Bernardo José Piñango Figuera (born February 9, 1960) is a Venezuelan former

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who competed from 1981 to 1990. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBA and ''The Ring''

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titles from 1986 to 1987 and the WBA

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title in 1988. As an

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, he won a silver medal in the bantamweight division (-54 kg) at the

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. In the final he lost to

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's Juan Hernández on points (0-5).

Amateur career

*Amateur Record: 110-10 (73) *Silver medalist at the Boxam de Espana (1977) *Gold medalist at the 34th Central American Championships (1977) *1978 Venezuelan Featherweight Champion *Silver medalist at the 1980 Moscow

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in the bantamweight class. His results were: **Round of 64: bye **Round of 32: Defeated Ernesto Alguera (Nicaragua) by decision, 4-1 **Round of 16: Defeated Veli Koota (Finland) by disqualification, round 2 **Quarterfinal: Defeated

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(Uganda) knockout in round 2 **Semifinal: Defeated

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(Romania) by decision, 3-2 **Final: Lost to Juan Hernandez (Cuba) by decision, 0-5 (was awarded silver medal)

Professional career

Piñango became a pro in 1981, and won the Lineal and WBA Bantamweight title on June 4, 1986 against Mexican-American boxer Gaby Canizales. He defended the title three times including against Italian boxer Ciro De Leva. which he lost on March 29, 1987. From February 27, 1988 until May 28, 1988 he was the holder of the WBA Super Bantamweight Belt. He boxed his last match on April 7, 1990 in

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Professional boxing record

References

External links

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Bernardo Piñango - The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia
, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Pinango, Bernardo 1960 births Living people Venezuelan male boxers Boxers from Caracas Olympic boxers for Venezuela Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in boxing Olympic silver medalists for Venezuela Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Bantamweight boxers World bantamweight boxing champions World super-bantamweight boxing champions The Ring (magazine) champions World Boxing Association champions 20th-century Venezuelan sportsmen

Amateur career

Professional career

Professional boxing record

See also

References

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