Ramón Duvalón (born August 31, 1954) is a retired
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
*Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing
* Boxer (dog), a breed of dog
Boxer or boxers may also refer to:
Animal kingdom
* Boxer crab
* Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans
* Boxer snipe ee ...
from
Cuba
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, who represented his native country at the
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...
in
Montreal, Quebec
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, Canada. There he won the silver medal in the
flyweight
Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing
Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing up to and including 51 kg (112 lb) for a title fight.
Professional boxing
The flyweight division was the last of boxin ...
division (– 51 kg) after being defeated in the final by
United States
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-boxer
Leo Randolph
Leo Randolph (born February 27, 1958) is an American former boxer, who won the Flyweight Gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Amateur career
Randolph had an outstanding amateur career. Randolph was a product of the Tacoma Boys Club amateur ...
. A year earlier he captured the gold at the
1975 Pan American Games
The 1975 Pan American Games, officially known as the VII Pan American Games () and commonly known as Mexico 1975 (), were held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 12 to October 26, 1975, exactly twenty years after the second Pan American Games ...
.
Olympic results
*1st round bye
*Defeated
Souley Hancaradu (Nigeria) walk-over, country boycotted over New Zealand
*Defeated
Toshinori Koga (Japan) 5-0
*Defeated
Ian Clyde
Ian Clyde (born May 15, 1956 in Verdun, Quebec) is a retired Boxing, boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at the Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics, 1976 Summer Olympics. After defeating Charlie Magri of Great Britain, he was defe ...
(Canada) 5-0
*Defeated
David Torosyan (Soviet Union) DQ 2
*Lost to
Leo Randolph
Leo Randolph (born February 27, 1958) is an American former boxer, who won the Flyweight Gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Amateur career
Randolph had an outstanding amateur career. Randolph was a product of the Tacoma Boys Club amateur ...
(United States) 2-3
References
databaseOlympics
1954 births
Living people
Flyweight boxers
Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Cuba
Olympic silver medalists for Cuba
Olympic medalists in boxing
Cuban male boxers
Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 1975 Pan American Games
Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
Pan American Games gold medalists in boxing
Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games
20th-century Cuban sportsmen
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