The men's lightweight
boxing
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competitions at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
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in
Gold Coast, Australia
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took place between 5 and 14 April at
Oxenford Studios
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.
Lightweight
Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing (sport), rowing.
Boxing Professional boxing
The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) boxing weight classes, weight class in the spor ...
s were limited to those boxers weighing less than 60
kilogram
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s.
Like all Commonwealth 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. Beginning this year, the competition was scored using the "must-ten" scoring system.
Schedule
The schedule is as follows:
Australian Eastern Standard Time
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(UTC+10)
Medalists
Results
The draw is as follows:
References
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Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games