Boxing at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Boxing at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was the fifth appearance of the Boxing at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Vancouver, Canada, and featured contests in ten weight classes.^[1]

The Exhibition Forum was the venue for the boxing

Boxing at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Vancouver Forum
Location	Vancouver, Canada
Dates	30 July – 7 August 1954
← 1950 1958 →

The boxing events were held in the Vancouver Forum.^[2] South Africa topped the boxing medal table by virtue of winning three gold medals.^[3]

In the light-middleweight category Bruce Wells won his semi-final against Maurice Tuck but after a clash of heads in the bout he was declared unfit for the final. Tuck was also declared unfit to continue resulting in Freddy Wright progressing to the final instead.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa (SAF)	3	0	2	5
2	Canada (CAN)*	2	1	2	5
3	Scotland (SCO)	2	1	0	3
4	England (ENG)	2	0	2	4
5	Southern Rhodesia (SRH)	1	2	0	3
6	Northern Rhodesia (NRH)	0	3	0	3
7	Australia (AUS)	0	2	3	5
8	Wales (WAL)	0	1	0	1
9	Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	1	1
10	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	0	0
	Pakistan (PAK)	0	0	0	0
	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	0	0	0	0
Totals (12 entries)		10	10	10	30

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight	Dick Currie (SCO)	Abe Bekker (NRH)	Warner Batchelor (AUS)
Bantamweight	John Smillie (SCO)	Gordon Smith (SRH)	Abubakar Idi Garuba (NGR)
Featherweight	Leonard Leisching (SAF)	Malcolm Collins (WAL)	Dave Charnley (ENG)
Lightweight	Piet van Staden (SRH)	Frank McQuillan (SCO)	Brian Cahill (AUS)
Light Welterweight	Mickey Bergin (CAN)	Aubrey Harris (SRH)	Des Duguid (AUS)
Welterweight	Nicholas Gargano (ENG)	Rodney Litzow (AUS)	Hendrik van der Linde (SAF)
Light Middleweight	Wilf Greaves (CAN)	Freddy Wright (NRH)	Bruce Wells (ENG)
Middleweight	Johannes van der Kolff (SAF)	Arthur Crawford (NRH)	Marcel Piau (CAN)
Light Heavyweight	Piet van Vuuren (SAF)	Tony Madigan (AUS)	Bill Misselbrook (CAN)
Heavyweight	Brian Harper (ENG)	Gerry Buchanan (CAN)	George Jenkins (SAF)

Results

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First round

Weight	Winner	Loser	Score
Flyweight 51kg
	Dick Currie	bye
	Abe Bekker	Adu Garuba	points
	Warner Batchelor	Ahmed Shah	points
	Gerry Boucher	bye
Bantamweight 54kg
	John Smillie	Dennis Kennedy	points
	Gordon Smith	bye
	Abubakar Idi Garuba	bye
	Edwin Stockley	bye
Featherweight 57kg
	Leonard Leisching	Bud Palmer	points
	Malcolm Collins	bye
	Dave Charnley	Gil Durey	TKO 3
	Hollis Wilson	bye
Lightweight 60kg
	Piet van Staden	Clayton Kenny	points
	Frank McQuillan	bye
	Brian Cahill	bye
	Mickey Pretorius	George Whelan	disq
Light-welterweight 63.5kg
	Mickey Bergin	bye
	Aubrey Harris	bye
	Des Duguid	bye
	Alan Scaife	bye
Welterweight 67kg
	Nicholas Gargano	Mike Hannah
	Rodney Litzow	bye
	Hendrik van der Linde	Sonny Forbes
	Chris Vivier	bye
Light-middleweight 71kg
	Wilf Greaves	Gwynfryn Evans
	Freddy Wright	bye
	Bruce Wells	bye
	Maurice Tuck	bye
Middleweight 75kg
	Johannes van der Kolff	bye
	Arthur Crawford	bye
	Marcel Piau	bye
Light heavyweight 81kg
	Piet van Vuuren	bye
	Tony Madigan	bye
	Bill Misselbrook	bye
Heavyweight 91kg
	Brian Harper	bye
	Gerry Buchanan	bye
	George Jenkins	bye
	Steve Zoranich	bye

Semi-finals

Weight	Winner	Loser	Score
Flyweight
	Currie	Boucher	points
	Bekker	Batchelor	points
Bantamweight
	Smillie	Stockley	TKO 2
	Smith	Idi Garuba	points
Featherweight
	Leisching	Charnley	points
	Collins	Wilson	TKO 2
Lightweight
	van Staden	Pretorius	TKO 3
	McQuillan	Cahill	points
Light-welterweight
	Bergin	Duguid	points
	Harris	Scaife	points
Welterweight
	Gargano	van der Linde	points
	Litzow	Vivier	points
Light-middleweight
	Greaves	Wright+	NC
	Wells+	Tuck	TKOI 1
Middleweight
	van der Kolff	bye
	Crawford	Piau	points
Light heavyweight
	van Vuuren	bye
	Madigan	Misselbrook	TKO 1
Heavyweight
	Harper	Zoranich	KO 1
	Buchanan	Jenkins	TKO 2

Bronze medal

Weight	Winner	Loser	Score
Flyweight	Batchelor	Boucher
Bantamweight	Idi Garuba	Stockley
Featherweight	Charnley	Wilson
Lightweight	Cahill	Pretorius
Light-welterweight	Duguid	Scaife
Welterweight	van der Linde	Vivier
Light-middleweight	Wells	Tuck	w/o
Middleweight	Piau	no opponent
Light heavyweight	Misselbrook	no opponent
Heavyweight	Jenkins	Zoranich

Finals

Weight	Winner	Loser	Score
Flyweight	Currie	Bekker	points
Bantamweight	Smillie	Smith	points
Featherweight	Leisching	Collins	points
Lightweight	van Staden	McQuillan	points
Light-welterweight	Bergin	Harris	points
Welterweight	Gargano	Litzow	points
Light-middleweight	Greaves	Wright	points
Middleweight	van der Kolff	Crawford	points
Light heavyweight	van Vuuren	Madigan	points
Heavyweight	Harper	Buchanan	points