Dominican boxing dominates the Games: seven gold medals

Dominican boxing wrote one of the greatest pages in national sport. The Dominican delegation was crowned team champion at the Santo Domingo 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games, dominating the discipline’s medal table with seven gold medals.

The first of a streak

Olympic boxer Junior Alcántara opened the golden path by winning the 55 kilograms title against Cuban Alejandro Claro, and his triumph ignited a perfect streak: the Dominican delegation won all seven finals it reached that night at the Combat Pavilion of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center.

Confirmed regional power

The result confirms the Dominican Republic as one of the region’s amateur boxing powers, with a school combining the tradition of world championships with a new generation of talent.

The key figure

Seven golds. The historic haul that put Dominican boxing at the top of the regional podium and fuels projection toward the next Olympic cycles.