Boxing at the 2003 All-Africa Games explained

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Boxing at the 8th All Africa Games was held in Abuja, Nigeria from October 4-13, 2003. It served as a qualification tournament for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The number one and two earned a ticket for the Olympic tournament.

A total number of 182 fighters from 27 countries did participate in Abuja, Nigeria, with the host country (four gold, three silver, no bronze) as the overall-winner before Egypt (three gold, two silver, two bronze) and Algeria (two gold, one silver, four bronze). All the finalists got quotes for the 2004 Summer Olympics. Two more qualification tournaments followed afterwards on the African continent: in Casablanca, Morocco (January 15 to January 22, 2004) and in Gaborone, Botswana (March 15 to March 22, 2004).

Medal winners

EVENT GOLD SILVER BRONZE
Light Flyweight
( - 48 kilograms)
Suleiman Bilali
Kenya
Endalkachew Kebede
Ethiopia
Joseph Jermia
Namibia Jolly Katongole
Uganda
Flyweight
( - 51 kilograms)
Walid Cherif
Tunisia
Paulus Ambunda
Namibia
Mebarek Soltani
Algeria Adebellahim Mohamed
Egypt
Bantamweight
( - 54 kilograms)
Malik Bouziane
Algeria
Nestor Bolum
Nigeria
Lankwe Wilson
Ghana David Munyasia
Kenya
Featherweight
( - 57 kilograms)
Hadj Belkheir
Algeria
Muideen Ganiyu
Nigeria
Ayman Mohamed
Egypt Daniel Tadele
Ethiopia
Lightweight
( - 60 kilograms)
Ahmed Sadiq
Nigeria
Bongani Mahlangu
South Africa
Perel Rivan
Cameroon Esayas Getaneh
Ethiopia
Light Welterweight
( - 64 kilograms)
Davidson Emenogu
Nigeria
Nasserredine Fillali
Algeria
Davis Mwale
Zambia Sadat Tebazaalwa
Uganda
Welterweight
( - 69 kilograms)
Mohamed Hikal
Egypt
Zakaria Nefzi
Tunisia
Benamar Meskine
Algeria Ellis Chibuye
Zambia
Middleweight
( - 75 kilograms)
Ramadan Yasser
Egypt
Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam
Cameroon
Daniel Shisia
Kenya Nabil Kassel
Algeria
Light Heavyweight
( - 81 kilograms)
Ahmed Ismail
Egypt
Isaac Ekpo
Nigeria
Abdelhani Kenzi
Algeria Sibiri Kabore
Burundi
Heavyweight
( - 91 kilograms)
Emmanuel Izonritei
Nigeria
Mohamed El-Sayed
Egypt
Apostolos Eleftheriou
South Africa Parfait Amougou
Cameroon
Super Heavyweight
(+ 91 kilograms)
Gbenga Oloukun
Nigeria
Mohamed Aly
Egypt
Carlos Takam
Cameroon Gregorio Manuel
Angola

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