Boxing at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

Boxing at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
VenueIngliston Showground Pavilion
LocationEdinburgh, Scotland
Dates24 July to 2 August 1986

Boxing at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was the 13th appearance of the Boxing at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 24 July to 2 August 1986. The competition featured contests in twelve weight classes, an increase of one from 1982, with the addition of a super-heavyweight division.[1]

The boxing events were held at the Ingliston Showground Pavilion (also called the Exhibition Hall)[2][3] in Ingliston.[4] For the Games, scaffolding seats were brought in to expand the capacity to 7,000.[5]

Canada topped the boxing medal table by virtue of winning six gold medals.[6][7]

Exhibition Hall on the Ingliston Showground

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada60410
2 England52310
3 New Zealand1012
4 Scotland*0347
5 Australia0303
6 Wales0235
7 Northern Ireland0156
8 Swaziland0101
9 Malawi0022
10 Jersey0011
Totals (10 entries)12122347

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Flyweight  Scotty Olson (CAN)  Mark Epton (ENG)  Johnston Todd (NIR)
 Wilson Docherty (SCO)
Flyweight  John Lyon (ENG)  Leonard Makhanya (SWZ)  Kerry Webber (WAL)
 Steve Beaupré (CAN)
Bantamweight  Sean Murphy (ENG)  Roy Nash (NIR)  Glen Brooks (SCO)
 John Sollitoe (JER)
Featherweight  Billy Downey (CAN)  Peter English (ENG)  Chris Carleton (NIR)
 Johnny Wallace (NZL)
Lightweight  Asif Dar (CAN)  Neil Haddock (WAL)  Lyton Mphande (MAW)
 Joey Jacobs (ENG)
Light Welterweight  Howard Grant (CAN)  David Clencie (AUS)  Brendan Lowe (NIR)
 Solomon Kondowe (MAW)
Welterweight  Darren Dyer (ENG)  James McAllister (SCO)  John Shaw (CAN)
 Damien Denny (NIR)
Light Middleweight  Dan Sherry (CAN)  Rick Finch (AUS)  Glynn Thomas (WAL)
 Alec Mullen (SCO)
Middleweight  Rod Douglas (ENG)  Jeff Harding (AUS)  Patrick Tinney (NIR)
 George Ferrie (SCO)
Light Heavyweight  Jim Moran (ENG)  Harry Lawson (SCO)  Brent Kosolofski (CAN)
Heavyweight  Jimmy Thunder (NZL)  Doug Young (SCO)  Dominic D'Amico (CAN)
 Eric Cardouza (ENG)
Super Heavyweight  Lennox Lewis (CAN)  Aneurin Evans (WAL)  James Oyebola (ENG)

Results

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Light-flyweight 48kg

Round Winner Loser Score
Quarter-Final England Mark Epton Wales Robbie Regan PTS
Semi-Final Canada Scotty Olson Northern Ireland Johnston Todd RSC 1
Semi-Final England Mark Epton Scotland Wilson Docherty RSC 2
Final Canada Scotty Olson England Mark Epton PTS

Flyweight 51kg

Round Winner Loser Score
Quarter-Final Canada Steve Beaupre Scotland Andrew Docherty PTS
Semi-Final Eswatini Leonard Makhanya Wales Kerry Webber RSC 1
Semi-Final England John Lyon Canada Steve Beaupre PTS
Final England John Lyon Eswatini Leonard Makhanya KO 2

Bantamweight 54kg

Round Winner Loser Score
Preliminary Canada Chuck Evans New Zealand Shane Buckley PTS
Quarter-Final Northern Ireland Roy Nash Vanuatu Edouard Paulum RSC 3
Quarter-Final Jersey John Sillitoe Canada Chuck Evans PTS
Quarter-Final Scotland Glen Brooks Wales Sean Ward PTS
Quarter-Final England Sean Murphy Eswatini Paul Kunene RSC 1
Semi-Final England Sean Murphy Scotland Glen Brooks PTS
Semi-Final Northern Ireland Roy Nash Jersey John Sillitoe PTS
Final England Sean Murphy Northern Ireland Roy Nash RSC 3

Featherweight 57kg

Round Winner Loser Score
Preliminary Northern Ireland Chris Carleton Scotland Charlie Kane RSC 2
Preliminary Wales Tony Khan Fiji Vereniki Raiwaliu PTS
Quarter-Final New Zealand Johnny Wallace Malawi John Mkangala PTS
Quarter-Final Canada Billy Downey Australia Roger Spiteri PTS
Quarter-Final England Peter English Eswatini Calvin Magagula RSC 3
Quarter-Final Northern Ireland Chris Carleton Wales Tony Khan PTS
Semi-Final England Peter English Northern Ireland Chris Carleton RSC 2
Semi-Final Canada Billy Downey New Zealand Johnny Wallace RSC 3
Final Canada Billy Downey England Peter English RSC 1

Lightweight 60kg

Round Winner Loser Score
Quarter-Final Canada Asif Dar Northern Ireland Gerard McKenna RSC 2
Quarter-Final England Joey Jacobs Australia Brian Williams PTS
Semi-Final Wales Neil Haddock Malawi Byron Mphande PTS
Semi-Final Canada Asif Dar England Joey Jacobs RSC 3
Final Canada Asif Dar Wales Neil Haddock KO 1

Light-welterweight 63.5kg

Round Winner Loser Score
Preliminary Canada Howard Grant Wales Jonathan Alsop PTS
Quarter-Final Malawi Solomon Kondowe Vanuatu Harry Kalo RSC 2
Quarter-Final Australia David Clencie New Zealand Apelu Ioane PTS
Quarter-Final Northern Ireland Brendan Lowe Scotland Jim Pender PTS
Quarter-Final Canada Howard Grant Eswatini Musa Lushabao RSC 2
Semi-Final Australia David Clencie Malawi Solomon Kondowe PTS
Semi-Final Canada Howard Grant Northern Ireland Brendan Lowe RSC 3
Final Canada Howard Grant Australia David Clencie PTS

Welterweight 67kg

Round Winner Loser Score
Preliminary Singapore Mohamed Mukhlis Malawi Fletcher Kapito PTS
Preliminary Australia Darren Obah Eswatini John Dlamini RSC 3
Preliminary England Darren Dyer Wales Cliff Piper RSC 1
Quarter-Final Northern Ireland Damien Denny Singapore Mohamed Mukhlis PTS
Quarter-Final Canada John Shaw Samoa Tauvela Ioane PTS
Quarter-Final Scotland James McAllister Cayman Islands Sterling Ebanks PTS
Quarter-Final England Darren Dyer Australia Darren Obah KO 2
Semi-Final Scotland James McAllister Canada John Shaw PTS
Semi-Final England Darren Dyer Northern Ireland Damien Denny PTS
Final England Darren Dyer Scotland James McAllister RSCI 1

Light-middleweight 71kg

Round Winner Loser Score
Quarter-Final Wales Glyn Thomas Eswatini Charles Mahlabele PTS
Quarter-Final Canada Dan Sherry Northern Ireland Brendan O'Hara PTS
Quarter-Final Australia Richard Finch Malawi George Nyirenda PTS
Quarter-Final Scotland Alec Mullen Samoa Seese Fidow PTS
Semi-Final Canada Dan Sherry Wales Glyn Thomas RSC 1
Semi-Final Australia Richard Finch Scotland Alec Mullen PTS
Final Canada Dan Sherry Australia Richard Finch PTS

Middleweight 75kg

Round Winner Loser Score
Preliminary Fiji Vodo Matai Malawi Helman Palije DQ 3
Quarter-Final England Rod Douglas Canada Egerton Marcus RSC 2
Quarter-Final Scotland George Ferrie Vanuatu James Iahuat RSC 2
Quarter-Final Australia Jeff Harding Wales Paul Lewis RSC 3
Quarter-Final Northern Ireland Patrick Tinney Fiji Vodo Matai RSC 1
Semi-Final England Rod Douglas Scotland George Ferrie RSC 1
Semi-Final Australia Jeff Harding Northern Ireland Patrick Tinney AB 2
Final England Rod Douglas Australia Jeff Harding PTS

Light-heavyweight 81kg

Round Winner Loser Score
Quarter-Final Canada Brent Kosolofski New Zealand Raeli Raeli PTS
Quarter-Final England Jim Moran Samoa Pua Ulberg RSC 2
Quarter-Final Scotland Harry Lawson Northern Ireland Gerald Storey PTS
Quarter-Final Wales Byron Pullen Cayman Islands Noel Thomas PTS
Semi-Final England Jim Moran Canada Brent Kosolofski PTS
Semi-Final Scotland Harry Lawson Wales Byron Pullen DQ 3
Final England Jim Moran Scotland Harry Lawson PTS

Heavyweight 91kg

Round Winner Loser Score
Semi-Final Scotland Doug Young England Eric Cardouza PTS
Semi-Final New Zealand Jimmy Peau Canada Domenico D'Amico KO 3
Final New Zealand Jimmy Peau Scotland Doug Young KO 3

Super Heavyweight +91kg

Round Winner Loser Score
Semi-Final Canada Lennox Lewis England James Oyebola SC 2
Final Canada Lennox Lewis Wales Aneurin Evans RSC 2

References

  1. ^ "Medal Standings Edinburgh 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  2. ^ "Book your place at the Games". Sporting Post. 31 May 1986. p. 13. Retrieved 31 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Ingliston big sell takes off". Edinburgh Evening News. 3 March 1986. p. 5. Retrieved 31 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Rotaract told of the Games". West Lothian Courier. 24 January 1986. p. 24. Retrieved 31 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Excellent venue". Edinburgh Evening News. 4 March 1986. p. 13. Retrieved 31 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Boxing". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  7. ^ "Commonwealth Games - Edinburgh, Scotland - July 24 - August 2 1986". Amateur Boxing. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  8. ^ "Boxing". Sunday Express. 27 July 1986. p. 32. Retrieved 31 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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