| With only six competitors in the class, the bantamweights were the smallest group any way you look at it. |
| There are only eight bantamweights in the country and I think he will do well. |
| While reigning as the world's greatest flyweight, Wilde would take on Bantamweights and even Featherweights, and knock them out. |
| After the Games he turned pro and was later ranked eighth amongst the world's best bantamweights. |
| He said the tournament had also attracted female pugilists, adding that the Copperbelt would contribute bantamweights Charity Mobola, Sally Mwape and Ireen Mwanagoma. |
