# Boxing at the 2015 Pan American Games

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. Due to naming rights the arena was known as the latter for the duration of the games. A total of thirteen boxing events will be held: ten for men and three for women.

## Venue

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. The venue will also host weightlifting competitions earlier during the games.

## 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 headgear 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 headgear off women fighters.

## Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the boxing competitions:
| 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 lightweight | | | ¼ | ½ | | | | F |
| Women's light heavyweight | | | ¼ | ½ | | | F | |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Canada)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cuba | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Canada* | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | United States | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Venezuela | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Mexico | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Colombia | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Chile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Costa Rica | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Guatemala | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 13 | 13 | 26 | 52 |

## Medalists
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Light flyweight details | Joselito Velázquez Mexico | Joahnys Argilagos Cuba | Yoel Finol Rivas Venezuela |
| Light flyweight details | Joselito Velázquez Mexico | Joahnys Argilagos Cuba | Victor Santillan Dominican Republic |
| Flyweight details | Antonio Vargas United States | Yosvany Veitía Cuba | Céiber Ávila Colombia |
| Flyweight details | Antonio Vargas United States | Yosvany Veitía Cuba | David Jimenez Costa Rica |
| Bantamweight details | Andy Cruz Gómez Cuba | Héctor García Dominican Republic | Kenny Lally Canada |
| Bantamweight details | Andy Cruz Gómez Cuba | Héctor García Dominican Republic | Francisco Martinez United States |
| Lightweight details | Lázaro Álvarez Cuba | Lindolfo Delgado Mexico | Kevin Luna Guatemala |
| Lightweight details | Lázaro Álvarez Cuba | Lindolfo Delgado Mexico | José Rosario Puerto Rico |
| Light welterweight details | Arthur Biyarslanov Canada | Yasniel Toledo Cuba | Joedison Teixeira Brazil |
| Light welterweight details | Arthur Biyarslanov Canada | Yasniel Toledo Cuba | Luis Arcon Venezuela |
| Welterweight details | Gabriel Maestre Venezuela | Roniel Iglesias Cuba | Juan Ramón Solano Dominican Republic |
| Welterweight details | Gabriel Maestre Venezuela | Roniel Iglesias Cuba | Alberto Palmetta Argentina |
| Middleweight details | Arlen López Cuba | Jorge Vivas Colombia | Misael Rodríguez Mexico |
| Middleweight details | Arlen López Cuba | Jorge Vivas Colombia | Endry Saavedra Venezuela |
| Light heavyweight details | Julio César la Cruz Cuba | Albert Ramirez Duran Venezuela | Juan Carlos Carrillo Colombia |
| Light heavyweight details | Julio César la Cruz Cuba | Albert Ramirez Duran Venezuela | Rogelio Romero Mexico |
| Heavyweight details | Erislandy Savón Cuba | Deivi Julio Colombia | Samir El-Mais Canada |
| Heavyweight details | Erislandy Savón Cuba | Deivi Julio Colombia | Miguel Veliz Chile |
| Super heavyweight details | Lenier Pero Cuba | Edgar Muñoz Venezuela | Cam Awesome United States |
| Super heavyweight details | Lenier Pero Cuba | Edgar Muñoz Venezuela | Rafael Lima Brazil |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight details | Mandy Bujold Canada | Marlen Esparza United States | Monica Gonzalez Rivera Puerto Rico |
| Flyweight details | Mandy Bujold Canada | Marlen Esparza United States | Ingrit Valencia Colombia |
| Lightweight details | Caroline Veyre Canada | Dayana Sánchez Argentina | Victoria Torres Mexico |
| Lightweight details | Caroline Veyre Canada | Dayana Sánchez Argentina | Mirquin Sena Dominican Republic |
| Light heavyweight details | Claressa Shields United States | Yenebier Guillén Dominican Republic | Ariane Fortin Canada |
| Light heavyweight details | Claressa Shields United States | Yenebier Guillén Dominican Republic | Lucía Pérez 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.
* Argentina (7)
* Bahamas (3)
* Barbados (1)
* Bolivia (1)
* Brazil (8)
* Canada (10)
* Chile (2)
* Colombia (8)
* Costa Rica (4)
* Cuba (10)
* Dominica (1)
* Dominican Republic (9)
* Ecuador (3)
* El Salvador (1)
* Guatemala (5)
* Honduras (1)
* Mexico (10)
* Nicaragua (4)
* Peru (2)
* Puerto Rico (5)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* United States (11)
* Venezuela (12)
* Virgin Islands (1)

## 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.