Boxing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's light heavyweight

The light heavyweight competition of the boxing events at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was held between the 20 and 24 of July at the General Motors Centre. The defending champion was Mary Spencer of Canada. Light heavyweights is limited to those boxers weighing less than or equal to 75 kilograms.[1][2][3]

Women's light heavyweight at the XVII Pan American Games
VenueGeneral Motors Centre
DatesJuly 20–24
Competitors8 from 8 nations
Medalists
 Claressa Shields  United States
 Yenebier Guillén  Dominican Republic
 Ariane Fortin  Canada
 Lucía Pérez  Argentina
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Boxing at the
2015 Pan American Games
Qualification
Light flyweightmen
Flyweightmenwomen
Bantamweightmen
Lightweightmen
Light welterweightmenwomen
Welterweightmen
Middleweightmen
Light heavyweightmenwomen
Heavyweightmen
Super heavyweightmen

Like all Pan American boxing events, the competition is a straight single-elimination tournament. Both semifinal losers are awarded bronze medals, so no boxers compete again after their first loss. Bouts consist of a 3 rounds "10-point must" scoring system used in the pro game, where the winner of each round must be awarded 10 points and the loser a lesser amount. AIBA officials are waiting to see how things go in the men's game before making a decision to take head gear off women fighters.[4] Five judges scored each bout. The winner will be the boxer who scored the most at the end of the match.

Results

Bracket
Quarterfinals
July 20, 2015		 Semifinals
July 21, 2015		 Finals
July 24, 2015
 Claressa Shields (USA) 3  
 Flávia Figueiredo (BRA) 0      Claressa Shields (USA) 3  
 Lucía Pérez (ARG) 2      Lucía Pérez (ARG) 0  
 Jessica Caicedo (COL) 0        Claressa Shields (USA) 3
 Yenebier Guillén (DOM) TKO R2 1:20        Yenebier Guillén (DOM) 0
 Chimere Taylor (TTO)      Yenebier Guillén (DOM) 2
 Francelis Carmona (VEN) 0      Ariane Fortin (CAN) 0    
 Ariane Fortin (CAN) 3  

References
  1. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. "Oshawa Sports Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. "Boxing". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. Cbc.ca Pan Am Boxing will feature new rules
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