Boxing at the 1983 Pan American Games
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Amateur boxing is practised at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, and in many other venues sponsored by amateur boxing associations. Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration and fighters wear head protection, so this type of competition prizes point-scoring rather...
at the 1983 Pan American Games
1983 Pan American Games
The ninth Pan American Games were held in Caracas, Venezuela from August 14 to August 29, 1983. The games were the first major international competition to include relatively accurate steroid testing...
was held in Caracas, Venezuela, from August 14 to August 29. The super heavyweight
Super heavyweight
In amateur boxing, the super heavyweight division is a weight class division for fighters weighing in excess of 91 kilograms . Introduced for the 1984 Summer Olympics, the division, despite its grandiose name, is merely the amateur equivalent of the professional heavyweight division...
division was included for the first time.
Medal winners
| Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms) |
 Rafael RamosRafael Ramos Rafael “Fito” Ramos is a retired boxer from Puerto Rico. He competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and twice won a medal at the Pan American Games during his career.-References:*... Puerto Rico |
 Paul GonzalesPaul Gonzales Paul Garza Gonzales was a Mexican American boxer, who won the light flyweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:... United States |
 Héctor DíazDominican Republic  Manoelito SantosBrazil |
| Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) |
 Pedro Orlando ReyesCuba |
Laureano Ramírez Laureano Ramírez Laureano Ramírez Padilla is a retired Dominican boxer, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in the Men's Flyweight division.... Dominican Republic |
 Jesus PollVenezuela Steve McCrorySteve McCrory Steve McCrory was an American boxer, who won the Flyweight Gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics... United States |
| Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) |
Manuel Vilchez Manuel Vilchez Manuel Vilchez is a former Venezuelan boxer. At the 1984 Summer Olympics he lost in the first round of the men's bantamweight division to Uganda's John Siryakibbe. A year earlier he claimed the gold medal in the same division at the Pan American Games by defeating Pedro Nolasco of the Dominican... Venezuela |
Pedro Nolasco Pedro Nolasco Pedro Nolasco was a Dominican boxer, who won the bronze medal in the men's bantamweight category at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.... Dominican Republic |
 Robinson PitaluaRobinsón Pitalúa Robinson Pitalúa Támara was a Colombian boxer, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in the Men's Bantamweight division.... Colombia Floya FavorsUnited States |
| Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) |
Adolfo Horta Adolfo Horta Adolfo Horta is a retired boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal in the Men's Featherweight division at age 22 at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow... Cuba |
Santos Cardona Puerto Rico |
Bernard Gary United States Rafael ZunigaRafael Zuñiga Rafael Zuñiga Medrano is a retired Colombian boxer, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in the Men's Featherweight division. Zuñiga won the bronze medal in the same weight category a year earlier at the 1983 Pan American Games.-References:*... Colombia |
| Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) |
Pernell Whitaker Pernell Whitaker Pernell Whitaker , nicknamed "Sweet Pea", is a professional boxing trainer and retired American professional boxer... United States |
Ángel Herrera Cuba |
 Alberto CortezAlberto Cortez Alberto Cortez is an Argentine singer and songwriter. Cortez and his wife live in Madrid.Cortez was born in Rancul, La Pampa Province, Argentina, March 13, 1938. At the age of six entered in the elementary school and at the same time to the conservatory Alberto Williams. He begins to compose songs... Argentina Angel BeltreDominican Republic |
| Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms) |
Cadelario Duvergel Cuba |
Jerry Page Jerry Page Jerry Louis Page was an American boxer who won the light welterweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics... United States |
 Genaro LéonGenaro Léon Genaro Léon is a former professional boxer. He fought at Welterweight.-Amateur career:León represented Mexico at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, as a Welterweight... Mexico Giovanni SepulvedaDominican Republic |
| Welterweight (– 67 kilograms) |
Louis Howard United States |
José Aguillar Cuba |
Luis Luis García Venezuela Antonio MadureiraBrazil |
| Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms) |
Orestes Solano Cuba |
Dennis Milton Dennis Milton Dennis Milton is a retired American boxer.- Amateur career :Milton had a stellar amateur career, having won four New York Golden Gloves Championships. Milton won the 1981 165 lb Open Championship and won the 156 lb Open Championships in 1982, 1983 and 1984... United States |
Dario Matteoni Argentina Héctor OrtízPuerto Rico |
| Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) |
Bernardo Comas Cuba |
Alfredo Delgado Puerto Rico |
Pedro Gamarro Pedro Gamarro Pedro Gamarro is a retired boxer from Venezuela. He represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There, he won the silver medal in the welterweight division after having lost to Jochen Bachfeld of East Germany in the final. Gamarro's medal was the only one won... Venezuela  John SmithTrinidad & Tobago |
| Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) |
Pablo Romero Pablo Romero Pablo Romero Hernandez is a former Cuban amateur boxer best known for winning two light-heavyweight gold medals at World Championships. The dominant light-heavy of the eighties he never participated in Olympics as his country boycotted both the 1984 and 1988 games... Cuba |
Evander Holyfield Evander Holyfield Evander Holyfield is a professional boxer from the United States. He is a former undisputed world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname "The Real Deal"... United States |
Miguel Mosna Miguel Mosna Miguel Antonio Mosna is a light heavyweight Argentinian boxer who fought in various events around the world... Argentina Carlos SalazarVenezuela |
| Heavyweight (– 91 kilograms) |
Aurelio Toyo Cuba |
Henry Tillman Henry Tillman Henry Durand Tillman is a former American boxer.-Amateur Career:Tillman twice defeated Mike Tyson as an amateur, winning both bouts via close decisions. Tillman went on to win heavyweight Gold at the Los Angeles Olympics.... United States |
Virgilio Frias Dominican Republic  Alex StewartJamaica |
| Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kilograms) |
Jorge Luis Gonzales Cuba |
Eloy Loaiza Venezuela |
Tyrell Biggs Tyrell Biggs Tyrell Biggs , is an American heavyweight boxer. He won the gold medal at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, CA in boxing at the Superheavyweight division, after gaining bronze the previous year at the 1983 Pan American Games.... United States |
Medal table
| 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |