Boxing at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

The 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 2005 Mediterranean Games
2005 Mediterranean Games
The XVth Mediterranean Games Almería 2005, commonly known as the 2005 Mediterranean Games were the 15th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Almería, Spain over 10 days, from 24 June to 3 July 2005, where 3,214 athletes from 21 countries participated...

was held in the Los Ángeles Sports Hall in Almería, Spain from June 27 to July 2.

Medal winners

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms)	Alfonso Pinto Alfonso Pinto Alfonso Pinto is a light flyweight boxer from Italy who has won two silver medals at the European Championships.-Career:Pinto won the silver medal at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula losing to Sergey Kazakov.... Italy	Amjad Aouda Syria	Kelvin de la Nieve Spain Abdülkadir Koçak Abdulkadir Kocak Abdulkadir Koçak is a Turkish national boxer competing in the light flyweight division. Koçak boxed for Beşiktaş J.K. before transferring to Tekelspor club in Istanbul.... Turkey
Flyweight (– 51 kilograms)	Atagün Yalçınkaya Atagün Yalçinkaya Atagün Yalçınkaya is a Turkish boxer in the bantamweight division best known for winning the silver medal in the light-flyweight category at the 2004 Olympics.- Amateur :... Turkey	Walid Cherif Walid Cherif Walid Cherif is a boxer from Tunisia, who won the gold medal in 2003 at the All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria.He also participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native North African country. There he was beaten in the first round of the Flyweight division by Georgia's Nikoloz Izoria.Cherif... Tunisia	Juan Padilla Spain Mohamed Eliwa Egypt
Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms)	Ali Hallab Ali Hallab Ali Hallab is a boxer from France. He is best known for having won the bronze medal at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships.-Career:... France	Mohamed Amiriek Syria	Serdar Avci Serdar Avci Serdar Avcı is a Turkish boxer in the bantamweight discipline. He is currently boxing for the Istanbul Fenerbahçe Boxing Club.... Turkey Andrija Bogdanovic Serbia and Montenegro
Featherweight (– 57 kilograms)	Yaser Shigan Yaser Shigan Yaser Shigan is a Syrian boxer, who won the only gold medal for Syria at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain. In the final of the men's featherweight division he defeated former Romanian Ovidiu Bobîrnat, who now competes for Cyprus.-References:*... Syria	Ovidiu Bobîrnat Cyprus	Aboubaker Seddik Lbida Morocco Yakup Kilic Yakup Kilic Yakup Kılıç is a Turkish boxer in the featherweight discipline. He is member of Istanbul Fenerbahçe Boxing Club.-Career:Kılıç participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain and won bronze medal... Turkey
Lightweight (– 60 kilograms)	Domenico Valentino Domenico Valentino Domenico Valentino is a boxer from Italy.The hard punching Valentino won a bronze medal at lightweight at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia.He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics... Italy	Selçuk Aydın Selçuk Aydin Selçuk Aydın is a Turkish boxer best known for winning several medals in the European Amateur Championships and winning the vacant WBC Silver Welterweight Title as professional boxer by defeating Jo Jo Dan.-Amateur:... Turkey	Mohamed Beldjord Algeria Orestis Saridis Greece
Light Welterweight (– 64 kilograms)	Alexis Vastine Alexis Vastine Alexis Vastine is a French boxer who qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Career:Vastine who comes from a boxing family is a lanky boxer-puncher who fights for the club BC Fourmetot.... France	Milan Piperski Serbia and Montenegro	Önder Şipal Onder Sipal Onder Şipal is a Turkish amateur boxer competing in the welterweight division. He is member of Istanbul Fenerbahçe Boxing Club.His brother Onur Şipal is also an amateur boxer.- Career :... Turkey José Guttierez Spain
Welterweight (– 69 kilograms)	Bülent Ulusoy Bülent Ulusoy Bülent Ulusoy is a Turkish boxer best known to win the European title 2000 at welterweight.-Career:In 2000, Bulent Ulusoy won the Euro welterweight title. At the Olympics 2000 he lost the quarterfinal to Vitalie Gruşac... Turkey	Xavier Noel Xavier Noël Xavier Noel is a French welterweight amateur boxer who won silver at the 2004 European Championships and participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Career:... France	Choayb Oussaci Algeria Borna Katalinic Croatia
Middleweight (– 75 kilograms)	Mohamed Hikal Mohamed Hikal Mohamed Hikal is a male boxer from Egypt. He is best known for having won a bronze medal in the men's middleweight division at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships.-Career:... Egypt	Savas Kaya Savaş Kaya Savaş Kaya is a Turkish boxer.-Amateur:Savaş Kaya won silver medal the 2005 Mediterranean Games- Professional boxing record :Savaş Kaya is a Turkish boxer.-Amateur:... Turkey	Nikola Sjekloca Nikola Sjekloca Nikola Sjekloca is a Montenegrin Serb boxer representing Serbia at professional boxing.In 2003, he won the bronze medal in the 75 kg category at the 12th Senior World Boxing Championship in Bangkok, Thailand... Serbia and Montenegro Mamadou Diambang France
Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms)	Mourad Sahraoui Mourad Sahraoui Mourad Sahraoui is an amateur boxer from Tunisia best known to win Gold in the heavyweight division at the 2007 All-African Games.-Career:... Tunisia	Yildirim Tarhan Turkey	Mario Sivolija Croatia Robert Kramberger Slovenia
Heavyweight (– 91 kilograms)	Clemente Russo Clemente Russo Clemente Russo is an Italian amateur boxer best known to win Gold at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships at heavyweight 201 lbs limit.-Career:... Italy	Mohamed Homrani Tunisia	Vedran Đipalo Croatia Newfel Ouatah Newfel Ouatah Newfel Ouatah, born November 8, 1985 at Lyon) is a French–[Kabyle.[Algeria]]n pro boxer best known to for his amateur success.He won a Gold medal of 2007 African Championship in Tananarive at super heavyweight, a silver medal at the All African Games in Algiers and fought at the 2008 Olympics... France
Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kilograms)	Roberto Cammarelle Roberto Cammarelle Roberto Cammarelle is an Italian boxer, best known for winning the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 2007 and 2009 as a super heavyweight and a gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.-Biography:... Italy	Mohamed Samoudi France	Milan Vasiljevic Serbia and Montenegro Bakr Shouman Egypt