Boxing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's lightweight

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Men's lightweight at the 2015 Pan American Games
Boxing pictogram.svg
Venue Oshawa Sports Centre
DatesJuly 19–25
Competitors10 from 10 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
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The men's lightweight competition of the boxing events at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was held between the 19 and 25 of July at the Oshawa Sports Centre. The defending champion is Yasniel Toledo of Cuba. Lightweights is limited to those boxers weighing less than or equal to 60 kilograms. [1] [2] [3]

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Like all Pan American boxing events, the competition is a straight single-elimination tournament. Both semifinal losers are awarded bronze medals, so no boxers compete again after their first loss. Bouts consist of a 3 rounds "10-point must" scoring system used in the pro game, where the winner of each round must be awarded 10 points and the loser a lesser amount, and the elimination of the padded headgear. [4] Five judges scored each bout. The winner will be the boxer who scored the most at the end of the match.

Qualification

A total of ten boxers qualified to compete.

Results

Bracket

Preliminaries
July 19, 2015
Quarterfinals
July 21, 2015
Semifinals
July 23, 2015
Finals
July 25, 2015
Flag of Cuba.svg  Lázaro Álvarez  (CUB)3
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Elvis Rodriguez  (DOM)3Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Elvis Rodriguez  (DOM)0
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Luis Cabrera Machado  (VEN)0 Flag of Cuba.svg  Lázaro Álvarez  (CUB)3
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Kevin Luna  (GUA)0
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Kevin Luna  (GUA)2
Flag of Argentina.svg  Ronan Sánchez  (ARG)1
Flag of Cuba.svg  Lázaro Álvarez  (CUB)3
Flag of Mexico.svg  Lindolfo Delgado  (MEX)0
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  José Rosario  (PUR)WO
Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Merin Zalazar  (HON)
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  José Rosario  (PUR)0
Flag of Mexico.svg  Lindolfo Delgado  (MEX)3Flag of Mexico.svg  Lindolfo Delgado  (MEX)3
Flag of Colombia.svg  Faider Hernández  (COL)0 Flag of Mexico.svg  Lindolfo Delgado  (MEX)3
Flag of the United States.svg  Carlos Balderas  (USA)0

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References

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