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Enrique Carrión Olivares (
Santiago de Cuba Santiago de Cuba is the second-largest city in Cuba and the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province. It lies in the southeastern area of the island, some southeast of the Cuban capital of Havana. The municipality extends over , and contains t ...
, 11 October 1967) is a Cuban
amateur boxer An amateur () is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income. Amateurs and their pursuits are also described as popular, informal, self-taught, user-generated, DIY, and hobbyist. History ...
best known to win the 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships at bantamweight. He won the 1989 final against Bulgarian
Serafim Todorov Serafim Simeonov Todorov (; born 6 July 1969) is a former Bulgarian Olympic boxer. He won three consecutive gold medals at both the World and European Championships, and silver at the 1996 Olympics. He is the last boxer to defeat Floyd Mayweath ...
who beat him in 1991 and at featherweight in 1993. He didn't participate in the 1992 Olympics, where his replacement was future professional world champion
Joel Casamayor Joel Casamayor Johnson (born July 12, 1971) is a Cuban American former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2011. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBA super featherweight title from 2000 to 2002; and th ...
, who secured the gold medal for Cuba.


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1989 World Boxing Championships
1967 births Living people Boxers from Santiago de Cuba Bantamweight boxers Featherweight boxers Boxers at the 1991 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Cuban male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Pan American Games gold medalists in boxing Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games 20th-century Cuban sportsmen 21st-century Cuban people {{Cuba-boxing-bio-stub