Charles Michael "Charlie" Mooney (born January 27, 1951) is a retired

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from the

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, who won the silver medal in the

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(– 54 kg) division at the

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, Canada. There he lost by decision in the final by

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Gu Yong-Ju Ku Yong-jo (July 17, 1955 – March 2001) was a boxer from North Korea, who won the gold medal in the bantamweight (–54 kg) division at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In the final, he defeated American boxer ...

. Mooney is married to Dara Mooney and has two daughters, Lanette and Charkeena, and one son, Charles Jr. seven grand children, four boys and three girls. He was a three-time All Army champion, three-time inter-service champion, won a silver medal in Pan Am trials and took bronze and silver medals at the AAU nationals. In the

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at the time, he did not turn professional. Mooney made the Army his career, and retired with 22 years active service, ending August 29, 1992, with the rank of Sergeant First Class. Mooney was born in

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started his new career at Eastern Senior High school as a US Army JROTC instructor from 1992 to 2006 and he also ran the Olympic torch in Washington DC in 1996. In 1977–1978 he was an All Army assistant coach. In 1977–1984 he was an athlete rep for the ABF, Olympic committee and a trainer for the 1984 Olympic boxing team. In 1992–2008, Mooney, founded and the Charles M. Mooney Academy of Boxing, a non-profit 501c3 in Rockville and Laurel, Maryland. Mooney also had the opportunity to go to China to train the Chinese Olympics' Boxing Team in Beijing, China. Mooney trained the World Series Boxing Team in

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, known as the Memphis Force and was the trainer of USBA cruiserweight champion

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, ranked heavyweight Tony Thompson, Teddy Reid, Fabian Garcia, Theon Holland, Simon Brown, Darell Holawell,

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, and world champion

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soon to be middle weight champion, Alexey Sergeevich Zubov and world Heavyweight title challenger

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Olympic results

Below are the results of Charles Mooney, an American boxer who competed in the bantamweight division at the 1976 Montreal Olympics: * Round of 64: Defeated Mohamed Rais (Morocco) by decision, 5-0 * Round of 32: Defeated Juan Francisco Rodríguez (Spain) by decision, 4-1 * Round of 16: Defeated Bernardo Onori (Italy) by decision, 5-0 * Quarterfinal: Defeated

Hwang Chul-soon Hwang Chul-soon (;) is a South Korean former boxer who competed as a bantam-weight (54-kg class) in the 1976 Summer Olympics. Hwang lost his fourth fight, the quarter-final match, to eventual silver-medalist Charles Mooney. Amateur career Hwa ...

(South Korea) by decision, 3-2 * Semifinal: Defeated

Viktor Rybakov Viktor Grigorievich Rybakov (russian: Виктор Григорьевич Рыбаков) (born May 28, 1956 in Magadan) is a retired boxer, who represented the USSR twice at the Summer Olympics during his career as an Olympian. He ...

(Soviet Union) by decision, 4-1 * Final: Lost to

(North Korea) by decision, 0-5 (was awarded the silver medal)

References

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