Isaac Marin | |
Sport: | Boxing |
Birth Date: | 13 February 1946 |
Birth Place: | San José, Costa Rica |
Isaac Marin (born 13 February 1946) is a Costa Rican boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[1]
Marin competed in 68 professional bouts. Instead of going up in weight like most boxers, Martin went down two weight divisions when he became a professional boxer. Highlights of his career include fighting Antonio Amaya,[2] beating future world title challenger Francisco Coronado twice,[3] [4] future Alexis Arguello world title challenger Diego Alcala[4] and Love Allotey,[5] losing to former world champion Alfonso Frazer[6] and challenging Ricardo Arredondo for the Mexican's World Boxing Council World Super Featherweight (Junior Lightweight) title, losing to Arredondo in a somewhat controversial and close but unanimous fifteen round decision with scores of 145-146, 142-146 and 141-149 in favor of Arredondo, on January 29, 1972, in the Costa Rican capital of San Jose.[7] Later on in his career, he lost to Antonio Gomez and to Bazooka Limon.
Marin had 37 wins, 30 losses and 1 draw (tie), with 18 wins by knockout.