title: Boxing at the African Games
text: # Boxing at the African Games
  
  Boxing was an African Games event at its inaugural edition in 1965 and has continued to feature prominently at the competition in each of its subsequent editions.
  
  ## Editions
  
  | Games | Year | Host city | Host country |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | I | 1965 | Brazzaville | Republic of the Congo |
  | II | 1973 | Lagos | Nigeria |
  | III | 1978 | Algiers | Algeria |
  | IV | 1987 | Nairobi | Kenya |
  | V | 1991 | Cairo | Egypt |
  | VI | 1995 | Harare | Zimbabwe |
  | VII | 1999 | Johannesburg | South Africa |
  | VIII | 2003 | Abuja | Nigeria |
  | IX | 2007 | Algiers | Algeria |
  | X | 2011 | Maputo | Mozambique |
  | XI | 2015 | Brazzaville | Republic of the Congo |
  | XII | 2019 | Rabat | Morocco |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  As of 2015:
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Algeria (ALG) | 21 | 18 | 13 | 52 |
  | 2 | Nigeria (NGR) | 18 | 17 | 9 | 44 |
  | 3 | Kenya (KEN) | 18 | 10 | 11 | 39 |
  | 4 | Egypt (EGY) | 16 | 10 | 12 | 38 |
  | 5 | Tunisia (TUN) | 11 | 8 | 9 | 28 |
  | 6 | Uganda (UGA) | 8 | 7 | 7 | 22 |
  | 7 | Mauritius (MRI) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
  | 8 | Zambia (ZAM) | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
  | 9 | Ghana (GHA) | 4 | 10 | 9 | 23 |
  | 10 | Cameroon (CMR) | 3 | 1 | 13 | 17 |
  | 11 | Tanzania (TAN) | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
  | 12 | South Africa (RSA) | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 |
  | 13 | Guinea (GUI) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
  | 14 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
  | 15 | Namibia (NAM) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
  | 16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
  | 17 | Madagascar (MAD) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
  | 18 | Botswana (BOT) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
  | 19 | Republic of the Congo (CGO) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | 20 | Sudan (SUD) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 21 | Senegal (SEN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 22 | Niger (NIG) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 23 | Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | 24 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 25 | Burkina Faso (BUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 25 | Seychelles (SEY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 25 | Togo (TOG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 28 | Gabon (GAB) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
  | 29 | Lesotho (LES) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
  | 30 | Angola (ANG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 30 | Benin (BEN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 30 | Libya (LBA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 30 | Mozambique (MOZ) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 34 | Burundi (BDI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 34 | Central African Republic (CAF) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (35 entries) | Totals (35 entries) | 123 | 116 | 145 | 384 |
  