Luis Pizarro (born October 26, 1962) in

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is a retired

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from

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, who competed in the men's

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(– 54 kg) and

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division (- 57 kg) during the late 1970s and early 1980s. He represented his native country at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

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, alongside two other boxers: Alberto Mercado and José Angel Molina. Pizarro captured the silver medal in the bantamweight category at the

1979 Pan American Games The 1979 Pan American Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Panamericanos de 1979''), officially the VIII Pan American Games were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization, and were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from July 1 to July 15 ...

1980 Olympic results

Below is the record of Luis Pizarro, a Puerto Rican featherweight boxer who competed at the 1980 Moscow Olympics: * Round of 64: bye * Round of 32: defeated Jean-Pierre Mbereke-Baban (Cameroon) referee stopped contest * Round of 16: defeated Fitzroy Brown (Guyana) by decision, 5-0 * Quarterfinal: lost to Adolfo Horta (Cuba) by decision, 0-5

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1962 births Living people People from Río Grande, Puerto Rico Bantamweight boxers Featherweight boxers Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Puerto Rico Puerto Rican male boxers Boxers at the 1979 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Puerto Rico Pan American Games medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games 20th-century Puerto Rican people {{PuertoRico-boxing-bio-stub