Boxing at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games

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Boxing at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
Boxing pictogram.svg
Venue World Trade Center Veracruz
Location Cartagena, Colombia
Dates20–27 July
  2002
2010  

The Boxing Tournament at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Cartagena, Colombia from July 20 to July 27.

Medal winners

EventGoldSilverBronze
Light Flyweight
( 48 kilograms)
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg McWilliams Arroyo
Puerto Rico
Flag of Mexico.svg Odilion Zaleta
Mexico
Flag of Cuba.svg Yan Bartelemí
Cuba

Flag of Colombia.svg Oscar Negrete
Colombia

Flyweight
( 51 kilograms)
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Juan Carlos Payano
Dominican Republic
Flag of Cuba.svg Yoandri Salinas
Cuba
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg McJoe Arroyo
Puerto Rico

Flag of Mexico.svg Braulio Ávila
Mexico

Bantamweight
( 54 kilograms)
Flag of Cuba.svg Guillermo Rigondeaux
Cuba
Flag of Mexico.svg Arturo Santos Reyes
Mexico
Flag of Colombia.svg Jonathan Romero
Colombia

Flag of Venezuela.svg Héctor Manzanilla
Venezuela

Featherweight
( 57 kilograms)
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Carlos Velasquez
Puerto Rico
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Ronald de la Rosa
Dominican Republic
Flag of Cuba.svg Yuriolkis Gamboa
Cuba

Flag of Jamaica.svg Nicholas Walters
Jamaica

Lightweight
( 60 kilograms)
Flag of Cuba.svg Yordenis Ugás
Cuba
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Óscar Díaz
Dominican Republic
Flag of Venezuela.svg Lisandro Bolivar
Venezuela

Flag of Colombia.svg José Mosquera
Colombia

Light Welterweight
( 64 kilograms)
Flag of Cuba.svg Yudel Johnson
Cuba
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg Hugo Moolenaar
US Virgin Islands
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Kenny Galarza
Puerto Rico

Flag of Colombia.svg Pedro Salinas
Colombia

Welterweight
( 69 kilograms)
Flag of Cuba.svg Erislandi Lara
Cuba
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Melvin Santana
Dominican Republic
Flag of Venezuela.svg Jean Carlos Prada
Venezuela

Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Alexis Ares
Puerto Rico

Middleweight
( 75 kilograms)
Flag of Cuba.svg Yordanis Despaigne
Cuba
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Andrew Fermin
Trinidad and Tobago
Flag of Colombia.svg Alexander Brand
Colombia

Flag of Panama.svg Gustavo Caicedo
Panama

Light Heavyweight
( 81 kilograms)
Flag of Cuba.svg Yusiel Nápoles
Cuba
Flag of Barbados.svg Shawn Terry Cox
Barbados
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Carlos Negron
Puerto Rico

Flag of Nicaragua.svg Ismael Mendoza
Nicaragua

Heavyweight
( 91 kilograms)
Flag of Cuba.svg Osmay Acosta
Cuba
Flag of Venezuela.svg Jose Julio Payares
Venezuela
Flag of Colombia.svg Jhon Nieves
Colombia

Flag of Barbados.svg Anderson Emmanuel
Barbados

Super Heavyweight
(+ 91 kilograms)
Flag of Cuba.svg Michel López Núñez
Cuba
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Cristian Cabrera
Dominican Republic
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Gerardo Bisbal
Puerto Rico

Flag of Venezuela.svg Jhonny Molina
Venezuela

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