Boxing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's super heavyweight

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Men's Super heavyweight at the 2015 Pan American Games
Boxing pictogram.svg
Venue Oshawa Sports Centre
DatesJuly 19–25
Competitors8 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
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The super heavyweight 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 Italo Perea of Ecuador. Super heavyweights is limited to those boxers weighing greater than 91 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 eight boxers qualified to compete.

Results

Bracket

Quarterfinals
July 19, 2015
Semifinals
July 23, 2015
Finals
July 25, 2015
Flag of Cuba.svg  Lenier Pero  (CUB)3
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Kieshno Major  (BAH)0 Flag of Cuba.svg  Lenier Pero  (CUB)2
Flag of the United States.svg  Cam Awesome  (USA)2Flag of the United States.svg  Cam Awesome  (USA)1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Simon Kean  (CAN)1 Flag of Cuba.svg  Lenier Pero  (CUB)2
Flag of Brazil.svg  Rafael Lima  (BRA)2Flag of Venezuela.svg  Edgar Muñoz  (VEN)1
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Clayton Laurent  (ISV)1 Flag of Brazil.svg  Rafael Lima  (BRA)1
Flag of Mexico.svg  Édgar Ramírez  (MEX)0 Flag of Venezuela.svg  Edgar Muñoz  (VEN)2
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Edgar Muñoz  (VEN)3

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