| Boxing at the 1994 Goodwill Games | |
|---|---|
| Location |  Saint Petersburg |
| Start date | 23 July |
| End date | 7 August |
The boxing competition at the 1994 Goodwill Games was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia from 23 July to 7 August in Petrovsky Stadium. [1] [2]
| Boxing at the 1994 Goodwill Games | |
|---|---|
| Location | Saint Petersburg |
| Start date | 23 July |
| End date | 7 August |
The boxing competition at the 1994 Goodwill Games was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia from 23 July to 7 August in Petrovsky Stadium. [1] [2]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms) |  Manuel Mantilla Cuba |  Choi Yoon Wook South Korea |  Albert Guardado United States |
| Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) | Waldemar Font Cuba | Carlos Navarro United States | Roman Podoprigora Russia |
| Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) | Vladislav Antonov Russia | Enrique Carrion Cuba |  Timofey Skryabin Moldova |
| Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) | Ramazi Paliani Russia | Joel Casamayor Cuba |  Giovanni Giungato Italy |
| Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) | Paata Gvasalia Russia |  Heiko Hinz Germany |  Bruno Wartelle France |
| Light Welterweight (– 63,5 kilograms) | Hector Vinent Cuba |  Nurhan Suleymanoglu Türkiye | Nordine Mouchi France |
| Welterweight (– 67 kilograms) | Juan Hernandez Sierra Cuba | Alexandr Shkalikov Russia |  Daniel Santos Puerto Rico |
| Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms) | Sergey Karavayev Russia | Juan Carlos Lemus Cuba |  Orhan Delibas Netherlands |
| Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) | Ariel Hernandez Cuba | Shane Swartz United States | Stephen Beets Jr. United States |
| Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) | Benjamin McDowell United States | Dihosvany Vega Cuba |  Dmitriy Linkov Belarus |
| Heavyweight (– 91 kilograms) | Felix Savon Cuba | Sergey Mochalov Russia | Sinan Samil Sam Türkiye |
| Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kilograms) | Aleksey Lezin Russia | Lance Whitaker United States | Erik Fuhrmann Germany |
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