Like all Olympic 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.
On 6 June 2011 the Commonwealth Games Federation announced Sean McGoldrick of Wales as the new gold medallist.
Tirafalo Seoko of Botswana was upgraded from bronze to silver on the basis that he had lost to Wanniarachchi in the semi-finals.
Nicholas Okoth of Kenya joins Louis Julie from Mauritius as a bronze medal winner.