Candelario Duvergel | |
Realname: | Candelario Duvergel Odelín |
Nickname: | El astro de la riposta |
Weight: | Light welterweight Welterweight |
Birth Date: | 2 February 1963 |
Birth Place: | Niceto Pérez, Cuba |
Death Place: | Havana, Cuba |
Style: | Orthodox |
Candelario Duvergel (2 February 1963 — 17 June 2016) was an amateur boxer from Cuba. Duvergel is better known for winning 2 consecutive Pan American Games gold medals in the light welterweight division. Duvergel was renowned for his counter-attacking prowess. He won 8 Cuban national championships but he had trouble replicating his success in international competitions, despite regularly defeating other Cuban amateur champions like Juan Carlos Lemus. Duvergel defeated Shane Mosley in 1991.[1] Duvergel never competed in the Olympics, as Cuba boycotted 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics.[2]