Boxing at the 2003 All-Africa Games

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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

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EVENT Gold GOLD Silver SILVER Bronze BRONZE
Light Flyweight
(– 48 kilograms)
Kenya Suleiman Bilali
Kenya
Ethiopia Endalkachew Kebede
Ethiopia
Namibia Joseph Jermia
Namibia

Uganda Jolly Katongole
Uganda

Flyweight
(– 51 kilograms)
Tunisia Walid Cherif
Tunisia
Namibia Paulus Ambunda
Namibia
Algeria Mebarek Soltani
Algeria

Egypt Adebellahim Mohamed
Egypt

Bantamweight
(– 54 kilograms)
Algeria Malik Bouziane
Algeria
Nigeria Nestor Bolum
Nigeria
Ghana Lankwe Wilson
Ghana

Kenya David Munyasia
Kenya

Featherweight
(– 57 kilograms)
Algeria Hadj Belkheir
Algeria
Nigeria Muideen Ganiyu
Nigeria
Egypt Ayman Mohamed
Egypt

Ethiopia Daniel Tadele
Ethiopia

Lightweight
(– 60 kilograms)
Nigeria Ahmed Sadiq
Nigeria
South Africa Bongani Mahlangu
South Africa
Cameroon Perel Rivan
Cameroon

Ethiopia Esayas Getaneh
Ethiopia

Light Welterweight
(– 64 kilograms)
Nigeria Davidson Emenogu
Nigeria
Algeria Nasserredine Fillali
Algeria
Zambia Davis Mwale
Zambia

Uganda Sadat Tebazaalwa
Uganda

Welterweight
(– 69 kilograms)
Egypt Mohamed Hikal
Egypt
Tunisia Zakaria Nefzi
Tunisia
Algeria Benamar Meskine
Algeria

Zambia Ellis Chibuye
Zambia

Middleweight
(– 75 kilograms)
Egypt Ramadan Yasser
Egypt
Cameroon Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam
Cameroon
Kenya Daniel Shisia
Kenya

Algeria Nabil Kassel
Algeria

Light Heavyweight
(– 81 kilograms)
Egypt Ahmed Ismail
Egypt
Nigeria Isaac Ekpo
Nigeria
Algeria Abdelhani Kenzi
Algeria

Burundi Sibiri Kabore
Burundi

Heavyweight
(– 91 kilograms)
Nigeria Emmanuel Izonritei
Nigeria
Egypt Mohamed El-Sayed
Egypt
South Africa Apostolos Eleftheriou
South Africa

Cameroon Parfait Amougou
Cameroon

Super Heavyweight
(+ 91 kilograms)
Nigeria Gbenga Oloukun
Nigeria
Egypt Mohamed Aly
Egypt
Cameroon Carlos Takam
Cameroon

Angola Gregorio Manuel
Angola

See also

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