Luis Román Rolón (born July 13, 1968 in Vega Baja) is a retired

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from

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, who competed in the

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(– 54 kg) division. As an amateur he won the silver medal at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in

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. Later he was disqualified after failing a

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. After having won the gold medal at the

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Rolón represented his native country at the

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, where he was defeated in the second round of the light flyweight division (– 48 kg). In his professional career he retired in 2000, with a record of nineteen wins (12 ko's), four losses and one draw.

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