Boxing at the Pacific Games

Boxing at the Pacific Games has been contested since 1963 when it was included as one of ten sports at the First South Pacific Games held in Suva, Fiji.^[1][2] There are presently ten weight classes for the men's competition at the Pacific Games, known as the South Pacific Games prior to 2011, in accordance with the (amateur) International Boxing Association (AIBA) classifications.

Boxing has also been included in many of the Pacific Mini Games, starting with the first edition held at Honiara in 1981.

Pacific Games

The boxing weight classes contested at each Pacific Games are listed in the table below. Flag icons and three letter country code indicate the nationality of the gold medal winner of an event, where this information is known; otherwise an (X) is used. Moving the cursor onto a country code with a dotted underline will reveal the name of the gold medal winner. A dash (–) indicates a weight division that was not contested.^{[upper-alpha 1]}

Men's boxing

Games	Year	Host city	Light- Fly weight	Fly weight	Bantam weight	Feather weight	Light weight	Light- Welter weight	Welter weight	Light- Middle weight	Middle weight	Light- Heavy weight	Heavy weight	Super- Heavy weight	Total events	Ref
I	1963 ()	Suva	–	–	PNG	COK	FIJ	ASM	COK	FIJ	FIJ	FIJ	–	–	8	[upper-alpha 2]
II	1966 ()	Nouméa	–	FIJ	PNG	PNG	NCL	WSM	WSM	FIJ	FIJ	FIJ	NCL	–	10	[upper-alpha 3]
III	1969 ()	Port Moresby	–	FIJ	PNG	PNG	ASM	WSM	WSM	FIJ	WSM	FIJ	FIJ	–	10	[upper-alpha 4]
IV	1971	Papeete	PNG	WSM	WSM	TAH	TAH	WSM	PNG	TGA	FIJ	WSM	TAH	–	11	[upper-alpha 5]
V	1975	Tumon	WSM	WSM	PNG	PNG	ASM	WSM	NHB	ASM	NCL	ASM	NCL	–	11	[upper-alpha 6]
VI	1979	Suva	PNG	NCL	TAH	ASM	WSM	FIJ	WSM	WSM	PNG	FIJ	NCL	–	11	[upper-alpha 7]
VII	1983	Apia	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	–	11
VIII	1987	Nouméa	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	12
IX	1991	Port Moresby	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	12
X	1995	Papeete	SOL	PNG	PNG	TAH	PNG	PNG	PNG	TGA	TAH	TAH	SOL	TGA	12	[31]
XI	1999 ()	Santa Rita	PNG	PNG	FIJ	PNG	SAM	TAH	FIJ	NCL	NCL	SAM	TAH	TAH	12	[32]
XII	2003 ()	Suva	PNG	PNG	SAM	TAH	VAN	TAH	VAN	–	FIJ	SAM	SAM	FIJ	11	[33]
XIII	2007 ()	Apia	PNG	PNG	SAM	SAM	NCL	NCL	SAM	–	SAM	SAM	SAM	TAH	11	[34]
XIV	2011 ()	Nouméa	PNG	PNG	TAH	–	TAH	TAH	TAH	–	SAM	NCL	NCL	NRU	10	[35]
XV	2015 ()	Port Moresby				–				–					10	[36][37]

Women's boxing

Games	Year	Host city	Light- Fly weight	Fly weight	Bantam weight	Feather weight	Light weight	Light- Welter weight	Welter weight	Light- Middle weight	Middle weight	Light- Heavy weight	Heavy weight	Super- Heavy weight	Total events	Ref
XV	2015 ()	Port Moresby	–	PNG	–	–	FSM	–	–	–	PNG	–	–	–	3	[upper-alpha 8]

Pacific Mini Games

The boxing weight classes contested at each Pacific Mini Games are listed in the table below. Flag icons and three letter country code indicate the nationality of the gold medal winner of an event, where this information is known; otherwise an (X) is used. Moving the cursor onto a country code with a dotted underline will reveal the name of the gold medal winner. A dash (–) indicates a weight division that was not contested.^{[upper-alpha 1]}

Men's boxing

Games	Year	Host city	Light- Fly weight	Fly weight	Bantam weight	Feather weight	Light weight	Light- Welter weight	Welter weight	Light- Middle weight	Middle weight	Light- Heavy weight	Heavy weight	Super- Heavy weight	Total events	Ref
I	1981	Honiara												–	11	[41]
III	1989	Nuku'alofa												–	12	[42]
IV	1993 ()	Port Vila	VAN	NCL	PNG	VAN	WSM	SOL	TAH	WSM	WSM	TGA	SOL	TGA	12	[43]
V	1997 ()	Pago Pago													12	[44]
VIII	2009 ()	Rarotonga	–	SAM	TAH	NRU	NCL	TAH	NRU	–	SAM	ASM	TAH	TAH	10	[45]

See also

• Boxing at the Commonwealth Games
• Boxing at the Summer Olympics

Notes

References

External links

• South Pacific Games index on amateur-boxing.strefa.pl