Luis Deines Pérez (born March 29, 1973) is a retired male

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from

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, who won the silver medal in the men's light-welterweight (– 63.5 kg) category at the

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. In the final he was defeated by Argentina's

Walter Crucce Walter Crucce (born ) is a retired male boxer from Argentina, who won the gold medal in the men's light-welterweight (– 63.5 kg) category at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina. In the final he defeated Puerto Rico's L ...

. Pérez represented his native country at the

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, falling in the first round to Poland's

Jacek Bielski Jacek Bielski (born 29 January 1972) is a Polish boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and comm ...

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