Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Bantamweight Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Bantamweight The Bantamweight class is an even on the Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games competition. Bantamweights were limited to those boxers weighing under , 21 boxers competed. Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. Both semifinal losers were awarded bronze medals, so no boxers competed again after their first loss. Bouts consisted of three rounds of three minutes each, with one-minute breaks between rounds. Punches scored only if the front of the glove made full contact with the front of the head or torso of the opponent.
Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics Golovkin, Yuriorkis Gamboa, and Guillermo Rigondeaux, later went on to become world champions in professional boxing. The pre-olympic test event, better known as the 25th Acropolis Cup, was held from 26 to 30 May 2004 in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall in Athens, Greece. The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. 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. Five judges scored