▁a ▁pre lim inary ▁round ▁on ▁ 1 8 ▁August , ▁where ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁compet itors ▁was ▁reduced ▁to ▁ 1 6 , ▁and ▁concluded ▁with ▁the ▁final ▁on ▁ 2 9 ▁August . ▁As ▁there ▁were ▁fewer ▁than ▁ 3 2 ▁box ers ▁in ▁the ▁competition , ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁box ers ▁received ▁a ▁by e ▁through ▁the ▁pre lim inary ▁round . ▁Both ▁semi - final ▁los ers ▁were ▁awarded ▁bronze ▁med als . ▁ ▁All ▁b outs ▁consisted ▁of ▁four ▁r ounds ▁of ▁two ▁minutes ▁each , ▁with ▁one - min ute ▁breaks ▁between ▁r ounds . ▁P unch es ▁scored ▁only ▁if ▁the ▁white ▁area ▁on ▁the ▁front ▁of ▁the ▁glo ve ▁made ▁full ▁contact ▁with ▁the ▁front ▁of ▁the ▁head ▁or ▁tor so ▁of ▁the ▁oppon ent . ▁Five ▁jud ges ▁scored ▁each ▁bout ; ▁three ▁of ▁the ▁jud ges ▁had ▁to ▁signal ▁a ▁scoring ▁p unch ▁within ▁one ▁second ▁for ▁the ▁p unch ▁to ▁score . ▁The ▁winner ▁of ▁the ▁bout ▁was ▁the ▁box er ▁who ▁scored ▁the ▁most ▁valid ▁p unch es ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁bout . ▁ ▁Sch edule ▁ ▁All ▁times ▁are ▁Greece ▁Standard ▁Time ▁( UTC + 2 ) ▁ ▁Qual ifying ▁athlet es ▁ ▁Results ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁Naj ah ▁Sal ah ▁Ali ▁( IR Q ) ▁received ▁a ▁wild ▁card ▁from ▁the ▁IO C . ▁ ▁T oshi y uki ▁I gar ashi ▁( J PN ) ▁replaced ▁N oman ▁Kar im ▁( PA K ) ▁as ▁a