Boxing at the Arab Games

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Boxing is one of the sports at the quadrennial Arab Games competition. It has been one of the sports competed at the event since the inaugural edition in 1951.

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GamesYearHost city
I 1953 Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg Alexandria
II 1957 Flag of Lebanon.svg Beirut
III 1961 Flag of Morocco.svg Casablanca
IV 1965 Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg Cairo
V 1976 Flag of Syria (1972-1980).svg Damascus
VI 1985 Flag of Morocco.svg Rabat
VII 1992 Flag of Syria.svg Damascus
VIII 1997 Flag of Lebanon.svg Beirut
IX 1999 Flag of Jordan.svg Amman
X 2004 Flag of Algeria.svg Algiers
XI 2007 Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo
XII 2011 Flag of Qatar.svg Doha
XIII 2023 Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria (5 cities) a

^a Arab Games helds in 5 cities (Algiers, Oran, Constantine, Annaba and Tipaza). Boxing tournament helds in Algiers.

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