Jorge Hernández (boxer)
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Jorge Hernández (November 17, 1954 – December 12, 2019) born in
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from
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, who represented his native country at the
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in
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, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the light flyweight division (– 48 kg) by defeating
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's Li Byong-Uk in the final. Four years later, when
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hosted the Games, he was eliminated in the second round in the
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division (– 51 kg). Hernández won the world title at the inaugural 1974 World Championships in
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hosted the
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. He also captured the gold at the
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.


Results


1976 Olympic Games

:* Round of 32 Defeated Beyhan Fuchedzhiev (Bulgaria) RSC 3 :* Round of 16: Defeated Zoffa Yarawi (Papua New Guinea) KO 3 :* Quarterfinal: Defeated Chan-Hee Park (South Korea) by decision, 3–2 :* Semifinal: Defeated
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(Puerto Rico) by decision, 5–0 :* Final: Defeated Li Byong-Uk (North Korea) 4–1 (won gold medal)


1979 Pan American Games

:*Defeated Manuel Mariona (El Salvador) points :*Lost to
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(United States) points


1980 Olympic Games

:*1st round bye :*Lost to
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(Soviet Union) by decision, 1–4


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