Boxing at the 1954 Asian Games

Boxing at the 1954 Asian Games
Venue	Rizal Memorial Sports Complex
Dates	5–8 May 1954
Competitors	37 from 9 nations

The Boxing Tournament at the 1954 Asian Games was held in Manila, Philippines between 5 May and 8 May 1954. A total of 37 boxers from 9 nations competed at the competition.

The host nation dominated the competition winning five out of seven gold medals.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight (51 kg)	Ernesto Sajo  Philippines	Lee Chang-kyo  South Korea	Aye Kho  Burma
Bantamweight (54 kg)	Alejandro Ortuoste  Philippines	Hempala Jayasuriya  Ceylon	Kichio Miyake  Japan
Featherweight (57 kg)	Park Kum-hyun  South Korea	Mauro Dizon  Philippines	Chandrasena Jayasuriya  Ceylon
Lightweight (60 kg)	Celedonio Espinosa  Philippines	Henry Wong  Republic of China	Hiroshi Iwabuchi  Japan
Light welterweight (63.5 kg)	Ernesto Porto  Philippines	Lee Sam-yong  South Korea	Hisao Inoue  Japan
Welterweight (67 kg)	Kazuma Fujimoto  Japan	Bulat Bin Ismail  Singapore	Kim Yoon-seo  South Korea
Light middleweight (71 kg)	Vicente Tuñacao  Philippines	Yutaka Kobashi  Japan	None awarded

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Philippines (PHI)	5	1	0	6
2	South Korea (KOR)	1	2	1	4
3	Japan (JPN)	1	1	3	5
4	Ceylon (CEY)	0	1	1	2
5	Republic of China (ROC)	0	1	0	1
	Singapore (SIN)	0	1	0	1
7	Burma (BIR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		7	7	6	20

A total of 37 athletes from 9 nations competed in boxing at the 1954 Asian Games:

• Results

• OCA official website