José García (born May 4, 1968) is a Venezuelan former

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...

. At the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

he lost in the second round of the men's

welterweight Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like Muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify th ...

division (– 67 kg) to Poland's eventual bronze medalist Jan Dydak.

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* 1968 births Living people Welterweight boxers Olympic boxers for Venezuela Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Venezuelan male boxers Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Venezuelan people {{Venezuela-boxing-bio-stub