Boxing at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's 54 kg

Men's 54 kg
at the 1998 Asian Games
Men's 54 kg ; at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Land Sports Complex
Date	7–17 December
Competitors	21 from 21 nations
Medalists
	← 2002 →

The men's bantamweight boxing competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand was held from 7 to 17 December at the Land Sports Complex.^[1]

Like all Asian Games boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. This event consisted of 21 boxers. The competition began with the round 32 on 7 December, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with the final on 17 December. As there were fewer than 32 boxers in the competition, a number of boxers received a bye through the preliminary round. Both semi-final losers were awarded bronze medals.

All bouts consisted of five three-minute rounds. The boxers receive points for every successful punch they land on their opponent's head or upper body. The boxer with the most points at the end of the bouts wins. If a boxer is knocked to the ground and cannot get up before the referee counts to 10 then the bout is over and the opponent wins.

Schedule[]

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)

Date	Time	Event
Monday, 7 December 1998	14:00	Round of 32
Wednesday, 9 December 1998	14:00	Round of 16
Saturday, 12 December 1998	14:00	Quarterfinals
Monday, 14 December 1998	14:00	Semifinals
Thursday, 17 December 1998	14:00	Final

Results[]

Legend

RET — Won by retirement
RSCI — Won by referee stop contest injury
RSCO — Won by referee stop contest outclassed

Final[]

	Final

	Dingko Singh (IND)		RET
	(UZB)

Top half[]

Round of 32	Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals

	()	11
	(MAC)	5
			()
			Dingko Singh (IND)	RSCO
	Dingko Singh (IND)	12
	(CHN)	6
					Dingko Singh (IND)	18
					Sontaya Wongprates (THA)	14
	Sontaya Wongprates (THA)	20
	(INA)	10
			Sontaya Wongprates (THA)	19
			(MAS)	6
	(MAS)	RSCO
	()