Emilio Correa (born May 21, 1953) is a Cuban former

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who won welterweight gold at the Olympics 1972. He is not to be confused with his middleweight namesake, who is actually his son. Inspired by his compatriots Roberto Caminero "Chocolatico" Pérez, Enrique Regüeiferos, Félix Betancourt and

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who also hail from Santiago de Cuba, he started boxing in 1966. At the PanAm Games in Cali, Colombia (1971) he won gold against American

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, but it was not until he beat Betancourt at the national championships in 1972 that he was able to secure his ticket to the Olympics. There he knocked out defending champion

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and beat the rest on points to win the first Cuban welterweight gold.

1972 Olympic results

Below is the record of Emilio Correa, a Cuban welterweight boxer who competed at the 1972 Munich Olympics: *Round of 64: bye *Round of 32: Defeated

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(Italy) by decision, 5-0 *Round of 16: Defeated

(East Germany) by technical knockout in the second round *Quarterfinal: Defeated

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(West Germany) by decision, 3-2 *Semifinal: Defeated

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(United States) by decision, 3-2 *Final: Defeated

János Kajdi János Kajdi (30 December 1939 – 10 April 1992) was a boxer from Hungary. He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics in the lightweight, light-welterweight and welterweight (– 67 kg) division, respectively, and won a silver medal i ...

(Hungary) by decision, 5-0 (won gold medal) In 1974 Correa became the inaugural world champion at welterweight by knocking out American

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. From 1973 to 1976 he defended his national title and in 1977 won the national junior middleweight title. Internationally Correa didn't have much success after 1974. At the PanAm Games in Ciudad de México (1975) he lost a decision to Jackson. At the Olympics 1976 he lost inside the distance to Venezuelan Pedro Gamarro. *1st round bye *Defeated

Plamen Yankov Plamen Yankov (born 1 October 1954) is a Bulgarian boxer. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry ...

(Bulgaria) RSC 2 *Lost to

Pedro Gamarro Pedro Gamarro (January 8, 1955 – May 7, 2019) was a Venezuelan amateur boxer. Gamarro represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There, he won the silver medal in the welterweight division (– 67&nb ...

(Venezuela) RSC 3 He fought his last fight winning the junior middleweight title in 1979.

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