| Boxing at the 2001 Goodwill Games | |
|---|---|
| Location |  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Start date | 6 September |
| End date | 9 September |
The boxing competition at the 2001 Goodwill Games was held in Brisbane, Australia from 6 to 9 September. [1] [2]
| Boxing at the 2001 Goodwill Games | |
|---|---|
| Location | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Start date | 6 September |
| End date | 9 September |
The boxing competition at the 2001 Goodwill Games was held in Brisbane, Australia from 6 to 9 September. [1] [2]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms) |  Ronald Siler United States |  Sergei Kazakov Russia |  Yuriolkis Gamboa Cuba |
| Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) | Osvaldo Liranza Cuba | Georgy Balakshin Russia |  Gennadiy Ozarinski Ukraine |
| Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) | Guillermo Rigondeaux Cuba | Serhiy Danylchenko Ukraine | Afanasi Poskachin Russia |
| Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) | Rencise Perez Cuba |  Majid Jelili Sweden | Sergei Pulkevich Russia |
| Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) | Mario Kindelán Cuba | Aleksei Stepanov Russia | Volodymyr Kolesnyk Ukraine |
| Light Welterweight (– 63,5 kilograms) | Estonio Gutierrez Cuba | Aidin Gasanov Russia | Yuriy Solotov Ukraine |
| Welterweight (– 67 kilograms) | Yudel Jhonson Cuba | Anthony Thompson United States | Danny Geale Australia |
| Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms) | Damián Austín Cuba |  Marian Simion Romania | Andrei Balanov Russia |
| Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) | Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov Russia | Paul Miller Australia |  Utkirbek Haydarov Uzbekistan |
| Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) | Yosason Martinez Cuba | Grigore Raco Romania | Mikhail Gala Russia |
| Heavyweight (– 91 kilograms) | Odlanier Solis Cuba | Yevgeni Arkhipov Russia | Andreas Gustafsson Sweden |
| Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kilograms) | Aleksandr Povetkin Russia | Rustam Saidov Uzbekistan | Pedro Carrión Cuba |
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