Boxing at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

Final results for the Boxing
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...

competition at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
1986 Commonwealth Games
The 1986 Commonwealth Games were held in Edinburgh, Scotland for the second time. The Games were held from 24 July-2 August 1986.-Organisation and Controversy:...

in Edinburgh, Scotland, from July 24 to August 2.

Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY
	Scott Olson	CAN
	Mark Epton Mark Epton Mark Epton is a retired flyweight boxer from England, who won a silver medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. He represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea....	ENG
	Todd Johnston	NIR
	Wilson Docherty	SCO

Flyweight (– 51 kg)

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY
	John Lyon John Lyon (boxer) John Patrick Lyon is a retired boxer from Great Britain. A member of the Greenall St. Helens Amateur Boxing Club he twice competed at the Summer Olympics and won the gold medal in the men's flyweight division at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.-References:*...	ENG
	Leonard Makhanya Leonard Makhanya Leonard Makhanya is a former Swaziland boxer. Makhanya competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics, where he was defeated by Pat Clinton in his first and only match. He won a silver medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games as a flyweight.-References:...	SWZ
	Kerry Webber	WAL
	Steve Beaupré	CAN

Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY
	Sean Murphy	ENG
	Roy Nash	NIR
	Glen Brooks	SCO
	John Sillitoe	JER

Featherweight (– 57 kg)

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY
	Bill Downey	CAN
	Peter English	ENG
	Chris Carleton	NIR
	Johnny Wallace	NZL

Lightweight (– 60 kg)

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY
	Asif Dar Asif Dar Asif Kamran Dar is a former boxer from Pakistan, competing in the lightweight division. He was born in Quetta....	CAN
	Neil Haddock Neil Haddock Neil Haddock is a Welsh former lightweight and super featherweight boxer. Before turning professional he won a silver medal as a lightweight at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. His early career as a professional lightweight was not very notable, but after a year out from boxing caused by an eye...	WAL
	Byton Mphande	MWI
	Joe Jacobs	ENG

Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY
	Howard Grant	CAN
	David Clencie	AUS
	Brendan Lowe	NIR
	Solomon Kondowe	MWI

Welterweight (– 67 kg)

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY
	Darren Dyer Darren Dyer Darren Dyer was a welterweight British boxer.Actually his statistics are:* 25 fights 19 fights won* 17 fights won by K.O 6 fights lost* 5 fights lost by K.O* No NCs...	ENG
	James McAllister	SCO
	John Shaw	CAN
	Damien Denny Damien Denny Damien Denny is a Northern Irish light middleweight boxer.Born in Lisburn, but raised in Belfast, Denny stands 5'9". His record is 18 wins and 4 losses....	NIR

Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY
	Danny Sherry	CAN
	Rick Finch	AUS
	Glynn Thomas	WAL
	Alex Mullen	SCO

Middleweight (– 75 kg)

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY
	Rod Douglas	ENG
	Jeff Harding Jeff Harding (boxer) Jeff Harding was a world champion boxer from Australia, known as "Hit Man". Jeff lived in South Grafton N.S.W. Australia and was a student at South Grafton High School...	AUS
	Patrick Tinney	NIR
	George Ferry	SCO

Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY
	Jim Moran	ENG
	Harry Lawson	SCO
	Brett Kolosofski	CAN
	Byron Pullen	WAL

Heavyweight (– 91kg)

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY
	Jimmy Peau	NZL
	Douglas Young	SCO
	Dominic d'Amico	CAN
	Eric Cardouza	ENG

Super Heavyweight (> 91kg)

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY
	Lennox Lewis Lennox Lewis Lennox Claudius Lewis, CM, CBE is a retired boxer and the most recent British undisputed world heavyweight champion. He holds dual British and Canadian citizenship...	CAN
	Aneurin Evans	WAL
	James Oyebola James Oyebola James Oyebola was an English heavyweight boxer who won a bronze medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in the super heavyweight division. Oyebola was the British heavyweight champion from 1994 to 1996....	ENG

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