Boxing at the 1955 Pan American Games

The Men's Boxing Tournament at the 1955 Pan American Games was held in Mexico City, Mexico, from March 12 to March 26, with the inclusion of two new weight divisions (Light Welterweight and Light Middleweight) to the existing eight.

Boxing at the 1955 Pan American Games
«1951
1959»

Medal winners

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
(– 51 kilograms)
  Hilario Correa
Mexico
  Manuel Lugo Vega
Chile
  Ramón Arias
Venezuela
Bantamweight
(– 54 kilograms)
  Salvador Enriquez
Venezuela
  Wardy Yee
United States
  Roberto Lobos
Chile
Featherweight
(– 57 kilograms)
  Oswaldo Cañete
Argentina
  Claudio Barrientos
Chile
  Marcial Galicia
Mexico
Lightweight
(– 60 kilograms)
  Miguel Angel Péndola
Argentina
  Gerardo Clemente
Puerto Rico
  Ricardo Orta
Venezuela
Light Welterweight
(– 63.5 kilograms)
  Juan Carlos Rivero
Argentina
  William Morton
United States
  Celestino Pinto
Brazil
Welterweight
(– 67 kilograms)
  Joseph Dorando
United States
  Antonio Nigri
Argentina
Light Middleweight
(– 71 kilograms)
  Paul Wright
United States
  Raul Tovar
Venezuela
  Alberto Sáenz
Argentina
Middleweight
(– 75 kilograms)
  Orville Pitts
United States
  Miguel Safatle
Chile
  Arnaldo Serra
Argentina
Light Heavyweight
(– 81 kilograms)
  Luis Ingnacio
Brazil
  Antonio Escalante
Argentina
  John Stewart
United States
Heavyweight
(+ 81 kilograms)
  Pablo Alexis Miteff
Argentina
  Adão Waldemar
Brazil
  Norvel Lee
United States

Medal table

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Place Nation       Total
1   Argentina 4 2 2 8
2   United States 3 2 2 7
3   Venezuela 1 1 2 4
4   Brazil 1 1 1 3
5   Mexico 1 0 1 2
6   Chile 0 3 1 4
7   Puerto Rico 0 1 0 1
Total 10 10 9 29

References

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  • Amateur Boxing: 1955 Pan American Games
  • Sports 123: Boxing at the Wayback Machine (archived October 7, 2011)
  • Hickok Sports: Pan American Games: Men's Boxing Medalists at the Wayback Machine (archived November 13, 2011)
  • Olderr, Steven (2009). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0786443367. ISBN 9780786443369.