Boxing has been contested at every Asian Games since its introduction to the program at the 1954 Asian Games.

Editions

Games	Year	Host city	Best nation
II	1954	Manila, Philippines	Philippines
III	1958	Tokyo, Japan	Japan
IV	1962	Jakarta, Indonesia	South Korea
V	1966	Bangkok, Thailand	South Korea
VI	1970	Bangkok, Thailand	South Korea
VII	1974	Tehran, Iran	South Korea
VIII	1978	Bangkok, Thailand	South Korea
IX	1982	New Delhi, India	South Korea
X	1986	Seoul, South Korea	South Korea
XI	1990	Beijing, China	South Korea
XII	1994	Hiroshima, Japan	Philippines
XIII	1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand
XIV	2002	Busan, South Korea	Uzbekistan
XV	2006	Doha, Qatar	Uzbekistan
XVI	2010	Guangzhou, China	China
XVII	2014	Incheon, South Korea	Kazakhstan
XVIII	2018	Jakarta–Palembang, Indonesia	Uzbekistan
XIX	2022	Hangzhou, China	China

Events

The boxing competition is organized as a set of tournaments, one for each weight class. The number of weight classes has changed over the years, and the definition of each class has changed several times, as shown in the following table.

Men's weight classes
1954	1958–1962	1966–1978	1982–2002	2006	2010–2014	2018	2022
Flyweight −51 kg		Light flyweight −48 kg			Light flyweight −49 kg		Flyweight −51 kg
		Flyweight 48–51 kg			Light flyweight −49 kg
		Flyweight 48–51 kg			Flyweight 49–52 kg
Bantamweight 51–54 kg					Flyweight 49–52 kg		Featherweight 51–57 kg
Bantamweight 51–54 kg					Bantamweight 52–56 kg
Featherweight 54–57 kg					Bantamweight 52–56 kg
Featherweight 54–57 kg					Lightweight 56–60 kg
Lightweight 57–60 kg					Lightweight 56–60 kg		Light welterweight 57–63.5 kg
Light welterweight 60–63.5 kg				Light welterweight 60–64 kg			Light welterweight 57–63.5 kg
Welterweight 63.5–67 kg				Light welterweight 60–64 kg			Light middleweight 63.5–71 kg
Welterweight 63.5–67 kg				Welterweight 64–69 kg
Light middleweight 67–71 kg				Welterweight 64–69 kg
Light middleweight 67–71 kg				Middleweight 69–75 kg
	Middleweight 71–75 kg			Middleweight 69–75 kg			Light heavyweight 71–80 kg
	Middleweight 75–81 kg						Light heavyweight 71–80 kg
	Middleweight 75–81 kg						Heavyweight 80–92 kg
	Heavyweight +81 kg		Heavyweight 81–91 kg
			Super heavyweight +91 kg
			Super heavyweight +91 kg				Super heavyweight +92 kg
7	10	11	12	11	10	7	7

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea (KOR)	59	25	30	114
2	Uzbekistan (UZB)	23	20	23	66
3	Thailand (THA)	20	23	31	74
4	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	16	13	12	41
5	Philippines (PHI)	15	10	31	56
6	Japan (JPN)	13	13	38	64
7	China (CHN)	11	12	14	37
8	India (IND)	9	17	36	62
9	North Korea (PRK)	7	8	9	24
10	Pakistan (PAK)	6	19	36	61
11	Iran (IRI)	5	11	26	42
12	Indonesia (INA)	3	8	15	26
13	Mongolia (MGL)	2	6	15	23
14	Syria (SYR)	2	1	7	10
15	Myanmar (MYA)	1	4	7	12
16	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	1	3	5
17	Tajikistan (TJK)	1	0	3	4
18	Cambodia (CAM)	0	2	1	3
19	Jordan (JOR)	0	1	4	5
19	Sri Lanka (SRI)	0	1	4	5
21	Iraq (IRQ)	0	1	3	4
22	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	1	1	2
22	Singapore (SGP)	0	1	1	2
24	Nepal (NEP)	0	0	6	6
25	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	0	0	4	4
25	Malaysia (MAS)	0	0	4	4
27	Kuwait (KUW)	0	0	3	3
	Turkmenistan (TKM)	0	0	3	3
	Vietnam (VIE)	0	0	3	3
30	Bangladesh (BAN)	0	0	1	1
	Laos (LAO)	0	0	1	1
	Palestine (PLE)	0	0	1	1
	Qatar (QAT)	0	0	1	1
Totals (33 entries)		194	198	377	769

List of medalists

Further information: List of Asian Games medalists in boxing

References

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International boxing competitions

World

Continental

African Championships
Asian Championships
European Championships
European Union Championships
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Central American Championships
Oceanian Championships

Multi-sport
events

Worldwide	Olympics Youth Olympic Games World Combat Games Military World Games
Regional	African Games Arab Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games European Games‎ Mediterranean Games Pacific Games Pan American Games
Sub-regional	Southeast Asian Games Bolivarian Games Central American Games Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games
Discontinued	Friendship Games Goodwill Games Universiade Military Spartakiads

Series

International Boxing Association

v t e Boxing at the Asian Games
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List of medalists