Luis Pizarro (born October 26, 1962) in
Río Grande, Puerto Rico
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is a retired
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from
Puerto Rico
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, who competed in the men's
bantamweight
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The name for the class is derived from Ba ...
(– 54 kg) and
featherweight
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Boxing
Professional boxing
History
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division (- 57 kg) during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
He represented his native country at the
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
in
Moscow
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, alongside two other boxers:
Alberto Mercado
Alberto Mercado Monserrate (born January 2, 1961) is a former Jr. Featherweight boxing, boxer who was on the verge of fighting for a world title at least twice in his career.
Amateur boxing career
Mercado started boxing as an amateur at the ag ...
and
José Angel Molina
José Angel Molina (born October 19, 1958) is a retired boxer from Puerto Rico, who competed in the men's light-middleweight division (– 71 kg) during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
He represented his native country at the 1980 Summ ...
. Pizarro captured the silver medal in the bantamweight category at the
1979 Pan American Games
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.
1980 Olympic results
Below is the record of Luis Pizarro, a Puerto Rican featherweight boxer who competed at the 1980 Moscow Olympics:
* Round of 64: bye
* Round of 32: defeated Jean-Pierre Mbereke-Baban (Cameroon) referee stopped contest
* Round of 16: defeated Fitzroy Brown (Guyana) by decision, 5-0
* Quarterfinal: lost to Adolfo Horta (Cuba) by decision, 0-5
References
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1962 births
Living people
People from Río Grande, Puerto Rico
Bantamweight boxers
Featherweight boxers
Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican male boxers
Boxers at the 1979 Pan American Games
Pan American Games silver medalists for Puerto Rico
Pan American Games medalists in boxing
Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
20th-century Puerto Rican people
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