Alexis Rubalcaba (born September 9, 1972) is a retired boxer from

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, who competed in the Super Heavyweight division. He twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1996 (where he suffered a shocking loss to

Paea Wolfgramm Paea Wolfgramm (born December 1, 1969) is a Tongan retired boxer. Nicknamed "The Tongan Warrior", Wolfgramm won the Super Heavyweight silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, making him the first athlete from Tonga to win an Olympic medal. P ...

Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...

in the quarter-finals) and in

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. One of his biggest achievements in amateur boxing was winning the gold medal at the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and ...

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, Manitoba, Canada. Two years earlier, at the

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in Budapest, Hungary, he won a silver medal.

Results

1996 Summer Olympics *1st round bye *Defeated

Paolo Vidoz Paolo Vidoz (born 21 August 1970) is an Italian former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2011 and held the European heavyweight title from 2005 to 2006. As an amateur Vidoz won a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics in the super-heavywei ...

(Italy) RSC 1 (2:39) *Lost to

(Tonga) 12-17 1999 Pan American Games *Defeated Ruben Pallardel (Peru) KO 1 *Defeated Patrice L'Heureux (Canada) RSC 2 *Defeated Claudio Silva (Brazil) RSCH 1 *Defeated Davin King (United States) WO. 2000 Summer Olympics *Defeated Cengiz Koc (Germany) KO 1 *Lost to

Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov Mukhtarkhan Qabylanbekuly Dildabekov ( kk, Мұхтархан Қабыланбекұлы Ділдәбеков, ''Mūhtarhan Qabylanbekūly Dıldäbekov''; born March 19, 1976) is a Kazakh boxer, best known to win the silver medal in the Super He ...

(Kazakhstan) 12-25

References

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