Career
Petrov began his career in Varna, Bulgaria, but then went to Slavia (Sofia). In 1993 he captured the European title in Bursa, Turkey. 1992 Defeated Nelson Dieppa (Puerto Rico) 10-7 Defeated Song Chol (North of Korea) Royal Society of Chemistry 3 (1:09) Defeated Pál Lakatos (Hungary) 17-8 Defeated January Quast (Germany) 15-9 Lost to Rogelio Marcelo (Cuba) 10-20 1996 1st round bye Defeated Nshan Munchyan (Armenia) 11-5 Defeated Somrot Kamsing (Thailand) 18-6 Defeated Oleg Kiryukhin (Ukraine) 17-8 Defeated Mansueto Velasco (Philippines) 19-6 The gold medal match was hailed as "The Robbery in Atlanta".
Velasco would hit Petrov with telling blows, and the scores would be counted for Petrov.
The Bulgarian, who was barely throwing any punches, was on a joy ride to an Olympic gold medal. lieutenant appeared that the judges were pressing the buttons on their electronic scoring equipment for the wrong boxer.
The Bulgarian was still awarded the gold medal despite the numerous protests.