Boxing at the 1991 Pan American Games

The Men's Boxing Tournament at the 1991 Pan American Games was held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18. It served as a qualification tournament for the 1992 Summer Olympics. The number one and two earned a ticket for the Barcelona Games. The host country dominated the boxing event, winning all weight divisions except for one: the Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg). Preliminary bouts were held at the new, multi-purpose Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, finals at Sports City Coliseum.[1]

Boxing at the 1991 Pan American Games
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Qualification edit

Shannon Briggs became one of a few boxers to ever qualify for the Games finale, thus gaining the silver medal already, without any competition. His Cuban opponent, Félix Savón, while being regarded much higher by the world amateur rankings, had to fight a semifinal bout.[2]

Medal winners edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Flyweight
(– 48 kilograms)
Rogelio Marcelo
  Cuba
Ricardo Sánchez López
  Mexico
Nelson Dieppa
  Puerto Rico
Fernando Retayud
  Colombia
Flyweight
(– 51 kilograms)
José Ramos
  Cuba
David Serradas
  Venezuela
José Freitas
  Brazil
Stephan Rose
  Guyana
Bantamweight
(– 54 kilograms)
Enrique Carrión
  Cuba
Carlos Gerena
  Puerto Rico
Luis Alberto Ojeda
  Venezuela
Javier Calderón
  Mexico
Featherweight
(– 57 kilograms)
Arnaldo Mesa
  Cuba
Kenneth Friday
  United States
Rogerio de Brito
  Brazil
Arnulfo Castillo
  Mexico
Lightweight
(– 60 kilograms)
Julio González
  Cuba
Patrice Brooks
  United States
Delroy Leslie
  Jamaica
William Irwin
  Canada
Light Welterweight
(– 63.5 kilograms)
Stevie Johnston
  United States
Edgar Ruiz
  Mexico
Luis da Silva
  Brazil
Aníbal Santiago Acevedo
  Puerto Rico
Welterweight
(– 67 kilograms)
Juan Hernández Sierra
  Cuba
Greg Johnson
  Canada
Santos Beltrán
  Mexico
José Guzmán
  Venezuela
Light Middleweight
(– 71 kilograms)
Juan Carlos Lemus
  Cuba
Miguel Jiménez
  Puerto Rico
Lucas França
  Brazil
Ravea Springs
  United States
Middleweight
(– 75 kilograms)
Ramón Garbey
  Cuba
Chris Johnson
  Canada
Richard Santiago
  Puerto Rico
Michael DeMoss
  United States
Light Heavyweight
(– 81 kilograms)
Orestes Solano
  Cuba
Raimundo Yant
  Venezuela
Dale Brown
  Canada
Terrence Poole
  Guyana
Heavyweight
(– 91 kilograms)
Félix Savón
  Cuba
Shannon Briggs
  United States
Tom Glesby
  Canada
Super Heavyweight
(+ 91 kilograms)
Roberto Balado
  Cuba
Harold Arroyo
  Puerto Rico
Elio Ibarra
  Argentina
Terry Campbell
  Canada

Medal table edit

Place Nation       Total
1   Cuba 11 0 0 11
2   United States 1 3 2 6
3   Puerto Rico 0 3 3 6
4   Canada 0 2 4 6
5   Mexico 0 2 3 5
6   Venezuela 0 2 2 4
7   Brazil 0 0 4 4
8   Guyana 0 0 2 2
9   Argentina 0 0 1 1
  Colombia 0 0 1 1
  Jamaica 0 0 1 1
Total 12 12 23 47

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