Marian Kasprzyk
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Marian Kasprzyk (born September 22, 1939 in Kielce, Poland) is a former Polish welterweight
boxer
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Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...
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Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
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Amateur
Kasprzyk won the Welterweight gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games and the Bronze Medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics as a Light Welterweight.Olympic results
1964- Defeated Misael Vilugron (Chile) 3-2
- Defeated Sikiru Alimi (Nigeria) 5-0
- Defeated Kichijiro Hamada (Japan) 5-0
- Defeated Silvano BertiniSilvano BertiniSilvano Bertini is a former Italian welterweight boxer.-Amateur:Bertini won the Welterweight bronze medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, losing to gold medalist Marian Kasprzyk.-Pro career:...
(Italy) 3-2 - Defeated Ričardas TamulisRicardas TamulisRičardas Tamulis was a boxer from the Soviet Union.He competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the welterweight event where he finished in second place....
(Soviet Union) 4-1