1955 Pan American Games / Boxing

The 2nd men's boxing competitions at the Pan American Games were held from March 12 to March 26, 1955 in the Mexican capital, Mexico City . Two new weight classes were introduced (the half-world and the half- middle weight ). A total of 30 medals were awarded in 10 weight classes.

Medalist

class	gold	silver	bronze
Flyweight (up to 51 kg)	Hilario Correa Mexico	Manuel Lugo Vega Chile	Ramon Arias Venezuela
Bantam weight (up to 54 kg)	Salvador Enríquez Venezuela	Wardy Yee USA	Roberto Lobos Chile
Feather weight (up to 57 kg)	Oswaldo Canete Argentina	Claudio Barrientos Chile	Marcial Galicia Mexico
Lightweight (up to 60 kg)	Miguel Angel Pendola Argentina	Gerardo Clemente Puerto Rico	Ricardo Orta Venezuela
Half welter weight (up to 63.5 kg)	Juan Carlos Rivero Argentina	William Morton USA	Celestino Pinto Brazil
Welter weight (up to 67 kg)	James Dorando USA	Antonio Nigri Argentina	-
Medium weight (up to 71 kg)	Paul Wright USA	Raul Tovar Venezuela	Alberto Saenz Argentina
Middle weight (up to 75 kg)	Orville Pitts USA	Miguel Safatle Chile	Arnaldo Serra Argentina
Light heavyweight (up to 81 kg)	Luis Ingnacio Brazil	Antonio Escalante Argentina	John Stewart USA
Heavy weight (over 81 kg)	Pablo Alexis Miteff Argentina	Adao Waldemar Brazil	Norvel Lee USA

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	Argentina	4th	2	2	08th
02	United States	3	2	2	07th
03	Venezuela	1	1	2	04th
04th	Brazil	1	1	1	03
05	Mexico	1	-	1	02
06th	Chile	-	3	1	04th
07th	Puerto Rico	-	1	-	01
	Total	10	10	9	29