 Boxing | |
| First event | 1965  Brazzaville |
|---|---|
| Occur every | four years |
| Last event | 2011  Maputo |
| Next event | 2015  Rabat |
| Best |  Algeria (ALG) |
Boxing was an African Games event at its inaugural edition in 1965 and has continued to feature prominently at the competition in each of its subsequent editions.
| Games | Year | Host city | Host country |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | 1965 | Brazzaville | Republic of the Congo
|
| II | 1973 | Lagos |  Nigeria
|
| III | 1978 | Algiers |  Algeria
|
| IV | 1987 | Nairobi |  Kenya
|
| V | 1991 | Cairo |  Egypt
|
| VI | 1995 | Harare |  Zimbabwe
|
| VII | 1999 | Johannesburg |  South Africa
|
| VIII | 2003 | Abuja | Nigeria
|
| IX | 2007 | Algiers | Algeria
|
| X | 2011 | Maputo | Mozambique
|
| XI | 2015 | Brazzaville | Republic of the Congo
|
| XII | 2019 | Rabat | Morocco
|
| XIII | 2023 | Accra |  Ghana
|
As of 2019:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Algeria (ALG) | 23 | 18 | 16 | 57 |
| 2 |  Nigeria (NGR) | 19 | 18 | 14 | 51 |
| 3 |  Kenya (KEN) | 18 | 11 | 15 | 44 |
| 4 |  Egypt (EGY) | 18 | 10 | 14 | 42 |
| 5 |  Tunisia (TUN) | 12 | 8 | 9 | 29 |
| 6 |  Uganda (UGA) | 8 | 9 | 8 | 25 |
| 7 |  Mauritius (MRI) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 |  Zambia (ZAM) | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 9 |  Ghana (GHA) | 4 | 10 | 10 | 24 |
| 10 |  Morocco (MAR) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 11 |  Botswana (BOT) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 12 |  Cameroon (CMR) | 3 | 1 | 14 | 18 |
| 13 |  Tanzania (TAN) | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 14 |  South Africa (RSA) | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 15 |  Guinea (GUI) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| 17 |  Ethiopia (ETH) | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 18 |  Namibia (NAM) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 19 |  Madagascar (MAD) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 20 |  Republic of the Congo (CGO) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 |  Sudan (SUD) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 |  Senegal (SEN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 |  Mozambique (MOZ) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 24 |  Niger (NIG) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 |  Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 |  Burkina Faso (BUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Mali (MLI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Seychelles (SEY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Togo (TOG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 30 |  Gabon (GAB) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 31 |  Lesotho (LES) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 32 |  Angola (ANG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Benin (BEN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Central African Republic (CAF) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Libya (LBA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 36 |  Burundi (BDI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Cape Verde (CPV) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (37 entries) | 136 | 129 | 171 | 436 | |