Calixto Pérez
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Calixto Pérez (born October 10, 1949 in Cartagena) is a retired boxer from Colombia, who represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics. There he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the men's flyweight division (– 51 kg) by eventual gold medalist Georgi Kostadinov from Bulgaria.
His best performance as an amateur was winning the silver medal in the bantamweight division (– 54 kg) at the 1971 Pan American Games. Pérez turned pro on June 15, 1973, and retired in 1977 after 15 bouts (6 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws).
1972 Olympic results
Below are the results of Calixto Pérez, a Colombian flyweight boxer who competed at the 1972 Munich Olympics:
- Round of 64: bye
- Round of 32: defeated Martin Vargas (Chile) by decision, 5-0
- Round of 16: defeated Tim Dement (United Stats) by decision, 5-0
- Quarterfinal: lost to Georgi Kostadinov (Bulgaria) by decision, 2-3
References
- Professional boxing record for Calixto Pérez from BoxRec
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Calixto Pérez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
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