Boxing at the 1987 Pan American Games

Boxing at the X Pan American Games
	«1983 1991»

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.

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


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba (CUB)	10	0	1	11
2	United States (USA)	1	4	4	9
3	Puerto Rico (PUR)	1	2	5	8
4	Canada (CAN)	0	2	2	4
5	Venezuela (VEN)	0	2	1	3
6	Dominican Republic (DOM)	0	1	2	3
7	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	1	2
8	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	3	3
9	El Salvador (ESA)	0	0	1	1
	Guyana (GUY)	0	0	1	1
	Jamaica (JAM)	0	0	1	1
	Panama (PAN)	0	0	1	1
	Uruguay (URU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 nations)		12	12	24	48

References

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

External links

Amateur Boxing

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[:0-1] Higgins, Will (August 6, 2017). "Brawlers, provocateurs, even assassins: How Indy became a sports town". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved December 1, 2018.