Boxing at the 1955 Pan American Games

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The 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.

[edit] MEDAL WINNERS

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)	James 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

[edit] Medal Table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina	4	2	2	8
2	United States	3	2	2	7
3	Brazil	1	1	1	3
–	Venezuela	1	1	1	3
5	Mexico	1	0	1	2
6	Chile	0	3	1	4
7	Puerto Rico	0	1	0	1

[edit] External link

• Amateur Boxing

Boxing at the Pan American Games

Buenos Aires 1951 | Mexico City 1955 | Chicago 1959 | São Paulo 1963 | Winnipeg 1967 | Cali 1971 | Mexico City 1975 | San Juan 1979 | Caracas 1983 | Indianapolis 1987 | Havana 1991 | Mar del Plata 1995 | Winnipeg 1999 | Santo Domingo 2003 | Rio de Janeiro 2007