Hipólito Ramos Martínez (born January 30, 1956) is a retired

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from

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, who won the silver medal in the Light Flyweight division (-48 kg) at the

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. In the final he lost to

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of the

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on points (2-3).Olympic results
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Olympic results

Below are the results of Hipólito Ramos, a Cuban light flyweight boxer who competed at the 1980 Moscow Olympics: * Round of 16: Defeated Farid Salman Mahdi (Iraq) on points, 5-0 * Quarterfinal: Defeated Gyorgy Gedo (Hungary) on points, 5-0 * Semifinal: Defeated Ismail Mustafov (Bulgaria) on points, 4-1 * Final: Lost to

(Soviet Union) on points, 2-3 (was awarded silver medal)

References

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