Boxing at the 1987 Pan American Games

The Men's Boxing Tournament at the 1987 Pan American Games was held in the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, United States from August 8 to August 23.

Boxing at the X Pan American Games
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Clash between Cuban athletes and anti-Castro protestors

During boxing events at the Indiana Convention Center, police failed to stop Cuban boxers fed up with mockery from anti-Castro protestors from reaching the stands and punching them. According to witnesses, up to a dozen Cuban boxers, including Pablo Romero, as well as a hundred spectators were involved. Two people were hospitalized.[1]

Medal winners

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Flyweight
( 48 kilograms)
Luis Román Rolón
Puerto Rico
Michael Carbajal
United States
Juan Torres Odelin
Cuba

Jesus Herrera
Dominican Republic

Flyweight
( 51 kilograms)
Adalberto Regalado
Cuba
David Griman
Venezuela
Hamilton Rodrigues
Brazil

Rafael Ramos
Puerto Rico

Bantamweight
( 54 kilograms)
Manuel Martínez
Cuba
Michael Collins
United States
Domino Domigella
Argentina

Rafael del Valle
Puerto Rico

Featherweight
( 57 kilograms)
Kelcie Banks
United States
Emilio Villegas
Dominican Republic
Frank Avelar
El Salvador

Esteban Flores
Puerto Rico

Lightweight
( 60 kilograms)
Julio González
Cuba
José Perez
Venezuela
Hector Arroyo
Puerto Rico

Marc Menard
Canada

Light Welterweight
( 63.5 kilograms)
Candelario Duvergel
Cuba
Todd Foster
United States
Wanderley Oliveira
Brazil

Daniel Cueto
Panama

Welterweight
( 67 kilograms)
Juan Carlos Lemus
Cuba
Kenneth Gould
United States
Pedro Frias
Dominican Republic

Rey Rivera
Puerto Rico

Light Middleweight
( 71 kilograms)
Orestes Solano
Cuba
Freddy Sanchez
Puerto Rico
Frank Liles
United States

Gary Smikle
Jamaica

Middleweight
( 75 kilograms)
Ángel Espinosa Capó
Cuba
Otis Grant
Canada
Carlos Herrera
Venezuela

Juan Montiel
Uruguay

Light Heavyweight
( 81 kilograms)
Pablo Romero Hernandez
Cuba
Nelson Adams
Puerto Rico
Wilfred Moses
Guyana

Andrew Maynard
United States

Heavyweight
( 91 kilograms)
Félix Savón
Cuba
Juan Antonio Díaz
Argentina
Domenico d'Amico
Canada

Michael Bentt
United States

Super Heavyweight
(+ 91 kilograms)
Jorge Luis González
Cuba
Lennox Lewis
Canada
Carlos Barcelete
Brazil

Riddick Bowe
United States

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Cuba (CUB)100111
2 United States (USA)1449
3 Puerto Rico (PUR)1258
4 Canada (CAN)0224
5 Venezuela (VEN)0213
6 Dominican Republic (DOM)0123
7 Argentina (ARG)0112
8 Brazil (BRA)0033
9 El Salvador (ESA)0011
 Guyana (GUY)0011
 Jamaica (JAM)0011
 Panama (PAN)0011
 Uruguay (URU)0011
Totals (13 nations)12122448

See also

References

  1. Higgins, Will (August 6, 2017). "Brawlers, provocateurs, even assassins: How Indy became a sports town". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved December 1, 2018.


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