# Boxing at the Asian Games

Boxing has been contested at every Asian Games since its introduction to the program at the 1954 Asian Games.

## Editions

| Games | Year | Host city | Best nation |
| II | 1954 | Manila, Philippines | Philippines |
| III | 1958 | Tokyo, Japan | Japan |
| IV | 1962 | Jakarta, Indonesia | South Korea |
| V | 1966 | Bangkok, Thailand | South Korea |
| VI | 1970 | Bangkok, Thailand | South Korea |
| VII | 1974 | Tehran, Iran | South Korea |
| VIII | 1978 | Bangkok, Thailand | South Korea |
| IX | 1982 | New Delhi, India | South Korea |
| X | 1986 | Seoul, South Korea | South Korea |
| XI | 1990 | Beijing, China | South Korea |
| XII | 1994 | Hiroshima, Japan | Philippines |
| XIII | 1998 | Bangkok, Thailand | Thailand |
| XIV | 2002 | Busan, South Korea | Uzbekistan |
| XV | 2006 | Doha, Qatar | Uzbekistan |
| XVI | 2010 | Guangzhou, China | China |
| XVII | 2014 | Incheon, South Korea | Kazakhstan |
| XVIII | 2018 | Jakarta–Palembang, Indonesia | Uzbekistan |
| XIX | 2022 | Hangzhou, China | China |

## Events

The boxing competition is organized as a set of tournaments, one for each weight class. The number of weight classes has changed over the years, and the definition of each class has changed several times, as shown in the following table.
Men's weight classes :
| 1954 | 1958–1962 | 1966–1978 | 1982–2002 | 2006 | 2010–2014 | 2018 | 2022 |
| Flyweight −51 kg | Flyweight −51 kg | Light flyweight −48 kg | Light flyweight −48 kg | Light flyweight −48 kg | Light flyweight −49 kg | Light flyweight −49 kg | Flyweight −51 kg |
| Flyweight −51 kg |||
| Flyweight −51 kg ||
| Bantamweight 51–54 kg | Bantamweight 51–54 kg | Bantamweight 51–54 kg | Bantamweight 51–54 kg | Bantamweight 51–54 kg | Flyweight 49–52 kg | Flyweight 49–52 kg | Featherweight 51–57 kg |
| Featherweight 51–57 kg ||
| Featherweight 51–57 kg |||||
| Featherweight 51–57 kg ||
| Lightweight 57–60 kg | Lightweight 57–60 kg | Lightweight 57–60 kg | Lightweight 57–60 kg | Lightweight 57–60 kg | Lightweight 56–60 kg | Lightweight 56–60 kg | Light welterweight 57–63.5 kg |
| Light welterweight 60–63.5 kg | Light welterweight 60–63.5 kg | Light welterweight 60–63.5 kg | Light welterweight 60–63.5 kg | Light welterweight 60–64 kg | Light welterweight 60–64 kg | Light welterweight 60–64 kg | | Light welterweight 57–63.5 kg |
| Welterweight 63.5–67 kg | Welterweight 63.5–67 kg | Welterweight 63.5–67 kg | Welterweight 63.5–67 kg | Light welterweight 60–64 kg | Light welterweight 60–64 kg | Light welterweight 60–64 kg | Light middleweight 63.5–71 kg |
| Light middleweight 63.5–71 kg |||
| Light middleweight 63.5–71 kg ||||
| Light middleweight 63.5–71 kg |||
| | Middleweight 71–75 kg | Middleweight 71–75 kg | Middleweight 71–75 kg | Middleweight 69–75 kg | Middleweight 69–75 kg | Middleweight 69–75 kg | Light heavyweight 71–80 kg |
| | Middleweight 75–81 kg | Middleweight 75–81 kg | Middleweight 75–81 kg | Middleweight 75–81 kg | Middleweight 75–81 kg | | Light heavyweight 71–80 kg |
| | Middleweight 75–81 kg | Middleweight 75–81 kg | Middleweight 75–81 kg | Middleweight 75–81 kg | Middleweight 75–81 kg | | Heavyweight 80–92 kg |
| | Heavyweight +81 kg | Heavyweight +81 kg | Heavyweight 81–91 kg | Heavyweight 81–91 kg | Heavyweight 81–91 kg | | | Heavyweight 80–92 kg |
| Heavyweight 80–92 kg |||
| | Heavyweight +81 kg | Heavyweight +81 kg | Super heavyweight +91 kg | Super heavyweight +91 kg | Super heavyweight +91 kg | | Super heavyweight +92 kg |
| 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 7 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 59 | 25 | 30 | 114 |
| 2 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 23 | 20 | 23 | 66 |
| 3 | Thailand (THA) | 20 | 26 | 35 | 81 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 16 | 13 | 12 | 41 |
| 5 | Philippines (PHI) | 15 | 10 | 31 | 56 |
| 6 | Japan (JPN) | 13 | 13 | 38 | 64 |
| 7 | China (CHN) | 11 | 12 | 14 | 37 |
| 8 | India (IND) | 9 | 17 | 35 | 61 |
| 9 | North Korea (PRK) | 7 | 8 | 9 | 24 |
| 10 | Pakistan (PAK) | 6 | 19 | 36 | 61 |
| 11 | Iran (IRI) | 5 | 11 | 26 | 42 |
| 12 | Indonesia (INA) | 3 | 8 | 15 | 26 |
| 13 | Mongolia (MGL) | 2 | 6 | 15 | 23 |
| 14 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 15 | Syria (SYR) | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 16 | Tajikistan (TJK) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 17 | Myanmar (MYA) | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 18 | Cambodia (CAM) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 19 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 21 | Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | Singapore (SGP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Nepal (NEP) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 25 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 25 | Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 25 | Turkmenistan (TKM) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 25 | Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 29 | Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 30 | Bangladesh (BAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Laos (LAO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (33 entries) | Totals (33 entries) | 196 | 203 | 386 | 785 |