Alfredo Duvergel (born April 2, 1968) is a

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. He won the silver medal in the men's light middleweight (– 71 kg) category at the

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Career

He lost the World championship finals against Romanian

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and had to settle for silver medals in

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and

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. At the

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, he captured the gold medal in his division. ;1996 Summer Olympics * Defeated Jozef Gilewski (Poland) 10-2 * Defeated Serhiy Horodnichov (Ukraine) 15-2 * Defeated

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(Italy) 15-8 * Defeated

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(Kazakhstan) 28-19 * Lost to David Reid (United States) KO by 3 (0:36) He finally won the

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, after Vastag had ended his career.

References

* 1968 births Living people Boxers at the 1995 Pan American Games Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Cuba Olympic silver medalists for Cuba Sportspeople from Guantánamo Olympic medalists in boxing Cuban male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in boxing Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games Light-middleweight boxers Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games {{Cuba-Olympic-medalist-stub