Orlando Maldonado (born May 21, 1959 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican former

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who competed from 1977 to 1984, challenging for the WBC super flyweight title in 1983. As an amateur, he won the bronze medal in the men's

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(– 48 kg) division at the

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. It was the second medal ever for Puerto Rico, after boxer

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captured the Bronze medal in 1948.

Amateur career

Maldonado was the 1977 National Golden Gloves Flyweight champion, while boxing out of Miami, Florida.

Olympic Results

*Defeated Lucky Mutale (Zambia) walk-over *Defeated Brendan Dunne (Ireland) KO 1 *Defeated Héctor Patri (Argentina) 5-0 *Lost to Jorge Hernández (Cuba) 0-5

Professional career

Maldonado turned professional in 1977 and in 1983 challenged

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for the WBC super flyweight title but lost via TKO. Maldonado also lost once to

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and to Ramon Nery. Maldonado retired in 1984 with a record of 26-5-2 with 13 KO's.

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