Boxing at the 1963 Pan American Games

The Men's Boxing Tournament
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

at the 1963 Pan American Games
1963 Pan American Games
The 4th Pan American Games were held from April 20 to May 5, 1963 in São Paulo, Brazil.- Medal count :To sort this table by nation, total medal count, or any other column, click on the icon next to the column title.Note...

was held in São Paulo

São Paulo

São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

, Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

, from April 20 to May 5.

Medal winners

Flyweight (– 51 kilograms)	Floreal García Uruguay	Pedro Dias Brazil	Robert Carmody Robert Carmody Robert John Carmody was an American boxer whose career, which had included a bronze medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as part of the flyweight division, was cut short when he was killed in action serving with the United States Army in the Vietnam War.-Early life:Born in 1938 to lower... United States
Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms)	Abel Almaraz Argentina	Marcíal Guttiérez Panama	Arthur Jones United States
Featherweight (– 57 kilograms)	Rosemiro Mateus Brazil	Héctor Pace Argentina	Charles Brown Charles Brown (boxer) Charles Brown is a former amateur boxer from the United States who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics in the Featherweight division winning the bronze medal.... United States
Lightweight (– 60 kilograms)	Roberto Caminero Cuba	João da Silva Brazil	Barry Foster Jamaica
Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms)	Adolfo Moreira Argentina	Orlando Nuñes Brazil	Quincey Daniels Quincey Daniels Quincy Daniels is a former welterweight boxer.-Amateur:Daniels, boxing at 139 pounds, captured the bronze medal for the United States, at the 1960 Rome Olympiad. At the time of the Olympics, Daniels was in the United States Air Force... United States
Welterweight (– 67 kilograms)	Miguel Villugron Chile	Rubens Vasconcelos Brazil	Mario Pereyra Argentina
Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms)	Elecio Neves Brazil	Manuel Sánchez Peru	Osvaldo Marino Argentina
Middleweight (– 75 kilograms)	Luis César Brazil	Leonardo Alcolea Cuba	Fidel Odreman Venezuela
Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms)	Fred Lewis United States	Ronald Holmes Jamaica	Ruben Alves Brazil
Heavyweight (+ 81 kilograms)	Lee Carr United States	José E. Jorge Brazil	Raul Aguilar Uruguay

Medal table

1	Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	3	5	1	9
2	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	2	0	4	6
3	Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...	1	1	2	4
4	Cuba Cuba The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...	1	1	0	2
5	Uruguay Uruguay Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...	1	0	1	2
6	Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...	1	0	0	1
7	Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...	0	1	1	2
8	Panama Panama Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...	0	1	0	1
–	Peru Peru Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....	0	1	0	1
10	Venezuela Venezuela Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...	0	0	1	1

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