Boxing at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Boxing at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
VenueMalawati Stadium
LocationKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dates11 to 21 September 1998

Boxing at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was the 16th appearance of the Boxing at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 11 to 21 September 1998 and featured contests in twelve weight classes.[1]

The boxing events were held the Malawati Stadium.[2]

England topped the boxing medal table by virtue of winning four gold medals.[3][4]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Malaysia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 England4026
2 Canada3328
3 Mauritius1113
4 Ghana1034
5 Scotland1023
6 Malaysia*1012
7 Tanzania1001
8 Kenya0213
9 Seychelles0202
10 Northern Ireland0112
11 Cameroon0101
 India0101
 Pakistan0101
14 Australia0044
15 Cyprus0011
 New Zealand0011
 Papua New Guinea0011
 South Africa0011
 Uganda0011
 Wales0011
 Zambia0011
Totals (21 entries)12122448

Medallists

Weight Gold Silver Bronze
Light flyweight (48 kg) Sapok Biki
 Malaysia 		Moses Kinyua
 Kenya 		Roudik Kazanijian
 Cyprus
Gary Jones
 England
Flyweight (51 kg) Richard Sunee
 Mauritius 		Liam Cunningham
 Northern Ireland 		Phumzile Matyhila
 South Africa
Jackson Asiku
 Uganda
Bantamweight (54 kg) Michael Yomba
 Tanzania 		Herman Ngoudjo
 Cameroon 		Adnan Yusoh
 Malaysia
Andrew Kooner
 Canada
Featherweight (57 kg) Alex Arthur
 Scotland 		Marty O'Donnell
 Canada 		Lynch Ipera
 Papua New Guinea
James Swan
 Australia
Lightweight (60 kg) Ray Narh
 Ghana 		Ali Asghar
 Pakistan 		Andrew McLean
 England
Giovanni Frontin
 Mauritius
Light welterweight (63.5 kg) Michael Strange
 Canada 		Gerry Legras
 Seychelles 		Casey Johns
 Australia
Davis Mwale
 Zambia
Welterweight (67 kg) Jeremy Molitor
 Canada 		Absolom Okoth
 Kenya 		Colin McNeil
 Scotland
Lynden Hosking
 Australia
Light middleweight (71 kg) Chris Bessey
 England 		Scott MacIntosh
 Canada 		James Tony
 Ghana
Jackie Townsley
 Scotland
Middleweight (75 kg) John Pearce
 England 		Jitender Kumar
 India 		Trevor Stewardson
 Canada
Brian Magee
 Northern Ireland
Light heavyweight (81 kg) Courtney Fry
 England 		Troy Ross
 Canada 		Samuel Odindo
 Kenya
Charles Adamu
 Ghana
Heavyweight (91 kg) Mark Simmons
 Canada 		Roland Raforme
 Seychelles 		Kevin Evans
 Wales
Garth da Silva
 New Zealand
Super heavyweight (over 91 kg) Audley Harrison
 England 		Michael Macaque
 Mauritius 		Justin Whitehead
 Australia
Moyoyo Aloryi
 Ghana

Results

Light-flyweight 48kg

Round Winner Loser Score
Preliminary Kenya Moses Kinyua Canada Domenic Figliomeni 10:2
Quarter-Final Cyprus Roudik Kazandzhyan Australia David Lockett 23:14
Quarter-Final Kenya Moses Kinyua Lesotho Sole Mou 40:16
Quarter-Final England Gary Jones Ghana Joseph Agbeko 12:7
Quarter-Final Malaysia Sapok Biki Zambia Kennedy Kanyanta 23:6
Semi-Final Kenya Moses Kinyua Cyprus Roudik Kazandzhyan 33:14
Semi-Final Malaysia Sapok Biki England Gary Jones 15:11
Final Malaysia Sapok Biki Kenya Moses Kinyua 19:13

Flyweight 51kg

Round Winner Loser Score
Preliminary Zimbabwe Brighton Matsangura Tanzania Ben Mwangata 12:11
Preliminary Uganda Jackson Asiku Solomon Islands Timothy Soe RSC 3
Preliminary Malaysia Rahib Ahmad Australia Erle Wiltshire 15:5
Preliminary Mauritius Richard Sunee Zambia Victor Kasote 14:5
Preliminary South Africa Phumzile Matyhila Botswana Elliot Mmila 20:16
Preliminary Ghana Abdulaye Amidu Lesotho Katiso Tsenoli 29:13
Preliminary England James Hegney Mozambique Antonio Helio 18:13
Preliminary Northern Ireland Liam Cunningham Wales Darren Hayde 9:6
Quarter-Final South Africa Phumzile Matyhila Ghana Abdulaye Amidu 16:15
Quarter-Final Northern Ireland Liam Cunningham England James Hegney 20:12
Quarter-Final Uganda Jackson Asiku Zimbabwe Brighton Matsangura 19:14
Quarter-Final Mauritius Richard Sunee Malaysia Rahib Ahmad +14:14
Semi-Final Mauritius Richard Sunee Uganda Jackson Asiku 31:16
Semi-Final Northern Ireland Liam Cunningham South Africa Phumzile Matyhila 21:8
Final Mauritius Richard Sunee Northern Ireland Liam Cunningham AB 5

Bantamweight 54kg

Round Winner Loser Score
Quarter-Final Tanzania Michael Yomba Zimbabwe Clied Musonda 27:6
Quarter-Final Malaysia Adnan Yusoh South Africa Silence Mabuza 16:14
Quarter-Final Cameroon Herman Ngoudjo Uganda Abdul Tebazalwa 14:13
Quarter-Final Canada Andrew Kooner Namibia Joshua Veikko 20:9
Semi-Final Tanzania Michael Yomba Malaysia Adnan Yusoh 16:15
Semi-Final Cameroon Herman Ngoudjo Canada Andrew Kooner 17:16
Final Tanzania Michael Yomba Cameroon Herman Ngoudjo 19:13

Featherweight 57kg

Round Winner Loser Score
Preliminary Barbados Mark Alexander Ghana Anyetei Laryea 6:3
Preliminary Canada Marty O'Donnell Malaysia Thomas Benny Vivian 11:6
Preliminary South Africa Siphiwe Nongqayi Botswana Gilbert Khunwane 8:6
Preliminary Papua New Guinea Lynch Ipera Cyprus Polydoros Polydorou 16:4
Preliminary Australia James Swan India Gurmeet Sing 17:7
Quarter-Final Canada Marty O'Donnell Barbados Mark Alexander 6:4
Quarter-Final Papua New Guinea Lynch Ipera South Africa Siphiwe Nongqayi KO 1
Quarter-Final Australia James Swan Northern Ireland James Lowry 18:9
Quarter-Final Scotland Alex Arthur Uganda Kassim Napa Adam 14:11
Semi-Final Canada Marty O'Donnell Papua New Guinea Lynch Ipera 14:12
Semi-Final Scotland Alex Arthur Australia James Swan 16:10
Final Scotland Alex Arthur Canada Marty O'Donnell 16:11

Lightweight 60kg

Round Winner Loser Score
Preliminary Ghana Ray Narh Tanzania Twalib Kimweri RSC 4
Preliminary Northern Ireland Conor McAllister Barbados John Kelman 10:5
Preliminary Malaysia Muruguthevan Balakrishnan Botswana Bikkie Malaolo 14:7
Preliminary England Andy McLean Mauritius Danny Labonte 14:11
Preliminary Mauritius Giovanni Frontin Kenya Collins Akweywa RSC 5
Preliminary South Africa Elvis Makam Namibia Frans Mumbuu 25:15
Preliminary Pakistan Ali Asghar Shah Wales Ceri Hall 9:6
Preliminary Australia Matthew Pauley Zambia Denis Zimba 16:5
Quarter-Final Ghana Ray Narh Northern Ireland Conor McAllister 27:8
Quarter-Final England Andy McLean Malaysia Muruguthevan Balakrishnan 15:14
Quarter-Final Mauritius Giovanni Frontin South Africa Elvis Makama 18:13
Quarter-Final Pakistan Ali Asghar Shah Australia Matthew Pauley 16:15
Semi-Final Ghana Ray Narh England Andy McLean RSC 5
Semi-Final Pakistan Ali Asghar Shah Mauritius Giovanni Frontin 22:10
Final Ghana Ray Narh Pakistan Ali Asghar Shah 30:27

Light-welterweight 63.5kg

Round Winner Loser Score
Preliminary Jamaica Trevor Brown Mozambique Paulo Mandlatte RSC 3
Preliminary Australia Casey Johns Scotland Lee Sharp 9:8
Preliminary Northern Ireland Paul McCloskey Samoa Niusila Seiuli 16:7
Preliminary Seychelles Gerry Legras New Zealand Robert Walker 22:2
Preliminary Lesotho Kloba Sehloho The Bahamas Richard Dean 20:6
Preliminary Canada Michael Strange Tanzania Hassan Matumla 21:7
Preliminary Cameroon Hamza Issa England Nigel Wright AB 5
Preliminary Zambia Davis Mwale South Africa Isaac Tshuma 20:16
Quarter-Final Australia Casey Johns Jamaica Trevor Brown 24:19
Quarter-Final Seychelles Gerry Legras Northern Ireland Paul McCloskey 18:15
Quarter-Final Canada Michael Strange Lesotho Kloba Sehloho 21:1
Quarter-Final Zambia Davis Mwale Cameroon Hamza Issa 22:19
Semi-Final Canada Michael Strange Zambia Davis Mwale 19:1
Semi-Final Seychelles Gerry Legras Australia Casey Johns 31:11
Final Canada Michael Strange Seychelles Gerry Legras 16:8

Welterweight 67kg

Round Winner Loser Score
Preliminary Scotland Colin McNeil Lesotho Mosolesa Tsie 31:8
Preliminary Botswana Thebe Setlalekgosi Malaysia Samsudin Maidin 10:6
Preliminary Samoa Rico Chong Nee Tanzania Rashid Matumla 14:12
Preliminary Kenya Absolom Okoth Wales Karl Thomas 9:8
Preliminary Australia Lyndon Hosking Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Fitz Roberts RSC 2
Preliminary Northern Ireland Billy Cowan Ghana Joshua Okine 16:7
Preliminary England David Walker Cook Islands David Masters 14:2
Preliminary Canada Jeremy Molitor Cameroon Ernest Atangana Mboa 5:2
Quarter-Final Scotland Colin McNeil Botswana Thebe Setlalekgosi 37:16
Quarter-Final Kenya Absolom Okoth Samoa Rico Chong Nee 23:11
Quarter-Final Australia Lyndon Hosking Northern Ireland Billy Cowan 25:17
Quarter-Final Canada Jeremy Molitor England David Walker 20:12
Semi-Final Kenya Absolom Okoth Scotland Colin McNeil 27:12
Semi-Final Canada Jeremy Molitor Australia Lyndon Hosking 15:5
Final Canada Jeremy Molitor Kenya Absolom Okoth 14:9

Light-middleweight 71kg

Round Winner Loser Score
Quarter-Final Canada Scott MacIntosh Jamaica Patrick Daley 22:11
Quarter-Final Ghana James Tony Cameroon Oeme Bella 22:14
Quarter-Final Scotland Jackie Townsley Cyprus Savas Kokkinos 21:11
Quarter-Final England Chris Bessey Australia Richard Rowless 21:10
Semi-Final Canada Scott MacIntosh Ghana James Tony 22:14
Semi-Final England Chris Bessey Scotland Jackie Townsley RSC 5
Final England Chris Bessey Canada Scott MacIntosh 20:15

Middleweight 75kg

Round Winner Loser Score
Preliminary Canada Trevor Stewardson Seychelles Jacques Bonnie 10:5
Preliminary Scotland Alan Foster New Zealand Daryl Litchwark 9:7
Preliminary India Jitender Kumar Samoa Francis Partsch 13:3
Preliminary Kenya George Adipo Wales Sean Pepperall 17:7
Quarter-Final Canada Trevor Stewardson Scotland Alan Foster 20:19
Quarter-Final India Jitender Kumar Kenya George Adipo 29:15
Quarter-Final England John Pearce Australia Danny Green w/o
Quarter-Final Northern Ireland Brian Magee Jamaica Ron Donaldson 25:14
Semi-Final India Jitender Kumar Canada Trevor Stewardson 21:10
Semi-Final England John Pearce Northern Ireland Brian Magee 29:19
Final England John Pearce India Jitender Kumar 25:11

Light-heavyweight 81kg

Round Winner Loser Score
Quarter-Final England Courtney Fry Samoa Pauga Lalau 15:6
Quarter-Final Kenya Samuel Odindo Wales Stephen Donaldson 15:9
Quarter-Final Ghana Charles Adamu Barbados Terry Shawn Cox 9:5
Quarter-Final Canada Troy Ross India Gurcharan Singh 11:7
Semi-Final England Courtney Fry Kenya Samuel Odindo 17:8
Semi-Final Canada Troy Ross Ghana Charles Adamu RSC 2
Final England Courtney Fry Canada Troy Ross 29:21

Heavyweight 91kg

Round Winner Loser Score
Quarter-Final New Zealand Garth da Silva Pakistan Skoukat Ali 22:9
Quarter-Final Canada Mark Simmons Ghana Charles Quartey 18:5
Quarter-Final Seychelles Roland Raforme Australia Simon Peterson RSC 5
Quarter-Final Wales Kevin Evans Northern Ireland Ben McGarrigle RSC 1
Semi-Final Canada Mark Simmons Wales Kevin Evans 19:11
Semi-Final Seychelles Roland Raforme New Zealand Garth da Silva 15:13
Final Canada Mark Simmons Seychelles Roland Raforme 21:13

Super Heavyweight +91kg

Round Winner Loser Score
Quarter-Final Australia Justin Whitehead Canada Patrice L'Heureux 13:12
Quarter-Final England Audley Harrison New Zealand Payfaii Falamoe 8:3
Quarter-Final Mauritius Michael Macaque Jamaica Owen Beck 27:22
Quarter-Final Ghana Aloryi Moyoyo Mensah Samoa Peter Williams 17:15
Semi-Final England Audley Harrison Australia Justin Whitehead KO 3
Semi-Final Mauritius Michael Macaque Ghana Aloryi Moyoyo Mensah 21:11
Final England Audley Harrison Mauritius Michael Macaque KO 1

References

  1. ^ "Medal Standings Kuala Lumpur 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Africa: Young Kinyua pounds Canadian favourite". All Africa. 16 September 1998. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Boxing". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Games - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - September 13-20 1998". Amateur Boxing. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
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