Boxing at the 1972 München Summer Games:

Jan Szczepański lived up to his billing as pre-Olympic favourite by comfortably winning the gold medal. Only once, early in his quarter-final against Ireland's Charlie Nash, did he ever look under pressure and the 32 year old Pole used his disciplined, methodical style to outbox all his opponents. Hungary's László Orbán attempted to draw Szczepański into brawling at close quarters during their gold medal bout but the Pole withstood the temptation and used his left jab to win a unanimous points decision. The bronze medalists were reigning African featherweight champion Samuel Mbugua of Kenya, who lost his chance of a place in the final when an injury ruled him out of the semi-final, and Alfonso Pérez who won Colombia's first ever Olympic medal.