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Boxing at the 1987 Pan American Games

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Boxing at the 1987 Pan American Games
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The Men's Boxing Tournament at the 1987 Pan American Games was held in the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, United States from August 8 to August 23.

Clash between Cuban athletes and anti-Castro protestors

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Tension between Cuba and the United States had already been an issue with the selection of Indianapolis over Havana for the site of the games, and a Cuban boycott had been avoided only when Fidel Castro received a promise that the 1991 Pan American Games would be held in Havana. After the incident with a plane flying a banner urging Cuban athletes to defect in the opening ceremony, Cuban immigrants to the United States continued to use the games as a way to confront the Castro regime, using the Cuban athletes as a proxy. This games marked the first time since the Cuban Revolution that Cuban athletes had participated in the United States. During boxing events at the Indiana Convention Center, anti-Castro Cuban-American protestors mocked the Cuban boxers from the stands. The police were unable to stop the Cuban boxers from entering the stands and punching the protestors in retaliation. According to witnesses, up to a dozen Cuban boxers, including Pablo Romero, as well as a hundred spectators were involved. Two people were hospitalized.[1] After these incidents Manuel Gonzalez Guerra, who was Cuba's top sports official, publicly demanded that organizers keep the anti-Castro protestors away from the Cuban athletes. In private, he also unsuccessfully asked the Indianapolis police chief to lock the activists up. Mark Miles, the president of the organizing committee, made a phone call to the Ronald Reagan administration in the White House, who subsequently pressed Cuban-American activists groups to dial down the pressure by the final week.[1]

Medal winners

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Flyweight
(– 48 kilograms)
Puerto Rico Luis Román Rolón
Puerto Rico
United States Michael Carbajal
United States
Cuba Juan Torres Odelin
Cuba

Dominican Republic Jesus Herrera
Dominican Republic

Flyweight
(– 51 kilograms)
Cuba Adalberto Regalado
Cuba
Venezuela David Griman
Venezuela
Brazil Hamilton Rodrigues
Brazil

Puerto Rico Rafael Ramos
Puerto Rico

Bantamweight
(– 54 kilograms)
Cuba Manuel Martínez
Cuba
United States Michael Collins
United States
Argentina Domino Domigella
Argentina

Puerto Rico Rafael del Valle
Puerto Rico

Featherweight
(– 57 kilograms)
United States Kelcie Banks
United States
Dominican Republic Emilio Villegas
Dominican Republic
El Salvador Frank Avelar
El Salvador

Puerto Rico Esteban Flores
Puerto Rico

Lightweight
(– 60 kilograms)
Cuba Julio González
Cuba
Venezuela José Perez
Venezuela
Puerto Rico Hector Arroyo
Puerto Rico

Canada Marc Menard
Canada

Light Welterweight
(– 63.5 kilograms)
Cuba Candelario Duvergel
Cuba
United States Todd Foster
United States
Brazil Wanderley Oliveira
Brazil

Panama Daniel Cueto
Panama

Welterweight
(– 67 kilograms)
Cuba Juan Carlos Lemus
Cuba
United States Kenneth Gould
United States
Dominican Republic Pedro Frias
Dominican Republic

Puerto Rico Rey Rivera
Puerto Rico

Light Middleweight
(– 71 kilograms)
Cuba Orestes Solano
Cuba
Puerto Rico Freddy Sanchez
Puerto Rico
United States Frank Liles
United States

Jamaica Gary Smikle
Jamaica

Middleweight
(– 75 kilograms)
Cuba Ángel Espinosa Capó
Cuba
Canada Otis Grant
Canada
Venezuela Carlos Herrera
Venezuela

Uruguay Juan Montiel
Uruguay

Light Heavyweight
(– 81 kilograms)
Cuba Pablo Romero Hernandez
Cuba
Puerto Rico Nelson Adams
Puerto Rico
Guyana Wilfred Moses
Guyana

United States Andrew Maynard
United States

Heavyweight
(– 91 kilograms)
Cuba Félix Savón
Cuba
Argentina Juan Antonio Díaz
Argentina
Canada Domenico d'Amico
Canada

United States Michael Bentt
United States

Super Heavyweight
(+ 91 kilograms)
Cuba Jorge Luis González
Cuba
Canada Lennox Lewis
Canada
Brazil Carlos Barcelete
Brazil

United States Riddick Bowe
United States

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Cuba100111
2 United States1449
3 Puerto Rico1258
4 Canada0224
5 Venezuela0213
6 Dominican Republic0123
7 Argentina0112
8 Brazil0033
9 El Salvador0011
 Guyana0011
 Jamaica0011
 Panama0011
 Uruguay0011
Totals (13 entries)12122448

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Higgins, Will (August 6, 2017). "Brawlers, provocateurs, even assassins: How Indy became a sports town". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
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