Boxing at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Boxing at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Forum Centre, Manchester Arena
Location	Manchester, England
Dates	25 July to 4 August 2002
Competitors	217 from 43 nations
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Boxing at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was the 17th appearance of the Boxing at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August 2002 and featured contests in twelve weight classes. ^[1]

The boxing events were held at the Forum Centre in the Manchester Evening News Arena. ^{[2] [3]}

Australia topped the boxing medal table by virtue of winning three gold medals. ^{[4] [5]}

Manchester Arena
David Dixon

Competition schedule

P

Preliminary rounds

¼

Quarterfinals

½

Semifinals

F

Final

Date →	Fri 26	Sat 27	Sun 28	Mon 29	Tue 30	Wed 31	Thu 1	Fri 2	Sat 3
Light flyweight				P		¼	½		F
Flyweight	P		P			¼	½		F
Bantamweight	P	P			¼		½		F
Featherweight	P			P		¼	½		F
Lightweight		P	P		¼		½		F
Light welterweight		P	P		¼		½		F
Welterweight		P	P			¼	½		F
Light middleweight		P		P		¼	½		F
Middleweight				P		¼	½		F
Light heavyweight	P				¼		½		F
Heavyweight	P				¼		½		F
Super heavyweight	P				¼		½		F

Source: ^[6]

Participating nations

•   Antigua and Barbuda  (2)
•   Australia  (12)
•   Bahamas  (5)
•   Barbados  (2)
•   Belize  (1)
•   Botswana  (5)
•   Cameroon  (2)
•   Canada  (10)
•   Cyprus  (5)
•   England  (12)
•   Fiji  (2)
•   Ghana  (8)
•   Grenada  (2)
•   Guyana  (2)
•   India  (7)
•   Jamaica  (4)
•   Kenya  (4)
•   Lesotho  (8)
•   Malawi  (4)
•   Malaysia  (5)
•   Mauritius  (5)
•   Mozambique  (2)
•   Namibia  (5)
•   New Zealand  (4)
•   Nigeria  (12)
•   Niue  (1)
•   Northern Ireland  (10)
•   Pakistan  (3)
•   Papua New Guinea  (4)
•   Samoa  (4)
•   Scotland  (8)
•   Seychelles  (2)
•   Sierra Leone  (5)
•   Solomon Islands  (1)
•   South Africa  (6)
•   Sri Lanka  (4)
•   Swaziland  (4)
•   Tanzania  (6)
•   Trinidad and Tobago  (7)
•   Uganda  (4)
•   Wales  (11)
•   Zambia  (5)
•   Zimbabwe  (2)

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (England)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	3	0	1	4
2	England*	2	3	2	7
3	Canada	2	2	3	7
4	Zambia	1	1	2	4
5	India	1	1	1	3
6	Nigeria	1	0	2	3
7	Wales	1	0	1	2
8	Pakistan	1	0	0	1
9	Uganda	0	2	0	2
10	South Africa	0	1	2	3
11	Botswana	0	1	1	2
12	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	0	1
13	Namibia	0	0	2	2
	New Zealand	0	0	2	2
	Scotland	0	0	2	2
16	Barbados	0	0	1	1
	Lesotho	0	0	1	1
	Malaysia	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		12	12	24	48

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light Flyweight	Mohammed Ali Qamar   India	Darran Langley   England	Taoreed Ajabe   Nigeria
			Zamzai Azizi Mohamed   Malaysia
Flyweight	Kennedy Kanyanta   Zambia	Lechedzani Luza   Botswana	Sébastien Gauthier   Canada
			Nzimeni Msutu   South Africa
Bantamweight	Justin Kane   Australia	Andrew Kooner   Canada	Ezekiel Letuka   Lesotho
			Mark Moran   England
Featherweight	Haider Ali   Pakistan	Som Bahadur Pun   India	Benoit Gaudet   Canada
			Joshua Veikko   Namibia
Lightweight	Jamie Arthur   Wales	Denis Zimba   Zambia	Gilbert Khunwane   Botswana
			Andy Morris   England
Light Welterweight	Darren Barker   England	Mohammed Kayongo   Uganda	Davidson Emenogu   Nigeria
			Davis Mwale   Zambia
Welterweight	Daniel Geale   Australia	Kwanele Zulu   South Africa	Danny Codling   New Zealand
			Paulus Ali Nuumbembe   Namibia
Light Middleweight	Jean Pascal   Canada	Paul Smith   England	Junior Greenidge   Barbados
			Craig McEwan   Scotland
Middleweight	Paul Miller   Australia	Steven Birch   England	Jitender Kumar   India
			Michael Walchuk   Canada
Light heavyweight	Jegbefumere Albert   Nigeria	Joseph Lubega   Uganda	Ben McEachran   Australia
			Daniel Venter   South Africa
Heavyweight	Jason Douglas   Canada	Kertson Manswell   Trinidad and Tobago	Shane Cameron   New Zealand
			Andrew Young   Scotland
Super Heavyweight	David Dolan   England	David Cadieux   Canada	Gozie Dijeh   Zambia
			Kevin Evans   Wales

Results

Light-flyweight 48kg

Round	Winner	Loser	Score
Preliminary	Darren Langley	Paul Baker	24:19
Preliminary	Zamzadi Azizi Bin Mohd	Taslim Shah	RSCO 2
Preliminary	Joseph Jermia	Roudik Kazandzhyan	39:20
Preliminary	Mohammed Ali Qamar	Suleiman Bilali	RSCI 2
Preliminary	Sebusiso Keketsi	Romesh Fernando	RSCO 2
Preliminary	Phumzile Matyhila	Jack Willie	RSCO 1
Preliminary	Taoreed Ajagbe	Nayanajith Alexander	21:16
Quarter-Final	Darren Langley	Joseph Martey	23:8
Quarter-Final	Zamzadi Azizi Bin Mohd	Joseph Jermia	15:14
Quarter-Final	Mohammed Ali Qamar	Sebusiso Keketsi	RSCO 2
Quarter-Final	Taoreed Ajagbe	Phumzile Matyhila	14:11
Semi-Final	Darren Langley	Zamzadi Azizi Bin Mohd	19:18
Semi-Final	Mohammed Ali Qamar	Taoreed Ajagbe	27:13
Final	Mohammed Ali Qamar	Darren Langley	27:25

Flyweight 51kg

Round	Winner	Loser	Score
Extra preliminary	Sunday Michael	Rajab Omary Mbwana	19:8
Extra preliminary	Bernard Ngumba	Raphael Lare	18:16
Extra preliminary	Anurudha Rathnayake	Bradley Hore	14:7
Extra preliminary	Sebastien Gauthier	Liam Cunningham	30:11
Extra preliminary	Emanuel Nketu	Dalvir Singh	23:14
Preliminary	Martin Mubiru	Shimon Bain	KO 2
Preliminary	Nzimeni Msutu	Matthew Marsh	KO 2
Preliminary	Rahib Ahmad	Wilson Masamba	23:7
Preliminary	Lechedzani Luza	Jabulani Gina	RSC 2
Preliminary	Bruno Julie	Sunday Michael	27:17
Preliminary	Kennedy Kanyanta	Matthew Edmonds	RSCO 2
Preliminary	Anurudha Rathnayake	Bernard Ngumba Irungu	RSCH 1
Preliminary	Sebastien Gauthier	Emanuel Nketu	RSC 2
Quarter-Final	Nzimeni Msutu	Martin Mubiru	48:35
Quarter-Final	Lechedzani Luza	Rahib Ahmad	DQ 4
Quarter-Final	Kennedy Kanyanta	Bruno Julie	30:21
Quarter-Final	Sebastien Gauthier	Anurudha Rathnayake	28:19
Semi-Final	Lechedzani Luza	Nzimeni Msutu	34:23
Semi-Final	Kennedy Kanyanta	Sebastien Gauthier	34:26
Final	Kennedy Kanyanta	Lechedzani Luza	25:12

Bantamweight 54kg

Round	Winner	Loser	Score
Extra preliminary	Andrew Kooner	Riaz Durgahed	22:6
Extra preliminary	Ezekiel Letuka	Dingko Singh	14:12
Extra preliminary	Shehu Memud	Fernando Tom	RSCH 2
Extra preliminary	Darren Edwards	Khumiso Ikgopoleng	24:8
Extra preliminary	Ludumo Galada	Michel Agard	20:6
Preliminary	Mark Moran	David Munyasia	22:18
Preliminary	Martin Lindsay	Manju Wanjarachchi	26:20
Preliminary	Emilian Patrick	Kenneth Chinthenga	RSCO 2
Preliminary	Justin Kane	Jonathan Yartey	RSCO 3
Preliminary	Andrew Kooner	Franklyn Mayei	RSCO 2
Preliminary	Ezekiel Letuka	Shehu Memud	21:19
Preliminary	Thokozani Masuku	Gyanendra Kumar Singh	37:19
Preliminary	Ludumo Galada	Darren Edwards	+12:12
Quarter-Final	Mark Moran	Martin Lindsay	RSCO 2
Quarter-Final	Justin Kane	Emilian Patrick	RSCO 1
Quarter-Final	Andrew Kooner	Thokozani Masuku	KO 2
Quarter-Final	Ezekiel Letuka	Ludumo Galada	31:30
Semi-Final	Justin Kane	Mark Moran	26:24
Semi-Final	Andrew Kooner	Ezekiel Letuka	37:29
Final	Justin Kane	Andrew Kooner	+34:34

Featherweight 57kg

Round	Winner	Loser	Score
Extra preliminary	Benoit Gaudet	Nilantha Walisundara	22:8
Extra preliminary	Jonathan Mwila	Thomas Aryeetey	19:18
Extra preliminary	Haider Ali	Michael Medor	12:10
Extra preliminary	Peter Ashton	Kevin O'Hara	24:7
Extra preliminary	Thandi Ntjona	Rudolph Fraser	12:11
Extra preliminary	Dennis Mwanje	Kitson Julie	RSCH 3
Preliminary	Petro Mtagwa	Ben Tami Jr	RSC 2
Preliminary	Joshua Veikko	Greg Eadie	31:26
Preliminary	Leslie Sekotswe	Ovidiu Bobîrnat	w/o
Preliminary	Som Bahadur Pun	Abolore Madoti	RSCO 3
Preliminary	Stephen Bell	Devon Jones	RSCO 2
Preliminary	Benoit Gaudet	Jonathan Mwila	RSCO 2
Preliminary	Haider Ali	Peter Ashton	25:14
Preliminary	Dennis Mwanje	Thandi Ntjona	RSC 2
Quarter-Final	Joshua Veikko	Petro Mtagwa	29:17
Quarter-Final	Som Bahadur Pun	Leslie Sekotswe	35:29
Quarter-Final	Benoit Gaudet	Stephen Bell	18:15
Quarter-Final	Haider Ali	Dennis Mwanje	20:7
Semi-Final	Som Bahadur Pun	Joshua Veikko	RSCO 3
Semi-Final	Haider Ali	Benoit Gaudet	16:7
Final	Haider Ali	Som Bahadur Pun	28:10

Lightweight 60kg

Round	Winner	Loser	Score
Extra preliminary	Andy Morris	Courtney Harvey	RSCO 3
Extra preliminary	Reji Ramanand	Jules De Gannes	RSCO 3
Extra preliminary	Koloba Sehloho	King Abbey	24:16
Extra preliminary	Jamie Arthur	Mark Hastie	21:12
Extra preliminary	Antonin Décarie	Jean-Paul Mellie	26:10
Extra preliminary	Adnan Yusoh	Polydoros Polydorou	RSCI 3
Extra preliminary	Justino Miambo	Allan Luxford	20:15
Extra preliminary	Nicanor Natangwe	Musa Simelane	RSCH 2
Extra preliminary	Sada Wulf	Henry Kungsi	35:20
Extra preliminary	Gilbert Khunwane	Dorian Allen	RSCO 2
Preliminary	Giovanni Frontin	Karim Matumla	32:27
Preliminary	Denis Zimba	Kennis Joseph	25:16
Preliminary	Saheed Adigun Salawu	Joseph Eagan	RSC
Preliminary	Andy Morris	Reji Ramanand	29:16
Preliminary	Jamie Arthur	Koloba Sehloho	20:9
Preliminary	Adnan Yusoh	Antonin Décarie	22:15
Preliminary	Nicanor Natangwe	Justino Miambo	24:16
Preliminary	Gilbert Khunwane	Sada Wulf	32:19
Quarter-Final	Denis Zimba	Giovanni Frontin	29:28
Quarter-Final	Andy Morris	Saheed Adigun Salawu	RSCO 2
Quarter-Final	Jamie Arthur	Adnan Yusoh	RSCO 2
Quarter-Final	Gilbert Khunwane	Nicanor Natangwe	27:16
Semi-Final	Denis Zimba	Andy Morris	26:22
Semi-Final	Jamie Arthur	Gilbert Khunwane	31:28
Final	Jamie Arthur	Denis Zimba	37:35

Light-welterweight 63.5kg

Round	Winner	Loser	Score
Extra Preliminary	Emmanuel Lartey	Jason Nuele	25:15
Extra Preliminary	Darren Barker	Paul McCloskey	20:15
Extra Preliminary	Sheldon Rudolph	Daniel Headifen	+20:20
Extra Preliminary	Ionas Hristodoulou	Tsepe Matete	KO 2
Extra Preliminary	Davidson Emenogu	Mohamad Zainudin	RSCO 3
Extra Preliminary	Roberto Romero	Ndumiso Bonginkhis Zwane	RSCO 2
Extra Preliminary	Kevin Anderson	Asghar Ali Shah	29:18
Preliminary	Davis Mwale	Julius William	RSCO 3
Preliminary	Jarrod Fletcher	Dintwa Sloca	17:13
Preliminary	Mohamed Kayongo	Vaiavea Tausaga	RSC 1
Preliminary	Emmanuel Lartey	Michael Springer	RSCH 2
Preliminary	Darren Barker	Sheldon Rudolph	RSCO 3
Preliminary	Davidson Emenogu	Ionas Hristodoulou	20:14
Preliminary	Kevin Anderson	Roberto Romero	38:20
Quarter-Final	Davis Mwale	Vivian Bryan	RSC 4
Quarter-Final	Mohamed Kayongo	Jarrod Fletcher	25:22
Quarter-Final	Darren Barker	Emmanuel Lartey	24:8
Quarter-Final	Davidson Emenogu	Kevin Anderson	40:23
Semi-Final	Mohamed Kayongo	Davis Mwale	28:22
Semi-Final	Darren Barker	Davidson Emenogu	w/o
Final	Darren Barker	Mohamed Kayongo	18:14

Welterweight 67kg

Round	Winner	Loser	Score
Extra preliminary	Daniel Happe	Ryan Savage	23:6
Preliminary	Tony Cesay	Shuhari Hussain	26:9
Preliminary	Daniel Geale	Tsetsi Davis	RSCO 3
Preliminary	Danny Codling	Victor Masunga	RSCO 2
Preliminary	Olanrewaju Ekundayo	Taureano Johnson	20:15
Preliminary	Kwanele Zulu	Gary McClure	RSCO 1
Preliminary	Colin McNeil	Absolom Okoth	+30:30
Preliminary	Paulus Nuumbebme	Lohlohonolo Snyman	RSCO 3
Preliminary	Tony Doherty	Daniel Happe	33:22
Quarter-Final	Daniel Geale	Tony Cesay	25:13
Quarter-Final	Danny Codling	Olanrewaju Ekundayo	37:24
Quarter-Final	Kwanele Zulu	Colin McNeil	RSCO 2
Quarter-Final	Paulus Nuumbebme	Tony Doherty	RSCI 1
Semi-Final	Daniel Geale	Danny Codling	27:13
Semi-Final	Kwanele Zulu	Paulus Nuumbebme	39:30
Final	Daniel Geale	Kwanele Zulu	26:17

Light-middleweight 71kg

Round	Winner	Loser	Score
Extra preliminary	Thomas Awimbono	Anthony St.Clair	19:??
Extra preliminary	Foster Nkodo	Gerard McAuley	19:18
Extra preliminary	Paul Smith	Lee Jones	RSCO 3
Preliminary	Junior Greenidge	Kahukura Bentson	31:25
Preliminary	Savas Kokkinos	Anthony Major	31:29
Preliminary	Jamie Pittman	Hassan Mraba Mzonge	RSCO 3
Preliminary	Jean Pascal	Ulric Caramba-Coker	RSCH 2
Preliminary	Craig McEwen	Mosolesa Tsie	RSCO 2
Preliminary	Khotso Godfrey Motau	Aziz Olumegbon	RSCO 3
Preliminary	Thomas Awimbono	Alema Vaele	RSCO 3
Preliminary	Paul Smith	Foster Nkodo	RSCO 3
Quarter-Final	Junior Greenidge	Savas Kokkinos	35:25
Quarter-Final	Jean Pascal	Jamie Pittman	20:14
Quarter-Final	Craig McEwen	Khotso Godfrey Motau	16:1
Quarter-Final	Paul Smith	Thomas Awimbono	21:17
Semi-Final	Jean Pascal	Junior Greenidge	RSCO 2
Semi-Final	Paul Smith	Craig McEwen	20:19
Final	Jean Pascal	Paul Smith	18:16

Middleweight 75kg

Round	Winner	Loser	Score
Preliminary	Jitender Kumar	Joseph Farmer	KO 1
Preliminary	Murtala Abdulsalam	Ernest Amuzu	RSCI 1
Preliminary	Steven Birch	Conall Carmichael	32:21
Preliminary	Steven McGuire	Simeon Prince	RSCO 3
Preliminary	Mike Allen	Warren Pugeva	RSCO 2
Preliminary	Michael Walchuk	Joao Ferreira	RSCO 2
Preliminary	Paul Miller	Derrick Fimbo	RSCO 2
Preliminary	Jermaine Mackey	Lualima Tokiana	KO 3
Quarter-Final	Jitender Kumar	Murtala Abdulsalam	16:14
Quarter-Final	Steven Birch	Steven McGuire	33:20
Quarter-Final	Michael Walchuk	Mike Allen	34:21
Quarter-Final	Paul Miller	Jermaine Mackey	RSCO 2
Semi-Final	Steven Birch	Jitender Kumar	32:23
Semi-Final	Paul Miller	Michael Walchuk	+25:25
Final	Paul Miller	Steven Birch	20:14

Light-heavyweight 81kg

Round	Winner	Loser	Score
Preliminary	Danie Venter	Lee Ramsay	22:4
Preliminary	Shawn Cox	Pascal Simwaza	RSC 2
Preliminary	Jegbefumere Albert	David Kowah	RSC 2
Preliminary	Courtney Fry	Bertrand Tietsia	23:9
Quarter-Final	Joseph Lubega	Gavin Clersaint	RSCH 1
Quarter-Final	Ben McEachran	James Whitfield	27:18
Quarter-Final	Danie Venter	Shawn Cox	34:25
Quarter-Final	Jegbefumere Albert	Courtney Fry	27:22
Semi-Final	Joseph Lubega	Ben McEachran	RSCI 2
Semi-Final	Jegbefumere Albert	Danie Venter	30:18
Final	Jegbefumere Albert	Joseph Lubega	16:8

Heavyweight 91kg

Round	Winner	Loser	Score
Preliminary	Kertson Manswell	Michael Ninness	9:4
Preliminary	Kerron Speid	Shane Curran	5:0 (J)
Preliminary	Shane Cameron	Solomon Ataga	RSC 2
Preliminary	David Haye	Shoukat Ali	RSCO 3
Preliminary	Jason Douglas	Theophilus Blue	RSC 2
Quarter-Final	Andrew Young	Lee Milsjen	RSC 1
Quarter-Final	Kertson Manswell	Charles Quartey	22:18
Quarter-Final	Shane Cameron	Kerron Speid	42:23
Quarter-Final	Jason Douglas	David Haye	w/o
Semi-Final	Kertson Manswell	Andrew Young	20:6
Semi-Final	Jason Douglas	Shane Cameron	RSCO 2
Final	Jason Douglas	Kertson Manswell	20:13

Super Heavyweight +91kg

Round	Winner	Loser	Score
Preliminary	David Dolan	Jerry Butler	RSC 2
Preliminary	Star Tauasi	David Turner	RSC 2
Preliminary	Kevin Evans	Cathal McMonagle	24:9
Preliminary	Michael Macaque	Harpal Singh	20:18
Quarter-Final	David Cadieux	Sebastian Stiell	RSCO 2
Quarter-Final	Dijeh Gozie	Ian Millarvie	26:24
Quarter-Final	David Dolan	Star Tauasi	RSCO 2
Quarter-Final	Kevin Evans	Michael Macaque	19:9
Semi-Final	David Cadieux	Dijeh Gozie	33:19
Semi-Final	David Dolan	Kevin Evans	RSCI 1
Final	David Dolan	David Cadieux	27:20

See also

• Boxing at the Commonwealth Games

References

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