Boxing at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Boxing at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was the fifth appearance of the Boxing at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Vancouver, Canada, and featured contests in ten weight classes.

The boxing events were held in the Vancouver Forum. South Africa topped the boxing medal table by virtue of winning three gold medals.

In the light-middleweight category Bruce Wells won his semi-final against Maurice Tuck but after a clash of heads in the bout he was declared unfit for the final. Tuck was also declared unfit to continue resulting in Freddy Wright progressing to the final instead.

Medal table

Medallists FlyweightBantamweightFeatherweightLightweightLight WelterweightWelterweightLight MiddleweightMiddleweightLight HeavyweightHeavyweight

Results

First round Weight Winner Loser ScoreFlyweight 51kg Dick Currie bye Abe Bekker Adu Garuba points Warner Batchelor Ahmed Shah points Gerry Boucher bye Bantamweight 54kg John Smillie Dennis Kennedy points Gordon Smith bye Abubakar Idi Garuba bye Edwin Stockley bye Featherweight 57kg Leonard Leisching Bud Palmer points Malcolm Collins bye Dave Charnley Gil Durey TKO 3 Hollis Wilson bye Lightweight 60kg Piet van Staden Clayton Kenny points Frank McQuillan bye Brian Cahill bye Mickey Pretorius George Whelan disqLight-welterweight 63.5kg Mickey Bergin bye Aubrey Harris bye Des Duguid bye Alan Scaife bye Welterweight 67kg Nicholas Gargano Mike Hannah Rodney Litzow bye Hendrik van der Linde Sonny Forbes Chris Vivier bye Light-middleweight 71kg Wilf Greaves Gwynfryn Evans Freddy Wright bye Bruce Wells bye Maurice Tuck bye Middleweight 75kg Jan Adriaan van der Kolff bye Arthur Crawford bye Marcel Piau bye Light heavyweight 81kg Piet van Vuuren bye Tony Madigan bye Bill Misselbrook bye Heavyweight 91kg Brian Harper bye Gerry Buchanan bye George Jenkins bye Steve Zoranich bye

Semi-finals Weight Winner Loser ScoreFlyweight Currie Boucher points Bekker Batchelor pointsBantamweight Smillie Stockley TKO 2 Smith Idi Garuba pointsFeatherweight Leisching Charnley points Collins Wilson TKO 2Lightweight van Staden Pretorius TKO 3 McQuillan Cahill pointsLight-welterweight Bergin Duguid points Harris Scaife pointsWelterweight Gargano van der Linde points Litzow Vivier pointsLight-middleweight Greaves Wright+ NC Wells+ Tuck TKOI 1Middleweight van der Kolff bye Crawford Piau pointsLight heavyweight van Vuuren bye Madigan Misselbrook TKO 1Heavyweight Harper Zoranich KO 1 Buchanan Jenkins TKO 2

Bronze medal Weight Winner Loser ScoreFlyweight Batchelor Boucher Bantamweight Idi Garuba Stockley Featherweight Charnley Wilson Lightweight Cahill Pretorius Light-welterweight Duguid Scaife Welterweight van der Linde Vivier Light-middleweight Wells Tuck w/oMiddleweight Piau no opponent Light heavyweight Misselbrook no opponent Heavyweight Jenkins Zoranich

Finals Weight Winner Loser ScoreFlyweight CurrieBekker pointsBantamweight Smillie Smith pointsFeatherweight Leisching Collins points Lightweight van Staden McQuillan pointsLight-welterweight Bergin Harris pointsWelterweight Gargano Litzow pointsLight-middleweight Greaves Wright pointsMiddleweight van der Kolff Crawford pointsLight heavyweight van Vuuren Madigan points HeavyweightHarper Buchanan points

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