# Boxing at the 1979 Pan American Games

Boxing competitions at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan were held from July 2 to 14 at the Trujillo Alto Coliseum and the Roberto Clemente Coliseum.

## Competition schedule

The following was the schedule for the boxing competitions:
| P | Preliminaries | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Mon 2 | Tue 3 | Wed 4 | Thu 5 | Fri 6 | Sat 7 | Sun 8 | Mon 9 | Tue 10 | Wed 11 | Thu 12 | Sat 14 |
| Men's light flyweight | | | | P | | | ¼ | | | ½ | | F |
| Men's flyweight | | | P | | | ¼ | | | | ½ | | F |
| Men's bantamweight | | | | | P | | | | ¼ | | ½ | F |
| Men's featherweight | 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 light middleweight | | | | | | ¼ | | | | | ½ | F |
| Men's middleweight | | | | | | | | | ¼ | | ½ | F |
| Men's light heavyweight | | | | | | | | | | | ½ | F |
| Men's heavyweight | | | | | | | | | | | ½ | F |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Puerto Rico)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cuba | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | United States | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Puerto Rico* | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Jamaica | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Mexico | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Chile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Guyana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 11 | 11 | 22 | 44 |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Light flyweight details | Héctor Ramírez Cuba | Richard Sandoval United States | Eduardo Burgos Chile |
| Light flyweight details | Héctor Ramírez Cuba | Richard Sandoval United States | Gilberto Sosa Mexico |
| Flyweight details | Alberto Mercado Puerto Rico | Pedro Nolasco Dominican Republic | Ian Clyde Canada |
| Flyweight details | Alberto Mercado Puerto Rico | Pedro Nolasco Dominican Republic | Jerome Coffee United States |
| Bantamweight details | Jackie Beard United States | Luis Pizarro Puerto Rico | Héctor Lazaro Cuba |
| Bantamweight details | Jackie Beard United States | Luis Pizarro Puerto Rico | Santiago Caballero Venezuela |
| Featherweight details | Bernard Taylor United States | Naudy Piñero Venezuela | Fernando Sosa Argentina |
| Featherweight details | Bernard Taylor United States | Naudy Piñero Venezuela | Felipe Orozco Colombia |
| Lightweight details | Adolfo Horta Cuba | Roberto Andino Puerto Rico | Rafael Rodriguez Dominican Republic |
| Lightweight details | Adolfo Horta Cuba | Roberto Andino Puerto Rico | Guillermo Fernández Venezuela |
| Light welterweight details | Lemuel Steeples United States | Hugo Hernández Argentina | José Aguilar Cuba |
| Light welterweight details | Lemuel Steeples United States | Hugo Hernández Argentina | Pedro Cruz Puerto Rico |
| Welterweight details | Andrés Aldama Cuba | Mike McCallum Jamaica | José Baret Dominican Republic |
| Welterweight details | Andrés Aldama Cuba | Mike McCallum Jamaica | Javier Colin Mexico |
| Light middleweight details | José Angel Molina Puerto Rico | James Shuler United States | Francisco de Jesus Brazil |
| Light middleweight details | José Angel Molina Puerto Rico | James Shuler United States | Jorge Amparo Dominican Republic |
| Middleweight details | José Gómez Mustelier Cuba | Carlos Fonseca Brazil | Alfred Thomas Guyana |
| Middleweight details | José Gómez Mustelier Cuba | Carlos Fonseca Brazil | Oscar Florentín Argentina |
| Light heavyweight details | Tony Tucker United States | Dennis Jackson Puerto Rico | Patrick Fennel Canada |
| Light heavyweight details | Tony Tucker United States | Dennis Jackson Puerto Rico | Clemente Ortiz Dominican Republic |
| Heavyweight details | Teófilo Stevenson Cuba | Narciso Maldonado Puerto Rico | Rufus Hadley United States |
| Heavyweight details | Teófilo Stevenson Cuba | Narciso Maldonado Puerto Rico | Luis Castillo Ecuador |

## Participating nations

A total of 24 countries have qualified athletes.
* Argentina (6 athletes)
* Barbados (2)
* Bahamas (4)
* Belize (3)
* Brazil (10)
* Canada (8)
* Chile (5)
* Colombia (5)
* Cuba (11)
* Dominican Republic (9)
* Ecuador (4)
* El Salvador (4)
* Guyana (5)
* Jamaica (2)
* Mexico (7)
* Puerto Rico (11)
* United States (11)
* Venezuela (5)
* Virgin Islands (2)