Luis Rolón | |
Fullname: | Luis Román Rolón |
Nationality: | Puerto Rican |
Weight Class: | Light Flyweight |
Birth Date: | 13 July 1968 |
Birth Place: | Vega Baja, Puerto Rico |
Luis Román Rolón (born July 13, 1968 in Vega Baja) is a retired boxer from Puerto Rico, who competed in the bantamweight ( - 54 kg) division. As an amateur he won the silver medal at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno. Later he was disqualified after failing a drug test.
After having won the gold medal at the 1987 Pan American Games Rolón represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he was defeated in the second round of the light flyweight division ( - 48 kg). In his professional career he retired in 2000, with a record of nineteen wins (12 ko's), four losses and one draw.