Boxing at the 1955 Pan American Games

Boxing at the II Pan American Games
«1951 1959»

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.

Medal winners[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight (– 51 kilograms)	Mexico	Chile	Venezuela
Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms)	Venezuela	United States	Chile
Featherweight (– 57 kilograms)	Argentina	Claudio Barrientos Chile	Mexico
Lightweight (– 60 kilograms)	Argentina	Puerto Rico	Venezuela
Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms)	Argentina	United States	Celestino Pinto Brazil
Welterweight (– 67 kilograms)	United States	Argentina	—
Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms)	United States	Venezuela	Alberto Sáenz Argentina
Middleweight (– 75 kilograms)	United States	Chile	Argentina
Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms)	Brazil	Argentina	United States
Heavyweight (+ 81 kilograms)	Argentina	Brazil	Norvel Lee United States

Medal table[]

Place	Nation				Total
1	Argentina (ARG)	4	2	2	8
2	United States (USA)	3	2	2	7
3	Venezuela (VEN)	1	1	2	4
4	Brazil (BRA)	1	1	1	3
5	Mexico (MEX)	1	0	1	2
6	Chile (CHI)	0	3	1	4
7	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	1	0	1
Total		10	10	9	29

References[]

• 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.

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