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)
Cuba Héctor Ramírez
Cuba
United States Richard Sandoval
United States
Chile Eduardo Burgos
Chile

Mexico Gilberto Sosa
Mexico

Flyweight
( 51 kilograms)
Puerto Rico Alberto Mercado
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic Pedro Nolasco
Dominican Republic
Canada Ian Clyde
Canada

United States Jerome Coffee
United States

Bantamweight
( 54 kilograms)
United States Jackie Beard
United States
Puerto Rico Luis Pizarro
Puerto Rico
Cuba Héctor Lazaro
Cuba

Venezuela Santiago Caballero
Venezuela

Featherweight
( 57 kilograms)
United States Bernard Taylor
United States
Venezuela Naudy Piñero
Venezuela
Argentina Fernando Sosa
Argentina

Colombia Felipe Orozco
Colombia

Lightweight
( 60 kilograms)
Cuba Adolfo Horta
Cuba
Puerto Rico Roberto Andino
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic Rafael Rodriguez
Dominican Republic

Venezuela Guillermo Fernández
Venezuela

Light Welterweight
( 63.5 kilograms)
United States Lemuel Steeples
United States
Argentina Hugo Hernández
Argentina
Cuba José Aguillar
Cuba

Puerto Rico Pedro Cruz
Puerto Rico

Welterweight
( 67 kilograms)
Cuba Andrés Aldama
Cuba
Jamaica Mike McCallum
Jamaica
Dominican Republic José Baret
Dominican Republic

Mexico Javier Colin
Mexico

Light Middleweight
( 71 kilograms)
Puerto Rico José Angel Molina
Puerto Rico
United States James Shuler
United States
Brazil Francisco de Jesus
Brazil

Dominican Republic Jorge Amparo
Dominican Republic

Middleweight
( 75 kilograms)
Cuba José Gomez
Cuba
Brazil Carlos Fonseca
Brazil
Guyana Alfred Thomas
Guyana

Argentina Oscar Florentín
Argentina

Light Heavyweight
( 81 kilograms)
United States Tony Tucker
United States
Puerto Rico Dennis Jackson
Puerto Rico
Canada Patrick Fennel
Canada

Dominican Republic Clemente Ortiz
Dominican Republic

Heavyweight
(+ 81 kilograms)
Cuba Teófilo Stevenson
Cuba
Puerto Rico Narciso Maldonado
Puerto Rico
United States Rufus Hadley
United States

Ecuador Luis Castillo
Ecuador

Medal table

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

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