Liborio Romero (born July 23, 1979 in Tenancingo,

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) is a

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, who represented his native country in the Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) category at the

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. There he was stopped in the second round by Lithuania's Ivanas Stapovičius. Romero, nicknamed ''Cañas'', won the silver medal a year earlier in the same weight division at the

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1979 births Living people Boxers from Tlaxcala Light-flyweight boxers Boxers at the 1999 Pan American Games Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Mexico Mexican male boxers Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico Pan American Games medalists in boxing Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Mexico Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games {{Mexico-boxing-bio-stub