Pablo Romero (January 15, 1961) is a retired Cuban

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best known for winning two light-heavyweight gold medals at World Championships. The dominant light heavyweight boxer of the eighties he never participated in Olympics as his country boycotted both the 1984 and 1988 games. He was a tall

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with a strong jab.

Career

At the

1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Munich, West Germany from May 4 to 15. The third edition of this competition, held two years before the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, was organised by the world governi ...

he won his first title. He won the PanAm Games 1983 in Caracas beating

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in the finals. At the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships he once again finished first. He won the PanAm Games in 1987 in Indianiapolis. At the semis he was outboxed on the inside by future Olympic gold medalist Andrew Maynard but knocked Maynard down who quit with a twisted ankle. Cuba boycotted the Olympics in 1984 and 1988. At the 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships he lost to reigning Olympic middleweight champion

Henry Maske Henry Maske (, ; born 6 January 1964) is a German former professional boxer and one of Germany's most popular sports figures. He held the IBF light heavyweight title from 1993 until 1996. Amateur career Maske was born in Treuenb ...

, a tall southpaw from East Germany and settled for silver.

External links

(all other results click on the medal table links)
1986 World Championships1987 final (YouTube)

Light-heavyweight boxers Living people 1961 births Boxers at the 1983 Pan American Games Boxers at the 1987 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Cuban male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Pan American Games medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games 20th-century Cuban people {{Cuba-boxing-bio-stub