Boxing at the 1959 Pan American Games

The Men's Boxing Tournament at the 1959 Pan American Games was held in Chicago, United States, from August 27 to September 7.

Medal winners

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
( 51 kilograms)
Argentina Miguel Angel Botta
Argentina
Brazil José Neves
Brazil
Venezuela Tito Blanco
Venezuela
Bantamweight
( 54 kilograms)
Brazil Waldo Claudiano
Brazil
Argentina Carlos Cañete
Argentina
United States Ignacio Mullins
United States
Featherweight
( 57 kilograms)
Argentina Carlos Aro
Argentina
United States Charles Brown
United States
Chile Mario Garate
Chile
Lightweight
( 60 kilograms)
Argentina Abel Laudonio
Argentina
Uruguay Gualberto Guttierez
Uruguay
Venezuela Marío Romero
Venezuela
Light Welterweight
( 63.5 kilograms)
United States Vincent Shomo
United States
Argentina Luis Aranda
Argentina
Mexico Humberto Dip
Mexico
Welterweight
( 67 kilograms)
Chile Alfredo Cornejo
Chile
Argentina Aurelio González
Argentina
Brazil Manuel Alves
Brazil
Light Middleweight
( 71 kilograms)
United States Wilbert McClure
United States
Venezuela José Burgos
Venezuela
Brazil Helio Crescencio
Brazil
Middleweight
( 75 kilograms)
Brazil Abrao de Souza
Brazil
United States Bob Foster
United States
British Guiana Carl Crawford
British Guiana
Light Heavyweight
( 81 kilograms)
United States Amos Johnson
United States
Argentina Rafael Gargiulo
Argentina
Chile Carlos Lucas
Chile
Heavyweight
(+ 81 kilograms)
United States Allen Hudson
United States
Argentina Eduardo Corletti
Argentina
Brazil Jurandyr Nicolau
Brazil

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States United States 4 2 1 7
2 Argentina Argentina 3 5 0 8
3 Brazil Brazil 2 1 3 6
4 Chile Chile 1 0 2 3
5 Venezuela Venezuela 0 1 2 3
6 Uruguay Uruguay 0 1 0 1
7 British Guiana British Guiana 0 0 1 1
Mexico Mexico 0 0 1 1

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