Raúl González Sánchez (born June 5, 1967) is a
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from
Cuba
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, who won the silver medal in the Men's Flyweight Division (– 51 kg) at the
1992 Summer Olympics
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in
Barcelona
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. In the final he lost to
North Korea
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's
Choi Chol-Su. Three years later, at the
1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships
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in
Berlin
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, he captured the bronze medal in his weight division.
Career
U.S. boxer Rudolph Bradley said his first thought when Raúl González put him down was, "Man, he's strong. I knew the Cubans were strong but I didn't think he could put me down. Yeah, I was in trouble, but I was boxing and moving, trying to get my head back. I've never been stopped, I've been hit hard hundreds of times in Army fights."
Goodwill
(United Press International,) ''Detroit Free Press'', July 29, 1990, p. 40.
Olympic results
*Defeated Leszek Olszewski (Poland) 15-7
*Defeated Moses Malagu (Nigeria) RSC 2 (0:23)
*Defeated David Serradas (Venezuela) 14-7
*Defeated Tim Austin
Timothy Austin (born April 14, 1971) is an American former professional boxer. He is now a coach at the Cincinnati Golden Gloves gym in Cincinnati.
Amateur career
Austin had an outstanding amateur career, compiling a record of 113–9.
Amateu ...
(United States) RSC 1 (1:04)
*Lost to Choi Chol-Su (North Korea) 2-12
References
Profile
1967 births
Living people
Boxers at the 1995 Pan American Games
Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Cuba
Olympic silver medalists for Cuba
Olympic medalists in boxing
Cuban male boxers
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba
Pan American Games silver medalists in boxing
Flyweight boxers
Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
20th-century Cuban sportsmen
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