title: Boxing at the 1955 Pan American Games
text: # Boxing at the 1955 Pan American Games
  
  The Men's Boxing Tournament at the 1955 Pan American Games was held in Mexico City, Mexico, from March 12 to March 26, with the inclusion of two new weight divisions (Light Welterweight and Light Middleweight) to the existing eight.
  
  ## Medal winners
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) | Hilario Correa Mexico | Manuel Lugo Vega Chile | Ramón Arias Venezuela |
  | Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) | Salvador Enriquez Venezuela | Wardy Yee United States | Roberto Lobos Chile |
  | Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) | Oswaldo Cañete Argentina | Claudio Barrientos Chile | Marcial Galicia Mexico |
  | Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) | Miguel Angel Péndola Argentina | Gerardo Clemente Puerto Rico | Ricardo Orta Venezuela |
  | Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms) | Juan Carlos Rivero Argentina | William Morton United States | Celestino Pinto Brazil |
  | Welterweight (– 67 kilograms) | Joseph Dorando United States | Antonio Nigri Argentina | — |
  | Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms) | Paul Wright United States | Raul Tovar Venezuela | Alberto Sáenz Argentina |
  | Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) | Orville Pitts United States | Miguel Safatle Chile | Arnaldo Serra Argentina |
  | Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) | Luis Ingnacio Brazil | Antonio Escalante Argentina | John Stewart United States |
  | Heavyweight (+ 81 kilograms) | Pablo Alexis Miteff Argentina | Adão Waldemar Brazil | Norvel Lee United States |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Place | Nation | | | | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Argentina | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
  | 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
  | 3 | Venezuela | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
  | 4 | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | 5 | Mexico | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 6 | Chile | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
  | 7 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Total | Total | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
  