Carlos Abarca González (22 May 1900 – 17 June 1944) was a

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who competed in the

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. In the 1924 Olympic tournament Abarca was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the featherweight class after losing his fight to the eventual gold medalist

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of the United States.

1924 Olympic results

Below are the results of Carlos Abarca, a Chilean featherweight boxer who competed at the 1924 Paris Olympics: * Round of 32: defeated Gustaf Bergman (Sweden) by decision * Round of 16: defeated Emilio Bautista (Spain) by decision * Quarterfinal: lost to

(United States) by decision

References

External links

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Carlos Abarca's profile at Sports Reference.com
* 1900 births 1944 deaths Featherweight boxers Olympic boxers for Chile Boxers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Chilean male boxers 20th-century Chilean sportsmen {{Chile-boxing-bio-stub