose Torre (USA) in his last Olympic final in Melbourne.

His team-mate, bantamweight Tibor Csik won a bronze in London. The only major surprise in Papp’s amateur career was that he did not ever win the Val Barker trophy at the Games, which is given for the best “stylist” and was first introduced at the Berlin Games in 1936. All I can muse it that there must have been some super, super stylists apart in London, Helsinki and Melbourne, or had Papp already been seen as winning just that little bit too much. We shall never know, but I for one remain very, very surprised that he didn’t land the coveted Val Barker prize some time during his twelve year Olympic reign. Normally won by a gold medallist, the Val Barker trophy has been won once by a silver medallist and twice by bronze medallists. When Laszlo had his day there was often a “Cold War” (East-West) officials and judges divide, maybe this had something to do with it as well! Val Barker winners when Papp had his say came from the then South Africa, USA and indeed our own GB representative, Dick McTaggart.

For any further doubts about the “Cold War” ramifications which existed at the time, look at Olympic welterweight bronze medallist in Melbourne, Nicky Gargano . He was the victim of a hotly disputed points loss in his semi-final bout with Necolae Linca from Romania. Indeed Linca eventually received the gold medal with another hotly disputed points decision in the Olympic final against Ireland’s Freddie Teidt. Over the years there have been some strange decisions in the Games and certainly the existence of the then “Cold War” was party it seems to have been the result of some of them. Gold medal success continued in Rome in 1960 when Gyula Torok took the spoils in the flyweight division. A twelve year gap followed until 1972 when light-flyweight, Gyula Gedo achieved gold and then there was a wait until 1996 when bantamweight Istvan Kovacs secured Hungary’s last Olympic gold to date. Hungary boycotted the 1984 Games, under Soviet pressure, but the communist yoke was soon to be lifted and five years later it finally was. What does the communist era really tell us?

Five golds were obtained then, three of them by the late great Papp, who surely would have triumphed under any political system; such was his expertise and prowess in the roped square. He really was that good and it seems unlikely that many, if indeed any , hattricks of gold medals are to be repeated in the future, although only time will tell of course. Certainly the political system of the day enabled boxers to concentrate fully on their sport and they were given a privileged position, many additional rights and benefits which were not afforded to other ordinary citizens. That said, you could have had all the back-up and committed support in the world, but without possessing sufficient talent it would count for nothing. In other words, many medallists from communist run countries would probably have flourished under other political climates. Hungary’s last medal was won, a bronze, by middleweight Zsolt Erdei in Sydney 2000, so what does this tell us?

Although Hungary continues, through the qualification process to send ,usually five boxers to each Games, undoubtedly the competition is stiffer these days and medals are ever more difficult to come by; it seems increasingly more difficult for smaller nations to make the same mark at the Olympics as they did before. What they would give today for another Laszlo Papp, sadly this will not happen as those boxing greats only come along once in a lifetime, or probably once a century. So while prospects for Rio 2016 are not great for Hungary they remain a fine competitive nation and the success or lack of it won’t be for the want of trying. For those who can still remember Papp, they must be blessed that they were around when Laszlo had his say. Simply the vest – The Sun WHEN it comes to the history of British amateur boxing the name Dick McTaggart shines with the piercing intensity of a laser beam. But it would be surprising if the majority of the Union Jack-waving fans flocking to next month’s London Games have heard of him. Because you would have to be well into your 60s to appreciate McTaggart’s brilliant achievements on the Olympic stage.

McTaggart is unquestionably far and away the greatest amateur boxer to wear a British vest since World War II. With amazing grace, the Scot won the lightweight gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne Games and was also awarded the Val Barker Trophy for being the competition’s outstanding stylist. He went on to Rome four years later and returned with the bronze around his neck and then went to a third Olympiad in Tokyo. Apart from the Olympics, McTaggart’s remarkable record of outstanding success will never be surpassed. Before hanging up his gloves McTaggart took part in no less than 634 contests and lost only 24 of them. He was European and Commonwealth champion and held five ABA titles. When it was all over his home bulged with 32 cups, 57 plaques and 49 medals. So anyone would be forgiven for assuming McTaggart — in view of the immense contribution he has made to his sport — would have been invited to sit in a place of honour at the Olympic boxing finals at the Excel Centre in August. Unfortunately nothing is further from the truth. McTaggart, like every other British Olympic medallist, was presented with a take it or leave it option.

He was offered the opportunity to enter into a special lottery. He was told if he was lucky enough to win tickets, though not necessarily for boxing, he could buy them for £250. McTaggart is 75. He weighed up the cost of the tickets, travel expenses from Scotland and accommodation in London. There was also the possibility of having to watch synchronised swimming. Not surprisingly he decided that was too much of a risk and the burden on his pocket too high. He declined with thanks. Dick is immensely proud of having represented Britain with such distinction for so many years. He still wears his Olympic blazer at boxing functions. He is also far too much of a gentleman to complain at the shameful way he has been overlooked by our officials. When I asked McTaggart how he felt having to watch the boxing finals on TV he was diplomatic but obviously hurt. He said: “I’m far more sad than angry. I would have loved to have been at ringside, particularly if any of the British lads are going for gold.

“I don’t want to make a fuss but I must admit I was hoping they were going to invite me to watch the finals.” Rows over Olympic tickets have become more and more bitter in the build-up to 2012. I understand not all our past heroes can be accommodated. But I believe McTaggart is a very special case and I think it is disgraceful he has been snubbed. When he was winning trophies for Britain more than 50 years ago the word amateur meant exactly what it said. McTaggart, unlike the generously funded boxers of today, never received a penny. That meant he had to make considerable financial sacrifices like so many other members of Britain’s Olympic squad of his era. Derek Mapp is chairman of GB Boxing and I’m sure he has the power to make a telephone call to Scotland and make Richard McTaggart MBE a very happy senior citizen. Sports in Kazakhstan - Kazakhstan | KazakhWorld Sports in Kazakhstan Posted on September 30, 2013 by AlmatNomad in #KazakhCulture , Kazakhstan , Sports in Kazakhstan By Moldir Nurazkhan Sports draws us for many reasons.

It keeps us healthy and fit, teaches responsibility, gives us competition, excitement, creates communities… The list is endless! Kazakhstan is no exception for a sports community, so in this blog I’d like to share with my foreign friends about Kazakhs sports culture. I think every Kazakh citizen would agree that the most popular sport in our country is soccer (we call it football though). I assume, the other reason, besides it’s fun, is that soccer requires lesser equipment than any other sports. Anyways, Kazakhstan has 14 inner soccer teams which compete for the UEFA Champions League. It is held every year between the spring-fall season. Nowadays, the winning team is Karaganda’s FC Shakhter Karagandy. Besides, Kazakhstan has national soccer team, which represents our country on international level. In 2002, Kazakhstan was adopted in the UEFA as an European country participant (West Kazakhstan (Atyrau, Aktobe and part of Mangistau regions) belong to Europe geographically). At the moment, Kazakhstan is participating in the qualifying tournament for UEFA Champions League 2014. Our country is in the same group with Germany, Sweden, Ireland, Austria and Faroe Islands.

For more information and updates, refer to the official website of Kazakhstan National Soccer team at . Boxing is the second most popular sport in Kazakhstan. Our Boxing Federation was formed in 1959 and has achieved a lot since then. Here are the achievements from the Olympic Games: 2000 – At the Sydney Olympics, Kazakhstan won 2 gold and 2 silver 2004 – At the Athens Olympics, Bakhtiar Artaev became an Olympic champion in welterweight and the second in the history of Kazakhstan’s boxing after Vasily Jirov to be awarded the most prestigious trophy in boxing; the Val Barker Cup. 2008- At the Olympics in Beijing, Bakhit Sarsekbayev became the Olympic champion in welterweight, and Erkebulan Shynaliev won a bronze medal in light heavyweight. 2012 – At the XXX Summer Olympic Games in London Serik Sapiev won the welterweight gold medal and became the third Kazakh boxer awarded “Val Barker Cup”. Adilbek Niyazymbetov won a silver award in light heavyweight, and Ivan Dychko bronze in super heavyweight.

Held on for the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, in women’s boxing tournament Marina Volnova won the bronze medal in middleweight. Nowadays, the boxing team “Astana Arlans” is on top in the World Series of Boxing. They won the III World Series of 2013 Boxing season. Of course, I must mention Gennadiy Golovkin: one of Kazakhstan’s favorites, who is popular all over the world. Gennadiy is a 31 year-old WBA and IBO middleweight champion since 2011. In this year’s championship, he won all 27 fights in the professional ring, 24 of them ending by KO. On October 2nd, a long-expected fight between Gennadiy and US boxer Curtis Stevens will happen at the famous Madison Square Garden in New York City. Boxing fans probably heard about how Curtis “buried” Gennadiy on his Instagram. As Stevens later apologized, he said it was nothing personal just PR and hyping the fight. Anyway, I bet everyone is super excited about upcoming fight 😉 The third favorite sport in Kazakhstan is hockey.

Team “Torpedo” from Ust-Kamenogorsk (East Kazakhstan) is the best hockey team in the country. Evgeny Paladyev from “Torpedo” is a three-time world champion, who played seven years for the Moscow “Spartak” team. The Kazakhstan national hockey team (composed of “Torpedo” players), shared 5-8 places with Team USA, Sweden and Belarus at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano. In 2002 Kazakhstan’s Maxim Kuznetsov of the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup. Current goalie for the Carolina Hurricanes Anton Khudobin is from Kazakhstan. The fourth most liked sport is cycling. The main “engine” of popularity for cycling in Kazakhstan are the victories of the outstanding Kazakh rider Alexander Vinokourov in prestigious Pro Tour races and, of course, his gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London. Also, Alexey Lutsenko’s recent victory in the World Cup 2012 inspires Kazakh people to be involved in cycling. In 2006, Pro Team Astana was created by A.Vinokurov and D.Akhmetov, the former prime minister of Kazakhstan.

The captain of Pro Team Astana is Vincenzo Nibali ( nicknamed “Shark”). He’s an Italian professional road bicycle racer who won the 2013 Giro d’Italia. At the moment, Pro Astana Team, lead by Vincenzo, is participating in La Vuelta De Espana 2013, which started on August 24th and suppose to finish on September 15th. Astana team has won the team race so far, which was the first stage of the competition. Nibali is considered a highly expected candidate for a win, and the whole country is excited to know about the final results of the race!

Note: pictures retrieved from vesti.kz Boxing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com Boxing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games Date Started: October 11, 1964 Date Finished: October 23, 1964 Events: 10 Participants: 269 (269 men and 0 women) from 56 countries Youngest Participant: Luiz Fabre (16 years, 233 days) Oldest Participant: Johnny Elliott (33 years, 128 days) Most Medals (Athlete): 40 athletes with 1 medal Most Medals (Country): Soviet Union (9 medals) Overview The newly built Kōrakuen Hall in the Bunkyo ward of Tokyo hosted the boxing events at the 1964 Olympic Games. Whilst the medals where shared between 18 nations, Poland and the USSR were the most successful teams sharing six gold medals between them. One of the three Soviet champions, middleweight champion [Valeri Popenchenko], was awarded the Val Barker Trophy for the outstanding boxer of the Games.

The most popular victory of 1964 came from the host nation’s [Takao Sakurai] whose gold medal at bantamweight was the first by a Japanese boxer in Olympic history. The final bout of the Games saw the emergence of a boxer who would become one of the professional side of the sport’s biggest stars in years to come. A late call up to the US team after the withdrawal of Buster Mathis, [Joe Frazier] demolished his first three opponents before grinding out a points victory over [Hans Huber] of Germany to become heavyweight champion at Tokyo. As ever there were many disputed decisions but this time protests got much uglier than usual. Spanish featherweight [Valentin Loren] vented his frustrations at being disqualified by landing a punch on referee and promptly received a life ban from the sport. The next day [José Roberto Chirino] of Argentina did exactly the same to earn a disqualification from his light-middleweight quarter-final. By contrast Korean [Jo Dong-Gi] opted for a more pacifist approach and protested his loss by sitting down in his corner and refusing to leave. His protest lasted 51 minutes.

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Question: In which sport could you win the Val Barker Trophy?
Answer: Boxing