Boxing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's light heavyweight

Women's light heavyweight at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenueOshawa Sports Centre
DatesJuly 20–24
Competitors8 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal Claressa Shields  United States
Silver medal Yenebier Guillén  Dominican Republic
Bronze medal Ariane Fortin  Canada
Bronze medal Lucía Pérez  Argentina
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The light heavyweight competition of the boxing events at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was held between the 20 and 24 of July at the Oshawa Sports Centre. The defending champion was Mary Spencer of Canada. Light heavyweights is limited to those boxers weighing less than or equal to 75 kilograms.[1][2][3]

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. AIBA officials are waiting to see how things go in the men's game before making a decision to take headgear off women fighters.[4] Five judges scored each bout. The winner will be the boxer who scored the most at the end of the match.

Qualification

Main article: Boxing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

A total of eight boxers qualified to compete.

Results

Bracket

Quarterfinals
July 20, 2015 		Semifinals
July 21, 2015 		Finals
July 24, 2015
 Claressa Shields (USA) 3
 Flávia Figueiredo (BRA) 0  Claressa Shields (USA) 3
 Lucía Pérez (ARG) 2  Lucía Pérez (ARG) 0
 Jessica Caicedo (COL) 0  Claressa Shields (USA) 3
 Yenebier Guillén (DOM) TKO R2 1:20  Yenebier Guillén (DOM) 0
 Chimere Taylor (TTO)  Yenebier Guillén (DOM) 2
 Francelis Carmona (VEN) 0  Ariane Fortin (CAN) 0
 Ariane Fortin (CAN) 3

References

  1. ^ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Oshawa Sports Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Archived from the original on 24 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Boxing". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. ^ Cbc.ca Pan Am Boxing will feature new rules