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).
Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. The event was only open to men and bouts were contested over four rounds of two minutes each...
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
1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The 1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Casablanca, Morocco from January 15 to January 22, 2004. It was the first chance for amateur boxers from Africa to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics after the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria...
(January 15 to January 22, 2004) and in Gaborone
2nd AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The 2nd AIBA African 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Gaborone, Botswana from March 15 to March 22, 2004. It was the second and last chance for amateur boxers from Africa to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics after the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria...
, Botswana
Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...
(March 15 to March 22, 2004).
Medal winners
| EVENT |  GOLD |
 SILVER |
 BRONZE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms) |
 Suleiman BilaliSuleiman Bilali Suleiman Wanjau Bilali is a Kenyan light flyweight boxer. He has represented Kenya numerous times at international competitions.... Kenya |
 Endalkachew KebedeEthiopia |
 Joseph JermiaJoseph Jermia Joseph Jermia is a boxer from Namibia, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native African country. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Light Flyweight division by Russia's eventual bronze medal winner Sergey Kazakov.Jermia won the bronze medal in the same division... Namibia  Jolly KatongoleJolly Katongole Jolly Katongole is a boxer from Uganda, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native African country. There he was stopped in the first round of the light flyweight division by Turkey's eventual runner-up Atagün Yalçınkaya.He won the bronze medal in the same division one year... Uganda |
| Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) |
 Walid CherifWalid Cherif Walid Cherif is a boxer from Tunisia, who won the gold medal in 2003 at the All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria.He also participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native North African country. There he was beaten in the first round of the Flyweight division by Georgia's Nikoloz Izoria.Cherif... Tunisia |
Paulus Ambunda Paulus Ambunda Paulus Ambunda is a Namibian boxer who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics.Ambunda won the silver medal in the same division at the All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria.... Namibia |
 Mebarek SoltaniMebarek Soltani Mebarek Soltani is a boxer from Algeria. He is the nephew of Hocine Soltani.He participated in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics for his native North African country. In 2000 he was stopped in the first round of the light flyweight competition... Algeria  Adebellahim MohamedEgypt |
| Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) |
Malik Bouziane Malik Bouziane -Career:Bouziane participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native North African country. There, he was stopped in the second round of the bantamweight division by Russia's Gennady Kovalev.... Algeria |
 Nestor BolumNestor Bolum Nestor Bolum is a boxer from Nigeria, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native West African country.-Career:... Nigeria |
 Lankwe WilsonGhana David MunyasiaDavid Munyasia David Munyasia, a Kenyan boxer, was the first athlete to be found in violation of International Olympic Committee anti-doping rules at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.... Kenya |
| Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) |
Hadj Belkheir Hadj Belkheir Hadj Belkheir is a boxer from Algeria, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native North African country... Algeria |
Muideen Ganiyu Muideen Ganiyu Muideen Ganiyu is a boxer from Nigeria, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native West African country. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Featherweight division by DPR Korea's eventual runner-up Song Guk Kim... Nigeria |
Ayman Mohamed Egypt Daniel TadeleEthiopia |
| Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) |
Ahmed Sadiq Ahmed Sadiq Ahmed Sadiq is a Nigerian boxer who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for Nigeria. There he was outscored in the first round of the Lightweight division by Cuba's eventual winner Mario César Kindelán Mesa. One year earlier, he won the gold medal in his weight division at the All-Africa... Nigeria |
 Bongani MahlanguSouth Africa |
 Perel RivanPerel Rivan Cessaire Perel Rivan is a Cameroonian boxer. Rivan competes in the light welterweight division .Rivan won a silver medal at the 2003 All-Africa Games and competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games.-Source:*... Cameroon Esayas GetanehEthiopia |
| Light Welterweight (– 64 kilograms) |
Davidson Emenogu Nigeria |
Nasreddine Filali Algeria |
 Davis MwaleDavis Mwale Davis Mwale is a boxer from Zambia.He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native African country. There he was stopped in the second round of the Light welterweight division by Cuba's eventual runner-up Yudel Johnson Cedeno.Mwale won the bronze medal in the same division one year... Zambia Sadat TebazaalwaSadat Tebazaalwa Sadat Tebazaalwa is a boxer from Uganda, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his country. There he was defeated in the first round of the welterweight division by China's Hanati Silamu.... Uganda |
| Welterweight (– 69 kilograms) |
Mohamed Hekal Egypt |
Zakaria Nefzi Tunisia |
Benamar Meskine Benamar Meskine Benamar Meskine is a boxer from Algeria.He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native North African country. There he was stopped in the second round of the welterweight division by U.S.'s Vanes Martirosyan.... Algeria Ellis ChibuyeEllis Chibuye Ellis Chibuye is a boxer from Zambia.He was born in Ndola. He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native African country... Zambia |
| Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) |
Ramadan Yasser Ramadan Yasser Ramadan Yasser Abdel Ghaffar is a boxer from Egypt.-Career:Yasser won the gold medal in the men's middleweight division at the 1999 All-Africa Games and went to the Olympics 2000 where he lost his first match 7:8 to Korea's Im Jeong-Bin... Egypt |
Hassan Ndam Njikam Cameroon |
Daniel Shisia Kenya Kacel NabilAlgeria |
| Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) |
Ahmed Ismail Egypt |
Isaac Ekpo Isaac Ekpo Isaac Ekpo is a Nigerian boxer.-Career:In 2004, Ekpo was a member of the Nigerian Olympic team, and was defeated in the first round by Utkirbek Haydarov from Uzbekistan.-References:... Nigeria |
Abdelhani Kensi Abdelhani Kensi Abdel Hani Kenzi is a boxer from Algeria.-Career:Kenzi participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native North African country. There, he was stopped in the second round of the Light heavyweight division by Uzbekistan's eventual bronze medalist, Utkirbek Haydarov... Algeria  Sibiri KaboreBurundi |
| Heavyweight (– 91 kilograms) |
Emmanuel Izonritei Emmanuel Izonritei Emmanuel Izonritei is a boxer from Nigeria.Boxer at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games India . He was an athlete in the 2004 Summer Olympics for Nigeria, where he lost in the round of 16 to Naser Al Shami of Syria, who eventually won the bronze... Nigeria |
Mohamed El-Sayed Mohamed Elsayed Mohamed Elsayed is an Egyptian boxer who competed in the heavyweight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Career:... Egypt |
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| Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kilograms) |
Gbenga Oluokun Gbenga Oluokun Gbenga Oloukun is a boxer from Nigeria, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native West African country.-Amateur:... Nigeria |
Mohamed Aly Mohamed Aly Mohammed Aly Reda is an Egyptian boxer who competed in the Super Heavyweight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal.... Egypt |
Carlos Takam Carlos Takam Armand Carlos Netsing Takam is a boxer who represented Cameroon at the 2004 Summer Olympics at super heavyweight .-Amateur:2003, at the All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria, he captured the bronze medal in his weight division.... Cameroon  Gregorio ManuelAngola |