Boxing at the 1995 Pan American Games

The Men's Boxing Tournament at the 1995 Pan American Games was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina from March 11 to March 27. It served as a qualification tournament for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The number one and two earned a ticket for the Olympic tournament.

Medal winners

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms)	Edgar Velasquez Venezuela	Juan Ramírez Cuba	Geovany Baca Honduras Albert Guardado United States
Flyweight (– 51 kilograms)	Joan Guzmán Dominican Republic	Raúl González Cuba	José Luis López Venezuela José Juan Cotto Puerto Rico
Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms)	Juan Despaigne Cuba	José Miguel Cotto Puerto Rico	John Nolasco Dominican Republic Claude Lambert Canada
Featherweight (– 57 kilograms)	Arnaldo Mesa Cuba	Alex Trujillo Puerto Rico	Luis Ernesto José Dominican Republic Cristian Rodríguez Argentina
Lightweight (– 60 kilograms)	Julio Gonzáles Cuba	Acelino Freitas Brazil	Francisco Osorio Colombia Michael Strange Canada
Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms)	Walter Crucce Argentina	Luis Deines Pérez Puerto Rico	Héctor Vinent Cuba Fernando Vargas United States
Welterweight (– 67 kilograms)	David Reid United States	Daniel Santos Puerto Rico	Hercules Kyvelos Canada Tomás Leyva Guatemala
Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms)	Alfredo Duvergel Cuba	Derbys Álvarez Venezuela	Kurt Sinette Trinidad and Tobago Jason Smith Canada
Middleweight (– 75 kilograms)	Ariel Hernández Cuba	Ricardo Araneda Chile	Jhon Arroyo Colombia Ronald Simms United States
Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms)	Antonio Tarver United States	Thompson García Ecuador	Edgardo Santos Puerto Rico Gabriel Hernández Dominican Republic
Heavyweight (– 91 kilograms)	Félix Savón Cuba	Lamon Brewster United States	Moises Rolón Puerto Rico Santiago Palavecino Argentina
Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kilograms)	Leonardo Martínez Fiz Cuba	Jean-François Bergeron Canada	Romulo Cuarez Venezuela Lance Whitaker United States

Results

Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						Figliomeni (CAN)		6
						Baca (HON)		10
											Baca (HON)		3
											Velasquez (VEN)		28
						Martínez Tejada (MEX)		8
						Velasquez (VEN)		12
																Velasquez (VEN)		11
	Guardado (USA)		9													Ramírez (CUB)		6
	Guimarães (BRA)		5			Guardado (USA)		11
	Lazarte (ARG)		7			Reyes (COL)		6
	Reyes (COL)		13								Guardado (USA)		0
											Ramírez (CUB)		5
						Laureano (PUR)		13
						Ramírez (CUB)		18

Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Cotto (PUR)

15

Angeles (HON)

11

Cotto (PUR)

20

Rivas (NCA)

11

Rossel (PER)

9

Rossel (PER)

17

Cotto (PUR)

0

Morel (USA)

22

González (CUB)

11

Roldán (COL)

2

Morel (USA)

wo

González (CUB)

ab

González (CUB)

wo

Scott (CAN)

ab

González (CUB)

11

Guzmán (DOM)

16

López (VEN)

16

Rivero (ARG)

7

López (VEN)

5

Guzmán (DOM)

27

Castillo (MEX)

4

Guzmán (DOM)

21

Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						Nolasco (DOM)		9
						Jiménez (MEX)		3
											Nolasco (DOM)		4
											Cotto (PUR)		11
						Verbel (COL)		20
						Cotto (PUR)		25
																Cotto (PUR)		8
																Despaigne (CUB)		20
						Lambert (CAN)		14
						Cardenas (PER)		6
											Lambert (CAN)		2
	Navarro (USA)		10								Despaigne (CUB)		9
	Chacón (ARG)		5			Navarro (USA)		9
	Despaigne (CUB)		21			Despaigne (CUB)		11
	Martínez (PAN)		8

Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

José (DOM)

10

Williams (CAN)

6

José (DOM)

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Trujillo (PUR)

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Thomas (BAR)

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Trujillo (PUR)

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Trujillo (PUR)

2

Rodríguez (ARG)

11

Mesa (CUB)

12

Vargas (MEX)

4

Rodríguez (ARG)

10

Vazquez (PAN)

15

Vazquez (PAN)

5

Léon (COL)

6

Rodríguez (ARG)

3

Valbuena (VEN)

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Mesa (CUB)

8

Nieves (ISV)

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Valbuena (VEN)

2

Mesa (CUB)

18

Mesa (CUB)

7

Corrales (USA)

3

Lightweight (– 60 kg)

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

José (DOM)

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Trujillo (PUR)

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Freitas (BRA)

4

Gonzáles (CUB)

6

Rodríguez (ARG)

3

Mesa (CUB)

8

Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Crucce (ARG)

13

Deines Pérez (PUR)

7

Welterweight (– 67 kg)

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Reid (USA)

+9

Santos (PUR)

9

Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Álvarez (VEN)

0

Duvergel (CUB)

19

Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Araneda (CHI)

0

Hernández (CUB)

13

Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Tarver (USA)

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Amador (MEX)

—

Tarver (USA)

11

Vega (CUB)

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Vega (CUB)

10

Amador (NCA)

—

Tarver (USA)

RSC-1

Hernández (DOM)

—

Hernández (DOM)

9

Sotelo (ARG)

8

Tarver (USA)

RSCH-2

García (ECU)

—

García (ECU)

11

Mosquera (COL)

8

García (ECU)

4

Santos (PUR)

2

Santos (PUR)

AB-1

Heit (CAN)

—

Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Savón (CUB)

KO-1

Lewis (ISV)

—

Savón (CUB)

RSCH-2

Palavecino (ARG)

—

Alcántara (DOM)

3

Palavecino (ARG)

13

Savón (CUB)

AB-2

Brewster (USA)

—

Brewster (USA)

12

Hinton (CAN)

3

Brewster (USA)

RSCH-2

Rolón (PUR)

—

Novaes (BRA)

2

Rolón (PUR)

20

Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Whitaker (USA)

wo

Stewart (GRN)

wo

Whitaker (USA)

KO-1

Arganaraz (ARG)

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Martínez Fiz (CUB)

KO-1

Martínez Fiz (CUB)

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Martínez Fiz (CUB)

RSCH-2

Bergeron (CAN)

RSCH-2

Suarez (VEN)

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Bergeron (CAN)

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Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	Cuba (CUB)	7	2	1	10
2	United States (USA)	2	1	3	6
3	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	0	3	4
4	Argentina (ARG)	1	0	2	3
5	Venezuela (VEN)	1	0	1	2
6	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	3	3	6
7	Canada (CAN)	0	1	4	5
8	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	0	1
	Ecuador (ECU)	0	1	0	1
	Chile (CHI)	0	1	0	1
11	Colombia (COL)	0	0	2	2
12	Guatemala (GUA)	0	0	1	1
	Honduras (HON)	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	0	0	1	1
Total		12	12	24	48

See also

• Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

External links

• Results
• Amateur Boxing