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August 7th, 1972
Sportpalast, Berlin, Germany
Brian Greensmith, Australia v Fred Houpe, USA
1st round: Clear round for Houpe. 6-16
2nd round: Another easy round for Houpe. 0-17 (6-33)
3rd round: Houpe gives the aussie a beating and sends him down for a mandatory 8 count.
Final scores are: 69-12 for Fred Houpe
Larry Holmes, USA v Cameron Rogers, England
Holmes might be the biggest favourite of all, after him winning the olympic trials
1st round: Holmes hurts Rogers. 27-12
2nd round: Holmes beat up Rogers and sends him to the floor. He gets up and takes the mandatory 8. 35-6 (62-18)
3rd round: Holmes gives Rogers a beating!
Final scores are: 96-18 for the winner Larry Holmes!
Trevor Berbick, Canada v Butch Parkinson, Ghana
Berbick is considered as an outsider to the medals.
1st round: Berbick sends Parkinson down, and he barely gets up at the count of 9. 22-6
2nd round: An easy round for the canadian. 20-7 (42-13)
3rd round: Parkinson is cut, and Berbick wins the round.
Final scores are: 76-19 for Trevor Berbick!
Karl Uwe Weigl, Germany v Stan Ward, USA
The hometown favourite against a medal-outsider.
1st round: Ward lands the only punches in a boring round. 0-8
2nd round: Ward punishes the german who is yet to land a punch. 0-31 (0-39)
3rd round: Weigl lands his first couple of punches, but still loses the round.
Final scores are: 68-12 for Stan Ward!
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