Mariano "Mario" González Lugo (born August 15, 1969, in
Puebla) is a Mexican former
boxer who represented his native country 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 ...
in
Seoul, South Korea
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. There he won the bronze medal in the
flyweight
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Boxing
Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing above 49 kg (108 lb) and up to 51 kg (112 lb).
Professional boxing
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division.
He now resides in
California
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, United States.
Olympic results
*1st round bye
*Defeated
Teboho Mathibeli (Lesotho) 5-0
*Defeated
Manoj Pingale (Indonesia) 4-1
*Defeated
Alfred Kotey (Ghana) Walkover
*Lost to
Andreas Tews
Andreas Tews (born 11 September 1968) is a German former amateur boxer. Tews won the Flyweight Silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the Featherweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
His first international success came with hi ...
(East Germany) 0-5
External links
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1969 births
Living people
People from Puebla (city)
Flyweight boxers
Boxers at the 1987 Pan American Games
Pan American Games competitors for Mexico
Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers of Mexico
Olympic bronze medalists for Mexico
Boxers from Puebla
Olympic medalists in boxing
Mexican male boxers
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
20th-century Mexican people
21st-century Mexican people
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