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Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Light middleweight

Light Middleweight

Damian Jonak

Damian Jonak (born on 24 April 1983, in Włoszczowa, Poland) is a Polish professional boxer, fighting in the Light Middleweight division.

Francisco Villanueva

Francisco Villanueva (born September 24, 1985 in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico) is a Mexican boxer in the Light Middleweight division and is the former WBC Mundo Hispano Light Middleweight Champion.

Guillermo Saputo

Guillermo Javier Saputo (born May 1, 1977 in José C. Paz Partido, Buenos Aires) is a light middleweight boxer from Argentina, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Joey Gamache

He has trained light middleweight Boyd Melson, who won the gold medal at the 2004 World Military Boxing Championships, 69-kg.

Julio César Green

Green turned pro in 1990 and in 1995, landed a shot at the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) light middleweight title against Carl Daniels.

Michael Carruth

He had limited success as a pro, losing in both of his defining pro bouts; in 1997 against Mihai Leu for the WBO Welterweight title and in 2000 against Adrian Stone for the IBO Light Middleweight title.

Park Si-Hun

Park's first major success came in 1985 when he won the light middleweight gold at the Boxing World Cup, defeating 1985 European Champion Michael Timm and 1984 US national champion Kevin Bryant.

Rigoberto Álvarez

Rigoberto comes from a big boxing family, his brothers are Welterweight Prospects Ramon Álvarez, Ricardo Álvarez and the former WBC, WBA, and Ring Magazine Light Middleweight Champion, Saúl Álvarez.

Roberto McLellan

On March 10, 2011 the 26-year-old won the CPBC Light Middleweight Championship bout with a spectacular KO stoppage of Anthony "Hits Hard" Lessard in Calgary, Alberta.


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Anthony Small

He is managed by boxing promoter Frank Warren, who has seen Small to wins over former Ukrainian Light Middleweight Champion Vladimir Borovski and previously unbeaten prospect Prince Arron.

Bronco McKart

Nicknamed "Superman", McKart turned pro in 1992 and in 1996 captured the WBO Light Middleweight Title by beating Santos Cardona by TKO.

Carl Daniels

In 1995, he fought Julio César Green for the Vacant WBA Light Middleweight Title and won a decision.

Denny Moyer

He continued to box in the best company for two years, and then won the vacant light-middleweight title by gaining a points win over Joey Giambra.

Dmitry Usagin

Usagin is best known for winning the bronze medal at 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships in the Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg) division, alongside Yugoslavia's Nikola Sjekloća.

Eamonn Magee

Magee's first twelve fights took place in a variety of locations such as the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, U.S. and England and against a variety of opposition including journeymen such as Steve McGovern, Kevin McKillan and Karl Taylor as well as future NABF Welter and Light Middleweight title holder Teddy Reid.

Gilbert Delé

He retired in 1993 after unsuccessfully challenging IBF Light Middleweight Title holder Gianfranco Rosi twice.

Jawaid Khaliq

During his boxing career he also held the Commonwealth welterweight title, WBF Inter-Continental Light Middleweight Title, Midlands Area light middleweight title and Midlands Area welterweight title.

JJ Bird

Bird boxes out of a gym run by former British Featherweight champion Gary De Roux and competes as welterweight/Light-Middleweight.

Julio César Vásquez

That same year he recaptured the WBA Light Middleweight Title by beating fellow southpaw Carl Daniels whom he knocked out with a single straight left after trailing badly on points.

Karmazin

Roman Karmazin (born January 2, 1973 in Kuznetsk) is the former IBF Light Middleweight champion of the world.

Lupe Aquino

Aquino, known as "Lupe", turned pro in 1981 and won the WBC Light Middleweight Title in 1987 with a decision over Duane Thomas.

Paddy Toland

Paddy Toland is the coach of the current Middle and Light Middleweight kickboxing champion, Tommy McCafferty (born in Letterkenny, Ireland) and the ISKA World Heavyweight and Cruiserweight champion, Daniel Quigley (born in Derry City, Northern Ireland).

Ryan Rhodes

Rhodes lost his WBC light middleweight challenge bout against Saúl Álvarez with a technical knockout in the twelfth round on 18 June 2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico.

On 18 April 2008, Rhodes knocked out Gary Woolcombe 37 seconds into the 9th round to regain the British light middleweight title, 11 years after he first won it.

Silvano Bertini

He retired in 1973 after failing to come out for the bell in the 12th round against Koichi Wajima for the WBC and WBA light middleweight titles.

Vincent Pettway

He challenged Gianfranco Rosi for the IBF light middleweight Title in 1994 in a bout that was ruled a sixth round technical draw.