Salvatore Todisco (August 30, 1961 in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

– November 25, 1990from the Italian daily newspaper ''la Repubblica''
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light flyweight Light flyweight, also known as junior flyweight or super strawweight, is a weight class in boxing. Professional boxing The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds (49 kilograms). When New York legalized boxing in 1920, ...

boxer from

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, who won the silver medal in the

division (– 48 kg) 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 ...

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. In the final he was defeated by Paul Gonzales of the

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. He died in a car accident on November 25, 1990 at the age of 29.

1984 Olympic results

Below are the Olympic results of Salvatore Todisco, an Italian light flyweight boxer who competed at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics: * Round of 32: bye * Round of 16: Defeated Gerard Hawkins (Ireland) by decision, 5-0 * Quarterfinal: Defeated Rafael Ramos (Puerto Rico) by decision, 4-1 * Semifinal: Defeated

Keith Mwila Keith Mwila (November 1966 – 9 January 1993) was a Zambian boxer, who won the bronze medal in the men's Light flyweight (-48 kg) category at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States The United States of Ame ...

(Zambia) by decision, 5-0 * Final: Lost to Paul Gonzales (United States) by walkover (was awarded the silver medal)

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* * 1961 births 1990 deaths Boxers from Naples Flyweight boxers Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in boxing Italian male boxers Road incident deaths in Italy Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1983 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 1987 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing {{Italy-Olympic-medalist-stub