Boxing at the 1954 Asian Games
# Boxing at the 1954 Asian Games

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.

## Medalists

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

## Medal table

| 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 |
| 5 | Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Burma (BIR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |

## Participating nations

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

* Burma (1)
* Ceylon (2)
* Japan (7)
* Philippines (7)
* Republic of China (4)
* Singapore (4)
* South Korea (6)
* Thailand (4)
* Vietnam (2)
