Boxing at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games

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The Boxing Tournament at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Ponce, Puerto Rico from November 20 to November 28, 1993.

Medal winners

EventGoldSilverBronze
Light Flyweight
( 48 kilograms)
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Joan Guzmán  (DOM)Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  José Laureano  (PUR)Flag of Cuba.svg  Maikro Romero  (CUB)
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Javier Medina  (NCA)
Flyweight
( 51 kilograms)
Flag of Cuba.svg  Manuel Mantilla  (CUB)Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg  Eidy Moya  (VEN)Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  John Nolasco  (DOM)
Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Francisco Manuel Rivera  (PUR)
Bantamweight
( 54 kilograms)
Flag of Cuba.svg  Daniel Regalado  (CUB)Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Alex Trujillo  (PUR)Flag of Guyana.svg  Gairy St. Clair  (GUY)
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Wilson Fana Peña  (DOM)
Featherweight
( 57 kilograms)
Flag of Cuba.svg  Enrique Carrion  (CUB)Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Armando Perez  (PUR)Flag of Guyana.svg  Hugo Lewis  (GUY)
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg  David Sevilla  (VEN)
Lightweight
( 60 kilograms)
Flag of Cuba.svg  Mario Kindelan  (CUB)Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Juan Gomez  (PUR)Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg  Fernando Colmenares  (VEN)
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg  Marvin Simon  (ANT)
Light Welterweight
( 63.5 kilograms)
Flag of Cuba.svg  Héctor Vinent  (CUB)Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Rogelio Martínez  (DOM)Flag of Colombia.svg  Carlos Saenz  (COL)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Albertano Caballero  (MEX)
Welterweight
( 67 kilograms)
Flag of Cuba.svg  Juan Hernandez Sierra  (CUB)Flag of Colombia.svg  Erner Julio  (COL)Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Amador Acevedo  (PUR)
Flag of Barbados.svg  Christopher Henry  (BAR)
Light Middleweight
( 71 kilograms)
Flag of Cuba.svg  Juan Carlos Lemus  (CUB)Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Alberto Zorilla  (DOM)Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  José Luis Quinones  (PUR)
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Ernest Barnes  (CAY)
Middleweight
( 75 kilograms)
Flag of Cuba.svg  Ariel Hernandez  (CUB)Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Marvin Penniston John  (TRI)Flag of Mexico.svg  Carlos López  (MEX)
Flag of Guyana.svg  Joel Duncan  (GUY)
Light Heavyweight
( 81 kilograms)
Flag of Cuba.svg  Dihosvany Vega  (CUB)Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Juan Charles Gimenez  (DOM)Flag of Mexico.svg  Manuel Verde  (MEX)
Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Mariano Marquez  (PUR)
Heavyweight
( 91 kilograms)
Flag of Cuba.svg  Félix Savón  (CUB)Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Edgardo Santos  (PUR)Flag of Guyana.svg  Julian Skeete  (GUY)
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Prince Wilks  (JAM)
Super Heavyweight
(+ 91 kilograms)
Flag of Cuba.svg  Roberto Balado  (CUB)Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg  Rómulo Suarez  (VEN)Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Aníbal Gonzalez  (DOM)
Flag of Guyana.svg  Terrence Poole  (GUY)

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