Pedro Ruben Decima
Encyclopedia
Pedro Ruben Decima is a former professional boxer
from Argentina
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in 1990, a fight in which Banke was knocked down three times in the 4th round. He lost the belt in his first defense to Kiyoshi Hatanaka
in 1991 and retired in 1993.
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...
from Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
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Amateur career
As an amateur Decima represented Argentina as a bantamweight at the 1984 Olympic Games. His results were:- 1st round bye
- Defeated Tshoza Mukuta (Zaire) 5-0
- Defeated Çemal Öner (Turkey) 4-1
- Lost to Dale WaltersDale WaltersDale Walters was a Canadian boxer who won a bantamweight bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.- Professional career :...
(Canada) 0-5
Pro Boxing Career
Decima turned pro in 1984 and captured the WBC super bantamweight title with an upset TKO win over Paul BankePaul Banke
Paul Andre Banke, , is a former a WBC Super Bantamweight Title Professional boxer.-Professional career:Banke turned pro in 1985 and captured the WBC Super Bantamweight Title in 1990 with an upset TKO over Daniel Zaragoza...
in 1990, a fight in which Banke was knocked down three times in the 4th round. He lost the belt in his first defense to Kiyoshi Hatanaka
Kiyoshi Hatanaka
is a retired Japanese boxer who is a former WBC super bantamweight champion.Hatanaka began karate at the first grade of elementary school, and won the Japanese championship in the juvenile division at its sixth grade and the first grade of junior high school. In addition, he began football at the...
in 1991 and retired in 1993.