Boxing at the 2023 Pacific Games

Boxing at the 2023 Pacific Games
Boxing pictogram for the Games
Venue	Friendship Hall
Location	Honiara, Solomon Islands
Dates	27 November and 2 December 2023
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The boxing competitions at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara took place from 27 November to 2 December 2023 at the Friendship Hall. ^[1]

Apart from the Pacific Games boxing tournament, the Olympic qualifying tournament for Oceania was also held for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, with the winner of each category gaining a direct quota to the Games. Each tournament was split among 13 events, seven for men and six for women. ^[2] Only medalists for the Pacific Games boxing competition will have their medals added to the final medal table for the 2023 Pacific Games.

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Solomon Islands)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Papua New Guinea	8	3	3	14
2	Tahiti	2	2	1	5
3	Fiji	1	0	1	2
4	Niue	1	0	0	1
5	Solomon Islands*	0	2	4	6
6	Samoa	0	1	1	2
7	Nauru	0	1	0	1
8	New Caledonia	0	0	2	2
9	Tonga	0	0	1	1
	Vanuatu	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		12	9	14	35

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg [3]	Kantie Oaike   Papua New Guinea	Peto Turua Junior   Papua New Guinea	Ronit Chand   Fiji
			Phineus Pitakoe   Solomon Islands
54 kg [4]	Jamie Chang   Papua New Guinea	Marvin Canon   Nauru	Bid Inoino   Papua New Guinea
			Ricksen Nomleas   Vanuatu
60 kg [5]	Jone Davule   Fiji	Maximillian Makana   Solomon Islands	Ryan Gavin   Solomon Islands
			Herehau Tuieinui   Tahiti
67 kg [6]	Raphael Dauphin   Tahiti	Joshua O'Oku   Solomon Islands	Alai Faauila   Samoa
			Fineasi Tuipulotu   Tonga
75 kg [7]	Kendu Steven   Papua New Guinea	Saliuafi Tuautu   Samoa	Tuliki Takatai   New Caledonia
			Osward Talaka   Solomon Islands
86 kg [8]	Duken Williams   Niue	Gabriel Dauphin   Tahiti	Arthur Lavalou   Papua New Guinea
			Francis Jr. Niusaru   Solomon Islands

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg [9]	Goli Bali   Papua New Guinea	Not awarded
52 kg [10]	Grace Sabou   Papua New Guinea	Angelyn Kadiu   Papua New Guinea	Not awarded
63 kg [11]	Petronella Nokenoke   Papua New Guinea	Flore Hani   Tahiti	Laizani Soma   Papua New Guinea
			Fiona Tuilekutu   New Caledonia
70 kg [12]	Sheila Yama   Papua New Guinea	Leontine Kevin   Papua New Guinea	Not awarded
81 kg [13]	Liranda Kidu   Papua New Guinea	Not awarded
+81 kg [14]	Hereani Temarono   Tahiti	Not awarded

Olympic qualifying tournament

A total of 13 athletes (six women and seven men) secured their NOC an Olympic quota for Paris 2024 by winning their weight category. All Oceania National Olympic Committees were eligible to enter one male and one female boxer for each of the 13 events. ^[15] Australia qualified 12 athletes for Olympics, while Samoa just 1.

Medals won in the Olympic qualifying event will not be added to the 2023 Pacific Games medal table.

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight 51 kg [16]	Yusuf Chothia   Australia	Clinton Tetekana   Solomon Islands	Charles Keama   Papua New Guinea
			Nehal Chand   Fiji
Featherweight 57 kg [17]	Charlie Senior   Australia	Allan Oaike   Papua New Guinea	Ron Taniveke   Solomon Islands
			Alex Mukuka   New Zealand
Light welterweight 63.5 kg [18]	Harry Garside   Australia	Elia Rokobuli   Fiji	Pemberton Lele   Solomon Islands
			Kalani Marra   New Zealand
Light middleweight 71 kg [19]	Shannan Davey   Australia	Wendell Stanley   New Zealand	Melman Halstead   Nauru
			Taufa Lavemaau   Tonga
Light heavyweight 80 kg [20]	Callum Peters   Australia	Roman Viney   Tonga	Jolando Taala   Samoa
			Aminiasi Saratibau   Fiji
Heavyweight 92 kg [21]	Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali   Samoa	Adrian Paoletti   Australia	Michael Schuster   Cook Islands
			Malcolm Mathes   New Zealand
Super heavyweight +92 kg [22]	Teremoana Junior   Australia	Elijah Mercury-Leafa   Samoa	Patrick Mailata   New Zealand
			Amato Mataika   Tonga

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight 50 kg [23]	Monique Suraci   Australia	Tasmyn Benny   New Zealand	Constance Abana   Solomon Islands
			Only three entrants
Bantamweight 54 kg [24]	Tiana Echegaray   Australia	Hainite Tuitupou   Tonga	Christine Gillespie   New Zealand
			Jennifer Chieng   Federated States of Micronesia
Featherweight 57 kg [25]	Tina Rahimi   Australia	Feofaaki Epenisa   Tonga	Jen Peters   New Zealand
			Teretia Toauriri   Kiribati
Lightweight 60 kg [26]	Tyla McDonald   Australia	Erin Walsh   New Zealand	Baby Nansen   Samoa
			Elizabeth Teaupa   Tonga
Welterweight 66 kg [27]	Marissa Williamson   Australia	Cara Wharerau   New Zealand	Only two entrants
Middleweight 75 kg [28]	Caitlin Parker   Australia	Deanne Read   New Zealand	Eseta Flint   Tonga
			Tilomai Lafaialii   Samoa

See also

• Boxing at the Pacific Games
• Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Boxing schedule". 2023 Pacific Games Solomon Islands. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
2. "Sport Preview: Boxing". 2023 Pacific Games Solomon Islands. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
3. "Boxing 48 kg Men". Sol2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
4. "Boxing 54 kg Men". Sol2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
5. "Boxing 60 kg Men". Sol2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
6. "Boxing 67 kg Men". Sol2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
7. "Boxing 75 kg Men". Sol2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
8. "Boxing 86 kg Men". Sol2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
9. "Boxing 48 kg Women". Sol2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
10. "Boxing 52 kg Women". Sol2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
11. "Boxing 63 kg Women". Sol2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
12. "Boxing 70 kg Women". Sol2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
13. "Boxing 81 kg Women". Sol2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
14. "Boxing +81 kg Women". Sol2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
15. "Pacific Games 2023 Boxing Preview". Olympic website. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
16. "51 kg Men Olympic Qualifier". Sol2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
17. "57 kg Men Olympic Qualifier". Sol2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
18. "63.5 kg Men Olympic Qualifier". Sol2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
19. "71 kg Men Olympic Qualifier". Sol2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
20. "80 kg Men Olympic Qualifier". Sol2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
21. "92 kg Men Olympic Qualifier". Sol2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
22. "Over 92 kg Men Olympic Qualifier". Sol2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
23. "50 kg Women Olympic Qualifier". Sol2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
24. "54 kg Women Olympic Qualifier". Sol2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
25. "57 kg Women Olympic Qualifier". Sol2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
26. "60 kg Women Olympic Qualifier". Sol2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
27. "66 kg Women Olympic Qualifier". Sol2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
28. "75 kg Women Olympic Qualifier". Sol2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.

External links

• 2023 PACIFIC GAMES - SOLOMON ISLANDS: Boxing.