Boxing at the 1979 Pan American Games

The Men's Boxing Tournament at the 1979 Pan American Games was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from July 1 to July 15.

Medal winners

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms)	Héctor Ramírez Cuba	Richard Sandoval United States	Eduardo Burgos Chile Gilberto Sosa Mexico
Flyweight (– 51 kilograms)	Alberto Mercado Puerto Rico	Pedro Nolasco Dominican Republic	Ian Clyde Canada Jerome Coffee United States
Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms)	Jackie Beard United States	Luis Pizarro Puerto Rico	Héctor Lazaro Cuba Santiago Caballero Venezuela
Featherweight (– 57 kilograms)	Bernard Taylor United States	Naudy Piñero Venezuela	Fernando Sosa Argentina Felipe Orozco Colombia
Lightweight (– 60 kilograms)	Adolfo Horta Cuba	Roberto Andino Puerto Rico	Rafael Rodriguez Dominican Republic Guillermo Fernández Venezuela
Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms)	Lemuel Steeples United States	Hugo Hernández Argentina	José Aguillar Cuba Pedro Cruz Puerto Rico
Welterweight (– 67 kilograms)	Andrés Aldama Cuba	Mike McCallum Jamaica	José Baret Dominican Republic Javier Colin Mexico
Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms)	José Angel Molina Puerto Rico	James Shuler United States	Francisco de Jesus Brazil Jorge Amparo Dominican Republic
Middleweight (– 75 kilograms)	José Gomez Cuba	Carlos Fonseca Brazil	Alfred Thomas Guyana Oscar Florentín Argentina
Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms)	Tony Tucker United States	Dennis Jackson Puerto Rico	Patrick Fennel Canada Clemente Ortiz Dominican Republic
Heavyweight (+ 81 kilograms)	Teófilo Stevenson Cuba	Narciso Maldonado Puerto Rico	Rufus Hadley United States Luis Castillo Ecuador

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	5	0	2	7
2	United States	4	2	2	8
3	Puerto Rico	2	4	1	7
4	Dominican Republic	0	1	4	5
5	Argentina	0	1	2	3
6	Brazil	0	1	1	2
	Venezuela	0	1	1	2
8	Jamaica	0	1	0	1
9	Canada	0	0	2	2
	Mexico	0	0	2	2
11	Chile	0	0	1	1
	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Ecuador	0	0	1	1
	Guyana	0	0	1	0

External links

• Amateur Boxing