Ángel Herrera Vera Explained

Ángel Herrera
Full Name:	Ángel Herrera Vera
Birth Date:	2 August 1957
Birth Place:	Guantánamo
Weight:	57kg (126lb)

Ángel Herrera Vera (born August 2, 1957 in Guantánamo) is a Cuban amateur boxer, who won two Olympic gold medals, and the world title at the second World Championships in Belgrade.

First competing in the featherweight ( - 57 kg) category, he won the 1976 Olympics as well as the 1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He then competed in lightweight ( - 60 kg) to win another Olympic gold in 1980, and his second World Title in Munich, West Germany. In 1983 he won a silver medal at the Pan American Games.

Results

1976 Summer Olympics - Montreal

• Round of 64: bye
• Round of 32: Defeated Rai Sik (India) KO 1
• Round of 16: Defeated Angel Pacheco (Venezuela) 5-0
• Quarterfinal: Defeated Davey Lee Armstrong (United States) 3-2
• Semifinal: Defeated Juan Paredes (Mexico) 5-0
• Final: Defeated Richard Nowakowski (East Germany) KO 2

1978 World Amateur Championships

• Defeated Hirochi Ganobe (Japan) RSC-3
• Defeated Viorel Ioana (Romania) walkover
• Defeated Roman Gotfryd (Poland) by decision, 5-0
• Defeated Bratislav Ristić (Yugoslavia) by decision, 4-1

1980 Summer Olympics - Moscow

• Round of 32 Carlo Russolillo (Italy) by decision, 5-0
• Round of 16: Defeated Geza Tumbas (Yugoslavia) by decision, 5-0
• Quarterfinal: Defeated Galsandorj Batbileg (Mongolia) by decision, 5-0
• Semifinal: Defeated Kazimierz Adach (Poland) by decision, 5-0
• Final: Defeated Viktor Demyanenko (USSR) TKO 3

1982 World Amateur Championships

• Defeated Juhito Arai (Japan) 5:0
• Defeated Kosem Barake (Israel) KO-2
• Defeated Lofti Belkhir (Tunisia) RSC-1
• Defeated Viorel Ioana (Romania) 4:1
• Defeated Pernell Whitaker (United States) 3:2