John ("Johnny") Nolasco Hughes (born August 15, 1975 in La Romana, Dominican Republic) is a

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from the

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, who won the bronze medal at the

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. A year later he represented his native country at the

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. Nolasco made his professional debut on March 17, 1999.

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