Boxing at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 81 kg

Men's 81 kg
at the 2010 Asian Games
Men's 81 kg ; at the 2010 Asian Games
Venue	Lingnan Mingzhu Gymnasium
Date	17–25 November 2010
Competitors	12 from 12 nations
Medalists
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The men's light heavyweight (81 kilograms) event at the 2010 Asian Games took place from 17 to 25 November 2010 at Lingnan Mingzhu Gymnasium, Foshan, China.^[1]

Like all Asian Games boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. A total of 12 men from 12 countries competed in this event, limited to fighters whose body weight was less than 81 kilograms.

All bouts consisted of three three-minute rounds. The boxers receive points for every successful punch they land on their opponent's head or upper body. The boxer with the most points at the end of the bouts wins.

Elshod Rasulov of Uzbekistan won the gold medal. He beat Dinesh Kumar from India 10–4 on points in the final bout at the Foshan Gymnasium in Guangzhou. Deepak Maharjan of Nepal and Meng Fanlong from China shared the bronze medal after losing in the semifinal.

Deepak Maharjan's bronze medal was Nepal's only medal in the Games.

Schedule[edit]

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date	Time	Event
Wednesday, 17 November 2010	19:00	Round of 16
Friday, 19 November 2010	14:00	Quarterfinals
Wednesday, 24 November 2010	14:00	Semifinals
Thursday, 25 November 2010	19:00	Final

Results[edit]

Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

		Dinesh Kumar (IND)	10
		Heo Jin-ho (KOR)	6
				Dinesh Kumar (IND)	7
				Deepak Maharjan (NEP)	1
		Deepak Maharjan (NEP)	4
		Kriengkrai Sukkhum (THA)	0
						Dinesh Kumar (IND)	4
Meng Fanlong (CHN)	10					Elshod Rasulov (UZB)	10
Sandagsürengiin Erdenebayar (MGL)	0	Meng Fanlong (CHN)	24
Rasul Ýuldaşew (TKM)	1	Chingis Borbashev (KGZ)	4
Chingis Borbashev (KGZ)	8			Meng Fanlong (CHN)	1
Ehsan Rouzbahani (IRI)	9			Elshod Rasulov (UZB)	12
Ahmad Teimat (JOR)	2	Ehsan Rouzbahani (IRI)	1
Elshod Rasulov (UZB)	5	Elshod Rasulov (UZB)	3
Almat Serimov (KAZ)	2