Boxing at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's 81 kg
# Boxing at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's 81 kg

The men's light heavyweight boxing competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand was held from 9 to 18 December at the Land Sports Complex.

Like all Asian Games boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. This event consisted of 13 boxers. The competition began with the round of 16 on 9 December, where the number of competitors was reduced to 8, and concluded with the final on 18 December. As there were fewer than 16 boxers in the competition, a number of boxers received a bye through the preliminary round. Both semi-final losers were awarded bronze medals.

All bouts consisted of five three-minute rounds. The boxers receive points for every successful punch they land on their opponent's head or upper body. The boxer with the most points at the end of the bouts wins. If a boxer is knocked to the ground and cannot get up before the referee counts to 10 then the bout is over and the opponent wins.

## Schedule

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Wednesday, 9 December 1998 | 14:00 | Round of 16 |
| Friday, 11 December 1998 | 14:00 | Quarterfinals |
| Tuesday, 15 December 1998 | 14:00 | Semifinals |
| Friday, 18 December 1998 | 14:00 | Final |

## Results

### Legend

* RSCH — Won by referee stop contest head blow
* RSCI — Won by referee stop contest injury
* RSCO — Won by referee stop contest outclassed

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | Sergey Mihaylov (UZB) | Sergey Mihaylov (UZB) | RSCH | | | | | | |
| | | | Somsak Chantraporn (THA) | Somsak Chantraporn (THA) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Sergey Mihaylov (UZB) | Sergey Mihaylov (UZB) | 13 | | | |
| | | | | | | Gurcharan Singh (IND) | Gurcharan Singh (IND) | 5 | | | |
| | | | Bisal Masri (LIB) | Bisal Masri (LIB) | | | | | | | |
| Gurcharan Singh (IND) | Gurcharan Singh (IND) | RSCO | Gurcharan Singh (IND) | Gurcharan Singh (IND) | RSCO | | | | | | |
| Basel Al-Hindawi (JOR) | Basel Al-Hindawi (JOR) | | | | | | | | Sergey Mihaylov (UZB) | Sergey Mihaylov (UZB) | 9 |
| Lee Seung-bae (KOR) | Lee Seung-bae (KOR) | 17 | | | | | | | Lee Seung-bae (KOR) | Lee Seung-bae (KOR) | 5 |
| Emil Boylo (KGZ) | Emil Boylo (KGZ) | 4 | Lee Seung-bae (KOR) | Lee Seung-bae (KOR) | 18 | | | | | | |
| Ali Darvish (IRI) | Ali Darvish (IRI) | 20 | Ali Darvish (IRI) | Ali Darvish (IRI) | 7 | | | | | | |
| Ihab Al-Youssef (SYR) | Ihab Al-Youssef (SYR) | 13 | | | | Lee Seung-bae (KOR) | Lee Seung-bae (KOR) | 12 | | | |
| Shaukat Ali (PAK) | Shaukat Ali (PAK) | RSCI | | | | Shaukat Ali (PAK) | Shaukat Ali (PAK) | 3 | | | |
| Lo Shang-che (TPE) | Lo Shang-che (TPE) | | Shaukat Ali (PAK) | Shaukat Ali (PAK) | 14 | | | | | | |
| Talgat Dossanov (KAZ) | Talgat Dossanov (KAZ) | RSCI | Talgat Dossanov (KAZ) | Talgat Dossanov (KAZ) | 10 | | | | | | |
| Munir Abu-Keshek (PLE) | Munir Abu-Keshek (PLE) | | | | | | | | | | |
