Maurizio Stecca (born 9 March 1963) is a retired Italian

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, who won the Bantamweight Gold medal at the

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. Stecca was born in

Santarcangelo di Romagna Santarcangelo di Romagna ( rgn, Santarcànzul) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, on the Via Emilia. As of 2009, it had a population of some 21,300. It is crossed by two rivers, the Uso and the Marecchia ...

. His brother Loris Stecca was also a professional boxer.

Professional career

Stecca began his professional career in 1984 and compiled a career record of 49–4–0. He won the WBO Featherweight Title in 1991 and successfully defended it three times.

Amateur accomplishments

*1979-1981 Italian Bantamweight Champion *1984 Olympic Bantamweight Gold Medalist

1984 Olympic Results

Below are the results of Maurizio Stecca, an Italian bantamweight boxer who competed at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics: *Round of 32: Defeated

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(Ireland) on points *Round of 16: Defeated

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(Dominican Republic) on points *Final: Defeated

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(Mexico) on points (won gold medal)

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