Boxing at the 2015 Pan American Games

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Boxing at the XVII Pan American Games
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Boxing pictogram for the games
VenueOshawa Sports Centre
DatesJuly 18–25
No. of events13 (10 men, 3 women)
Competitors120 from 24 nations
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Boxing competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto were held from July 18 to 25 at the General Motors Centre (Oshawa Sports Centre) in Oshawa.[1] Due to naming rights the arena was known as the latter for the duration of the games.[2] A total of thirteen boxing events will be held: ten for men and three for women.[3]

Venue[]

The General Motors Centre (Oshawa Sports Centre), in Oshawa, was the venue for the boxing competitions

The competitions will take place at the General Motors Centre (Oshawa Sports Centre) located about in the city of Oshawa, about 60 kilometers from the athletes village. The arena will have a reduced capacity (from its normal of about 5,500) of about 3,000 people per session.[2] The venue will also host weightlifting competitions earlier during the games.[4]

New rules[]

To harmonise with the rules of amateur boxing decided by the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur (AIBA), Pan Am Boxing will feature new rules. There will be an introduction of the "10-point must" scoring system used in the pro game, where the winner of each round must be awarded 10 points and the loser a lesser amount, and the elimination of the padded headgear. AIBA new rules want to take away the focus on the head as the key scoring location. The AIBA, boxing's world body, said removing the head gear would actually make things safer by reducing concussions, and the jury is out on that. Now, the boxer will have to concentrate on the whole body and proper ring tactics. The International Olympic Committee has not as yet decided whether to permit boxing without headgear for Rio in 2016. How thing go in Toronto this year may go a long way to a final decision. AIBA officials are also waiting to see how things go in the men's game before making a decision to take head gear off women fighters.[5]

Competition schedule[]

The following is the competition schedule for the boxing competitions:[6]

P Preliminaries ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals F Final
Event↓/Date → Sat 18 Sun 19 Mon 20 Tue 21 Wed 22 Thu 23 Fri 24 Sat 25
Men's light flyweight P ¼ ½ F
Men's flyweight P ¼ ½ F
Men's bantamweight P ¼ ½ F
Men's lightweight P ¼ ½ F
Men's light welterweight P ¼ ½ F
Men's welterweight P ¼ ½ F
Men's middleweight P ¼ ½ F
Men's light heavyweight P ¼ ½ F
Men's heavyweight ¼ ½ F
Men's super heavyweight ¼ ½ F
Women's flyweight ¼ ½ F
Women's light welterweight ¼ ½ F
Women's light heavyweight ¼ ½ F

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Cuba64010
2 Canada*3036
3 United States2125
4 Venezuela1236
5 Mexico1135
6 Colombia0235
 Dominican Republic0235
8 Argentina0123
9 Brazil0022
 Puerto Rico0022
11 Chile0011
 Costa Rica0011
 Guatemala0011
Totals (13 nations)13132652

Medalists[]

Men's events[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light flyweight
details
Joselito Velázquez
 Mexico
Joahnys Argilagos
 Cuba
Yoel Finol Rivas
 Venezuela
Victor Santillan
 Dominican Republic
Flyweight
details
Antonio Vargas
 United States
Yosvany Veitía
 Cuba
Céiber Ávila
 Colombia
David Jimenez
 Costa Rica
Bantamweight
details
Andy Cruz Gómez
 Cuba
Héctor García
 Dominican Republic
Kenny Lally
 Canada

 United States
Lightweight
details
Lázaro Álvarez
 Cuba
Lindolfo Delgado
 Mexico

 Guatemala

 Puerto Rico
Light welterweight
details
Arthur Biyarslanov
 Canada
Yasniel Toledo
 Cuba
Joedison Teixeira
 Brazil
Luis Arcon
 Venezuela
Welterweight
details
Gabriel Maestre
 Venezuela
Roniel Iglesias
 Cuba

 Dominican Republic
Alberto Palmetta
 Argentina
Middleweight
details
Arlen López
 Cuba
Jorge Vivas
 Colombia
Misael Rodríguez
 Mexico

 Venezuela
Light heavyweight
details
Julio César la Cruz
 Cuba
Albert Ramirez Duran
 Venezuela
Juan Carlos Carrillo
 Colombia
Rogelio Romero
 Mexico
Heavyweight
details
Erislandy Savón
 Cuba
Deivi Julio
 Colombia
Samir El-Mais
 Canada

 Chile
Super heavyweight
details
Lenier Pero
 Cuba
Edgar Muñoz
 Venezuela
Cam Awesome
 United States
Rafael Lima
 Brazil

Women's events[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
details
Mandy Bujold
 Canada
Marlen Esparza
 United States
Monica Gonzalez Rivera
 Puerto Rico
Ingrit Valencia
 Colombia
Light welterweight
details
Caroline Veyre
 Canada
Dayana Sánchez
 Argentina

 Mexico

 Dominican Republic
Light heavyweight
details
Claressa Shields
 United States
Yenebier Guillén
 Dominican Republic
Ariane Fortin
 Canada

 Argentina

Participating nations[]

A total of 24 countries have qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation has entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

Qualification[]

A total of 120 boxers (96 male and 24 women) will qualify to compete at the games. The top three boxers in each men's category at the 2015 World Series of Boxing will qualify. The rest of the quotas (including all the women's quotas) will be awarded at a qualification tournament in June 2015. Canada as host nation has an automatic berth in one women's and five men's categories, and will need to qualify in all other categories.[7]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Oshawa Sports Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Boxing". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. ^ McMillan, Ian (17 July 2014). "Cashing in on the Pan Am Games in Durham". DurhamRegion.com. Metroland Media Group. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. ^ Cbc.ca Pan Am Boxing will feature new rules
  6. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Qualification System Boxing" (pdf). teamusa.org. TO2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
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