Ricardo Adolfo (1917 – 25 May 2005) was a Filipino

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. He competed in the

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. After his retirement from being a boxer, Adolfo served as head coach of the amateur boxing team of the

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which he mentored from 1969 to 1974. He also worked as a police officer in Manila. He died on 25 May 2005 in his residence in Blumentritt,

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1948 Olympic results

Below is the record of Ricardo Adolfo, a Filipino flyweight boxer who competed at the 1948 London Olympics: * Round of 32: lost to Pascual Perez (Argentina) by second-round knockout

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* 1917 births 2005 deaths Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Filipino male boxers Olympic boxers for the Philippines Boxers from Manila Filipino police officers People from Santa Cruz, Manila Flyweight boxers 20th-century Filipino sportsmen {{Philippines-boxing-bio-stub