Calixto Pérez Explained

Calixto Pérez
Birth Date:October 10, 1949
Birth Place:Cartagena, Colombia[1]
Death Date:[2]
Height:167 cm
Total:19
Wins:7
Ko:1
Losses:10
Draws:2
Show-Medals:yes

Calixto Pérez (October 10, 1949  - July 28, 2018) was a boxer from Colombia, who won a silver medal at the 1971 Pan American Games. At the 1972 Olympics he was eliminated in the flyweight quarterfinals by the eventual gold medalist Georgi Kostadinov. In 1973 Pérez turned professional, and retired in 1978 after 19 bouts.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/calixto-perez-1.html. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418122439/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/calixto-perez-1.html. dead. April 18, 2020.
  2. https://primertiempo.co/boxeo/el-boxeo-llora-la-muerte-de-calixto-perez-pugil-cartagenero-que-estuvo-en-munich-72/ Calixto Pérez's obituary