# Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Middleweight

The men's middleweight boxing competition at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was held from 7 to 13 August at the Empress Hall in Earl's Court and the Wembley Arena.

## Competition format

Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. The competition began with a preliminary round on 7 August, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with a final on 13 August. As there were fewer than 32 boxers in the competition, a number of boxers received a bye for the preliminary round. All bouts consisted of three periods where the boxers received points for every successful punch they land on their opponent's head or upper body. The boxer with the most points at the end of the bouts wins. If a boxer is knocked to the ground and cannot get up before the referee counts to 10, then the bout is over and the opponent wins by knockout.

## Results

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | Dogomar Martínez (URU) | Dogomar Martínez (URU) | PTS | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Antoni Kolczyński (POL) | Antoni Kolczyński (POL) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Dogomar Martínez (URU) | Dogomar Martínez (URU) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Ivano Fontana (ITA) | Ivano Fontana (ITA) | PTS | | | | | | |
| | | | John Nuttall (IND) | John Nuttall (IND) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Ivano Fontana (ITA) | Ivano Fontana (ITA) | PTS | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Ivano Fontana (ITA) | Ivano Fontana (ITA) | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | László Papp (HUN) | László Papp (HUN) | PTS | | | |
| | | | Washington Jones (USA) | Washington Jones (USA) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Auguste Cavignac (BEL) | Auguste Cavignac (BEL) | DSQ-2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Auguste Cavignac (BEL) | Auguste Cavignac (BEL) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | László Papp (HUN) | László Papp (HUN) | KO-1 | | | | | | |
| | | | Jeannot Welter (LUX) | Jeannot Welter (LUX) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Valle Resko (FIN) | Valle Resko (FIN) | | László Papp (HUN) | László Papp (HUN) | RSC-1 | | | | | | | | | |
| László Papp (HUN) | László Papp (HUN) | KO-2 | | | | | | | | | | László Papp (HUN) | László Papp (HUN) | PTS |
| Tore Karlsson (SWE) | Tore Karlsson (SWE) | | | | | | | | | | | Johnny Wright (GBR) | Johnny Wright (GBR) | |
| Hossein Tousi (IRN) | Hossein Tousi (IRN) | PTS | Hossein Tousi (IRN) | Hossein Tousi (IRN) | | | | | | | |
| Jack Keenan (CAN) | Jack Keenan (CAN) | | Mick McKeon (IRL) | Mick McKeon (IRL) | PTS | | | | | | |
| Mick McKeon (IRL) | Mick McKeon (IRL) | PTS | | | | Mick McKeon (IRL) | Mick McKeon (IRL) | PTS | | | |
| Martin Hansen (DEN) | Martin Hansen (DEN) | KO-1 | | | | Aimé-Joseph Escudie (FRA) | Aimé-Joseph Escudie (FRA) | | | | |
| Evert Johanson (NOR) | Evert Johanson (NOR) | | Martin Hansen (DEN) | Martin Hansen (DEN) | | | | | | | |
| Aimé-Joseph Escudie (FRA) | Aimé-Joseph Escudie (FRA) | PTS | Aimé-Joseph Escudie (FRA) | Aimé-Joseph Escudie (FRA) | PTS | | | | | | |
| Ken La Grange (RSA) | Ken La Grange (RSA) | | | | | | | | Mick McKeon (IRL) | Mick McKeon (IRL) | |
| Moustafa Fahim (EGY) | Moustafa Fahim (EGY) | RSC-2 | | | | | | | Johnny Wright (GBR) | Johnny Wright (GBR) | PTS |
| Jaime Oliver (ESP) | Jaime Oliver (ESP) | | Moustafa Fahim (EGY) | Moustafa Fahim (EGY) | | | | | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| Miloslav Příhoda (TCH) | Miloslav Příhoda (TCH) | | Jan Schubart (NED) | Jan Schubart (NED) | PTS | | | | | | |
| Jan Schubart (NED) | Jan Schubart (NED) | PTS | | | | Jan Schubart (NED) | Jan Schubart (NED) | | | | | Ivano Fontana (ITA) | Ivano Fontana (ITA) | WO |
| Hermann Schneider (SUI) | Hermann Schneider (SUI) | | | | | Johnny Wright (GBR) | Johnny Wright (GBR) | PTS | | | | Mick McKeon (IRL) | Mick McKeon (IRL) | |
| Johnny Wright (GBR) | Johnny Wright (GBR) | PTS | Johnny Wright (GBR) | Johnny Wright (GBR) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Graham Higham (AUS) | Graham Higham (AUS) | | Héctor García (ARG) | Héctor García (ARG) | RSC-2 | | | | | | |
| Héctor García (ARG) | Héctor García (ARG) | PTS | | | | | | | | | | | | |