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

Women's light heavyweight at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue	General Motors Centre
Dates	July 20–24
Competitors	8 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
Light flyweight	men
Flyweight	men		women
Bantamweight	men
Lightweight	men
Light welterweight	men		women
Welterweight	men
Middleweight	men
Light heavyweight	men		women
Heavyweight	men
Super heavyweight	men

The light heavyweight competition of the boxing events at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, 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]

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

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