Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez Explained

Juan Hernández
Fullname:	Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez
Birth Place:	Pilón, Granma, Cuba

Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez (born 24 December 1962) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who won the gold medal in the Bantamweight division (-54 kg) at age seventeen at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.^[1] In the final, he defeated Venezuela's Bernardo Piñango on points (5-0).

1980 Olympic results

• Round of 64: bye
• Round of 32: Defeated Sándor Farkas (Hungary) by decision, 4-1
• Round of 16: Defeated Ayele Mohammed (Ethiopia) referee stopped the contest in the second round
• Quarterfinal: Defeated Geraldi Issaick (Tanzania) referee stopped the contest in the first round
• Semifinal: Defeated Michael Anthony (Guyana) by decision, 5-0
• Final: Defeated Bernardo Piñango (Venezuela) by decision, 5-0

Notes and References

1. Juan Hernández Pérez . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203075227/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/juan-hernandez-perez-1.html . 3 December 2016.