# Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Welterweight

The men's welterweight 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 9 August, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with a final on 13 August. As there were less 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.

## 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 |
| | | | Billy Boyce (AUS) | Billy Boyce (AUS) | PTS | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Léon Roller (LUX) | Léon Roller (LUX) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Billy Boyce (AUS) | Billy Boyce (AUS) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Duggie Du Preez (RSA) | Duggie Du Preez (RSA) | PTS | | | | | | |
| | | | Duggie Du Preez (RSA) | Duggie Du Preez (RSA) | PTS | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Feliciano Rossano (URU) | Feliciano Rossano (URU) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Duggie Du Preez (RSA) | Duggie Du Preez (RSA) | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Hank Herring (USA) | Hank Herring (USA) | PTS | | | |
| | | | Eladio Herrera (ARG) | Eladio Herrera (ARG) | PTS | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Humberto Loayza (CHI) | Humberto Loayza (CHI) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Eladio Herrera (ARG) | Eladio Herrera (ARG) | | | | | | | |
| Gharib Afifi (EGY) | Gharib Afifi (EGY) | | | | | Hank Herring (USA) | Hank Herring (USA) | PTS | | | | | | |
| Peter Foran (IRL) | Peter Foran (IRL) | PTS | Peter Foran (IRL) | Peter Foran (IRL) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Édouard Bombart (BEL) | Édouard Bombart (BEL) | | Hank Herring (USA) | Hank Herring (USA) | PTS | | | | | | | | | |
| Hank Herring (USA) | Hank Herring (USA) | PTS | | | | | | | | | | Hank Herring (USA) | Hank Herring (USA) | |
| Alex Obeysekere (CEY) | Alex Obeysekere (CEY) | PTS | | | | | | | | | | Július Torma (TCH) | Július Torma (TCH) | PTS |
| Anwar Pasha Turki (PAK) | Anwar Pasha Turki (PAK) | | Alex Obeysekere (CEY) | Alex Obeysekere (CEY) | | | | | | | |
| Zygmunt Chychła (POL) | Zygmunt Chychła (POL) | PTS | Zygmunt Chychła (POL) | Zygmunt Chychła (POL) | KO-2 | | | | | | |
| Frits Wijngaard (NED) | Frits Wijngaard (NED) | | | | | Zygmunt Chychła (POL) | Zygmunt Chychła (POL) | | | | |
| Gunnar Hansen (NOR) | Gunnar Hansen (NOR) | | | | | Alessandro D'Ottavio (ITA) | Alessandro D'Ottavio (ITA) | PTS | | | |
| Pierre Hernandez (FRA) | Pierre Hernandez (FRA) | PTS | Pierre Hernandez (FRA) | Pierre Hernandez (FRA) | | | | | | | |
| Alessandro D'Ottavio (ITA) | Alessandro D'Ottavio (ITA) | PTS | Alessandro D'Ottavio (ITA) | Alessandro D'Ottavio (ITA) | PTS | | | | | | |
| George Issabeg (IRI) | George Issabeg (IRI) | | | | | | | | Alessandro D'Ottavio (ITA) | Alessandro D'Ottavio (ITA) | |
| Max Shacklady (GBR) | Max Shacklady (GBR) | KO-3 | | | | | | | Július Torma (TCH) | Július Torma (TCH) | PTS |
| Christian Kristensen (DEN) | Christian Kristensen (DEN) | | Max Shacklady (GBR) | Max Shacklady (GBR) | | | | | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| Robert Cranston (IND) | Robert Cranston (IND) | | Aurelio Díaz (ESP) | Aurelio Díaz (ESP) | PTS | | | | | | |
| Aurelio Díaz (ESP) | Aurelio Díaz (ESP) | PTS | | | | Aurelio Díaz (ESP) | Aurelio Díaz (ESP) | | | | | Duggie Du Preez (RSA) | Duggie Du Preez (RSA) | |
| Gusztáv Bene (HUN) | Gusztáv Bene (HUN) | | | | | Július Torma (TCH) | Július Torma (TCH) | DSQ-2 | | | | Alessandro D'Ottavio (ITA) | Alessandro D'Ottavio (ITA) | PTS |
| Július Torma (TCH) | Július Torma (TCH) | PTS | Július Torma (TCH) | Július Torma (TCH) | RSC-2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Clifford Blackburn (CAN) | Clifford Blackburn (CAN) | PTS | Cliff Blackburn (CAN) | Cliff Blackburn (CAN) | | | | | | | |
| Mariano Vélez (PHI) | Mariano Vélez (PHI) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Július Torma fractured his left hand during his second round bout against Cliff Blackburn, but was able to hide the injury in his remaining bouts, through careful defending and judicious use of his right hand.