Jerry Louis Page (born January 15, 1961 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American boxer who won the light welterweight gold medal at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the sec ...

. A year earlier he won a silver medal at the

1983 Pan American Games The 1983 Pan American Games were held in Caracas, Venezuela from August 14 to August 29, 1983. The games were the first major international competition to include relatively accurate steroid testing.Taylor, William N., ''Anabolic Steroids and the ...

Amateur career

Jerry Page, an American boxer, was the gold medalist in the 139 lbs classification (light welterweight) at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

1984 Olympic results

* Round of 64: bye * Round of 32: Defeated Helmut Gertel (West Germany) 5-0 * Round of 16: Defeated Ostavio Robles (Mexico) 5-0 * Quarterfinal: Defeated Kim Dong-Kil (South Korea) 4-1 * Semifinal: Defeated

Mirko Puzović Mirko Puzović (born April 24, 1956 in Аranđelovac, Serbia) is a retired boxer from Yugoslavia. At the 1984 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal in the men's light welterweight division (– 63.5 kg). In the semifina ...

(Yugoslavia) 5-0 * Final: Defeated Dhawee Umponmaha (Thailand) 5-0 (won gold medal)

Professional career

Page began his professional career in 1985 and won his first 8 bouts before being beaten in a decision loss to

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in 1988. This loss signaled the beginning of an early end for Page, who lost a decision to Frankie Randall in 1989 and then retired in 1990 with a career record of 11-4-0.

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