Ricardo Carreras is a former bantamweight

Bantamweight

Bantamweight is usually a class in boxing for boxers who weigh above 115 pounds and up to 118 pounds . However, in Mixed Martial Arts it is 134-136 pounds . Wrestling also has similar weight classes including bantamweight...

 boxer

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 from the United States

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, who won the bronze

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 medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics:It was held August 27 to September 10, with the participation of 357 fighters from 81 countries.-Medal table:-Light Flyweight :-First Round:...

. In the semifinals of the men's bantamweight

Bantamweight

Bantamweight is usually a class in boxing for boxers who weigh above 115 pounds and up to 118 pounds . However, in Mixed Martial Arts it is 134-136 pounds . Wrestling also has similar weight classes including bantamweight...

 (– 54 kg) division he was defeated by eventual silver medalist Alfonso Zamora

Alfonso Zamora

Alfonso Zamora Quiroz is a former Mexican boxer who fought from 1973 to 1980. Zamora was the silver medalist at the 1972 Munich Olympics. He enjoyed a meteoric rise in his professional career...

Amateur career

Carreras was also the 1971 National AAU Bantamweight champion. Carreras, who boxed out of the Air Force, box professionally for only two fights.
Both fights won by TKO.
Participated in the 1971 Pan Am Games, Cali, Colombia. Won Bronze Medal in the Bantam weight class also.
Air Force career of boxing include. 3 time all service champs as bantamweight. 1969,1971,1972. Silver Medal in 1971 CISM games. (concil international sports militaire). 3 time Air force champ. 1969 as featherweight, 1971 and 1972 as bantamweight. Chanute Air Force Base Lightweight champ in 1969.

Olympic results

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Michael O'Brien
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   (Australia) TKO 3
• Defeated Bulan Ganbat (Mongolia) 3-2
• Defeated Vassily Solomin (Soviet Union) 3-2
• Lost to Alfonso Zamora
  Alfonso Zamora
  Alfonso Zamora Quiroz is a former Mexican boxer who fought from 1973 to 1980. Zamora was the silver medalist at the 1972 Munich Olympics. He enjoyed a meteoric rise in his professional career...
  
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