Summary
Pablo Romero (January 15, 1961) is a retired Cuban amateur boxer best known for winning two light-heavyweight gold medals at World Championships. The dominant light heavyweight boxer of the eighties he never participated in Olympics as his country boycotted both the 1984 and 1988 games. He was a tall boxer-puncher with a strong jab.
Jorge Guzman, Pablo Romero and Henry Maske at the awards ceremony of the 1983 Chemistry Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career edit
At the 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships he won his first title.
He won the PanAm Games 1983 in Caracas beating Evander Holyfield in the finals.
At the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships he once again finished first.
He won the PanAm Games in 1987 in Indianiapolis. At the semis he was outboxed on the inside by future Olympic gold medalist Andrew Maynard but knocked Maynard down who quit with a twisted ankle.
Cuba boycotted the Olympics in 1984 and 1988.
At the 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships he lost to reigning Olympic middleweight champion Henry Maske, a tall southpaw from East Germany and settled for silver.
External links edit
(all other results click on the medal table links)
- 1986 World Championships
- 1987 PanAmGames
- 1987 final (YouTube)