Boxing at the 1955 Pan American Games

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)
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

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

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