Jorge Eliécer Julio Rocha (born April 4, 1969) is a Colombian former

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...

who competed from 1989 to 2003. He is a two-time

bantamweight Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports. For boxing, the range is above and up to . In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between . In mixed martial arts, MMA, bantamweight is . The name for the class is derived from Ba ...

champion, having held the WBA title from 1992 to 1993 and the

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title from 1998 to 2000. He won a bronze medal in the bantamweight division as an amateur at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

Amateur

At the

, he won a

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in the men's Bantamweight category after losing to Aleksandar Khristov.

Olympic results

Below are the results of Jorge Eliecer Julio, a Colombia Bantamweight boxer who competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics: * Round of 64: Defeated Michael Hormillosa (Philippines) TKO 3 * Round of 32: Defeated Felipe Nieves (Puerto Rico) points * Round of 16: Defeated Rene Breitbarth (East Germany) points * Quarterfinal: Defeated Katsuyuki Matsushima (Japan) points * Semifinal: Lost to Aleksandar Khristov (Bulgaria) points (was awarded bronze medal)

Pro

Julio turned pro in 1989 and won his first twenty-six fights, culminating on 9 October 1992 with a win over southpaw Eddie Cook for the WBA Bantamweight title. He lost the belt unanimously to

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in 1993 but was the first to knock Jones down. He captured the

Bantamweight title in 1998 but lost the belt 2000 to

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. His career then began to go downhill, and in 2002, he lost to

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by TKO and again in 2003 to

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Amateur

Olympic results

Pro

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