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The Val Barker Trophy, named for boxer Val Barker, is presented every four years to an Olympic boxing athlete who exemplifies style during competition.[1] In theory, the award goes to the top "pound-for-pound" boxer in the Olympics.

Recipients[]

Year
Location
Boxer
Nationality
Weight Class
Medal
1936 Berlin Louis Laurie US flag 48 stars.svg USA Flyweight Bronze
1948 London George Hunter File:Flag of South Africa 1928-1994.svg RSA Light Heavyweight Gold
1952 Helsinki Norvel Lee US flag 48 stars.svg USA Light Heavyweight Gold
1956 Melbourne Richard McTaggart File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR Lightweight Gold
1960 Rome Giovanni Benvenuti Flag of Italy.svg ITA Welterweight Gold
1964 Tokyo Valeri Popenchenko File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg URS Middleweight Gold
1968 Mexico City Philip Waruinge File:Flag of Kenya.svg KEN Featherweight Bronze
1972 Munich Teofilo Stevenson File:Flag of Cuba.svg CUB Heavyweight Gold
1976 Montréal Howard Davis, Jr. Flag of the United States.svg USA Lightweight Gold
1980 Moscow Patrizio Oliva Flag of Italy.svg ITA Light Welterweight Gold
1984 Los Angeles Paul Gonzales Flag of the United States.svg USA Light Flyweight Gold
1988 Seoul Roy Jones, Jr. Flag of the United States.svg USA Light Middleweight Silver
1992 Barcelona Roberto Balado File:Flag of Cuba.svg CUB Super Heavyweight Gold
1996 Atlanta Vassiliy Jirov File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KAZ Light Heavyweight Gold
2000 Sydney Oleg Saitov Flag of Russia.svg RUS Welterweight Gold
2004 Athens Bakhtiyar Artayev File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KAZ Welterweight Gold
2008 Beijing Vasyl Lomachenko Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Featherweight Gold
2012 London Serik Sapiyev File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KAZ Welterweight Gold

References[]

  1. "Val Barker Trophy". The Amateur Boxing Association of England. http://www.abae.co.uk/International/Senior/Olympic/valbarker/index.asp. Retrieved 9 September 2010.[dead link]
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