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Encyclopedia > Boxing at the 1975 Pan American Games

The boxing tournament at the 1975 Pan American Games was held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 12 to October 26. Professional boxing bout featuring Ricardo Domínguez (left) versus Rafael Ortíz Boxing, also called pugilism (from Latin), prizefighting (when referring to professional boxing) or the sweet science[1] is a sport and martial art in which two participants of similar weight fight each other with their fists in a... The 7th Pan American Games were held in Mexico City, Mexico. ... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the federal capital of and largest city in Mexico. ... October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 66 days remaining. ...


MEDAL WINNERS

EVENT Gold GOLD Silver SILVER Bronze BRONZE
Light Flyweight
(– 48 kilograms)		 Flag of Cuba Jorge Hernández
Cuba		 Flag of Dominican Republic Miguel Mercedes
Dominican Republic		 Flag of Venezuela Reinaldo Becerra
Venezuela

Flag of Mexico Arturo Urruzquieta
Mexico Image File history File links Med_1. ... Image File history File links Med_2. ... Image File history File links Med_3. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Jorge Hernández (born November 17, 1954) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Venezuela. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ...

Flyweight
(– 51 kilograms)		 Flag of Cuba Ramon Duvalon
Venezuela		 Flag of Ecuador Victor Vinuesa
Ecuador		 Flag of El Salvador Roberto Espinosa
El Salvador

Flag of Venezuela Alfredo Perez
Venezuela Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_El_Salvador. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Venezuela. ...

Bantamweight
(– 54 kilograms)		 Flag of Cuba Orlando Martínez
Cuba		 Flag of United States Bernard Taylor
United States		 Flag of Puerto Rico Alejandro Silva
Puerto Rico

Flag of Venezuela Angel Pacheco
Venezuela Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Orlando Martínez is a former Cuban bantamweight professional boxer who won gold in Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Puerto_Rico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Venezuela. ...

Featherweight
(– 57 kilograms)		 Flag of United States Davey Armstrong
United States		 Flag of Cuba Genovefo Grinan
Cuba		 Flag of Venezuela Hugo Rengifo
Venezuela

Flag of Puerto Rico Carlos Calderón
Puerto Rico Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Venezuela. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Puerto_Rico. ...

Lightweight
(– 60 kilograms)		 Chris Clarke
Canada		 Flag of United States Aaron Pryor
United States		 Flag of Venezuela Odalis Perez
Venezuela

Flag of Cuba Luis Echaide
Cuba Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada_(bordered). ... Chris Clarke (born October 24, 1956 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a retired boxer from Canada, who won the gold medal in the mens lightweight division at the 1975 Pan American Games. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Aaron Pryor (born October 20, 1955) is a former boxer from Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Venezuela. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ...

Light Welterweight
(– 63.5 kilograms)		 Flag of United States Sugar Ray Leonard
United States		 Flag of Cuba Victor Corona
Cuba		 Flag of Venezuela Jesus Navas
Venezuela

Flag of Dominican Republic Jesus Marte
Dominican Republic Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956 in Wilmington, North Carolina) is an American former professional boxer. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Venezuela. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic. ...

Welterweight
(– 67 kilograms)		 Flag of United States Clinton Jackson
United States		 Flag of Guyana Kenneth Bristol
Guyana		 Flag of Venezuela Pedro Gamarro
Venezuela

Flag of Cuba Emilio Correa
Cuba Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Guyana. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Venezuela. ... Pedro Gamarro (born January 8, 1955) is a retired boxer from Venezuela, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ...

Light Middleweight
(– 71 kilograms)		 Flag of Cuba Rolando Garbey
Cuba		 Michael Prevost
Canada		 Flag of Venezuela Alfredo Lemus
Venezuela

Flag of United States Charles Walker
United States Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Rolando Garbey (born November 19, 1947) is a Cuban boxer who competed in the Light Middleweight (71 kg) category. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada_(bordered). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Venezuela. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

Middleweight
(– 75 kilograms)		 Flag of Cuba Alejandro Montoya
Cuba		 Flag of Brazil Fernando Martins
Brazil		 Flag of Mexico Nicolas Arredondo
Mexico

Flag of Nicaragua Idelfonso Gomez
Nicaragua Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nicaragua. ...

Light Heavyweight
(– 81 kilograms)		 Flag of Cuba Rene Pedroso
Cuba		 Flag of United States Leon Spinks
United States		 Flag of Brazil João Batista
Brazil

Flag of Argentina Juan Suarez
Argentina Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Leon Spinks is a former boxer who tasted lifes highs and lows more than most other boxers. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ...

Heavyweight
(+ 81 kilograms)		 Flag of Cuba Teófilo Stevenson
Cuba		 Flag of United States Michael Dokes
United States		 Flag of Jamaica Trevor Berbick
Jamaica

Flag of Brazil Jair de Campos
Brazil Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Teófilo Stevenson Lawrence or Teófilo Stevenson (born March 29, 1952) is a former Cuban boxer who made history in amateur boxing, but who refused to turn professional. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Michael Dokes is an American boxer in the heavyweight division, nicknamed Dynamite. Dokes turned professional in 1976 and first came to prominence in 1979 when he defeated veteran contender Jimmy Young. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... Trevor Berbick Trevor Berbick (August 1, 1955 – October 28, 2006) was a Jamaican heavyweight boxer whose professional career spanned 1976 until 2000. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ...

Medal Table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of Cuba Cuba 7 2 2 11
2 Flag of United States United States 3 4 1 8
3 Canada 1 1 0 2
4 Flag of Brazil Brazil 0 1 2 3
5 Flag of Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 0 1 1 2
6 Flag of Ecuador Ecuador 0 1 0 1
– Flag of Guyana Guyana 0 1 0 1
8 Flag of Venezuela Venezuela 0 0 8 8
9 Flag of Mexico Mexico 0 0 2 2
– Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 0 0 2 2
11 Flag of El Salvador El Salvador 0 0 1 1
– Flag of Nicaragua Nicaragua 0 0 1 1
– Flag of Argentina Argentina 0 0 1 1
– Flag of Jamaica Jamaica 0 0 1 1

Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada_(bordered). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Guyana. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Venezuela. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Puerto_Rico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_El_Salvador. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nicaragua. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ...

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