Boxing has been contested at everyAsian Games since its introduction to the program at the1954 Asian Games.
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.
| 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 | |||||||
| Flyweight 49–52 kg | |||||||
| Bantamweight 51–54 kg | Featherweight 51–57 kg | ||||||
| Bantamweight 52–56 kg | |||||||
| Featherweight 54–57 kg | |||||||
| Lightweight 56–60 kg | |||||||
| Lightweight 57–60 kg | Light welterweight 57–63.5 kg | ||||||
| Light welterweight 60–63.5 kg | Light welterweight 60–64 kg | ||||||
| Welterweight 63.5–67 kg | Light middleweight 63.5–71 kg | ||||||
| Welterweight 64–69 kg | |||||||
| Light middleweight 67–71 kg | |||||||
| Middleweight 69–75 kg | |||||||
| Middleweight 71–75 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 +92 kg | |||||||
| 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 7 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea (KOR) | 59 | 25 | 31 | 115 |
| 2 |  Uzbekistan (UZB) | 22 | 12 | 15 | 49 |
| 3 |  Thailand (THA) | 20 | 26 | 35 | 81 |
| 4 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 16 | 15 | 15 | 46 |
| 5 |  China (CHN) | 16 | 14 | 16 | 46 |
| 6 |  Philippines (PHI) | 15 | 11 | 31 | 57 |
| 7 |  Japan (JPN) | 14 | 14 | 39 | 67 |
| 8 |  India (IND) | 9 | 17 | 35 | 61 |
| 9 |  North Korea (PRK) | 8 | 9 | 10 | 27 |
| 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 | 16 | 24 |
| 14 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 15 |  Syria (SYR) | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 16 |  Tajikistan (TJK) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 17 |  Myanmar (MYA) | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 18 |  Cambodia (CAM) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 |  Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
 Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
 Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 22 |  Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Singapore (SGP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 24 |  Nepal (NEP) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 25 |  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
 Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
 Turkmenistan (TKM) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
 Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 29 |  Kuwait (KUW) | 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) | 202 | 202 | 388 | 792 | |
