Juan Fabila Mendoza (born 5 June 1944) is a Mexican former

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who a

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in the bantamweight category (– 54 kg) at the

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. After that he turned professional and won his first five bouts in 1964–1971. He then lost twice by knockout and retired in 1973.

1964 Olympic results

Below is the record of Juan Fabila, a featherweight boxer who competed for Mexico in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics: * Round of 32: defeated Sadegh Aliakbarzadeh (Iran) by decision, 3-2 * Round of 16: defeated Law Hon-Park (Hong Kong) by decision, 5-0 * Quarterfinal: defeated Oleg Grigoryev (Soviet Union) by decision, 3-2 * Semifinal: lost to Chung Shin-Cho (South Korea) by decision, 1-4 (was awarded bronze medal)

References

Boxers from Mexico City 1944 births Living people Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Mexico Bantamweight boxers Olympic bronze medalists for Mexico Olympic medalists in boxing Mexican male boxers Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics 20th-century Mexican people 21st-century Mexican people {{Mexico-boxing-bio-stub