Boxing at the 1987 Pan American Games

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Boxing at the 1987 Pan American Games

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The Men's Boxing Tournament at the 1987 Pan American Games was held in the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, United States from August 8 to August 23.

## Clash between Cuban athletes and anti-Castro protestors

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Tension between Cuba and the United States had already been an issue with the selection of Indianapolis over Havana for the site of the games, and a Cuban boycott had been avoided only when Fidel Castro received a promise that the 1991 Pan American Games would be held in Havana. After the incident with a plane flying a banner urging Cuban athletes to defect in the opening ceremony, Cuban immigrants to the United States continued to use the games as a way to confront the Castro regime, using the Cuban athletes as a proxy. This games marked the first time since the Cuban Revolution that Cuban athletes had participated in the United States. During boxing events at the Indiana Convention Center, anti-Castro Cuban-American protestors mocked the Cuban boxers from the stands. The police were unable to stop the Cuban boxers from entering the stands and punching the protestors in retaliation. According to witnesses, up to a dozen Cuban boxers, including Pablo Romero, as well as a hundred spectators were involved. Two people were hospitalized.[1] After these incidents Manuel Gonzalez Guerra, who was Cuba's top sports official, publicly demanded that organizers keep the anti-Castro protestors away from the Cuban athletes. In private, he also unsuccessfully asked the Indianapolis police chief to lock the activists up. Mark Miles, the president of the organizing committee, made a phone call to the Ronald Reagan administration in the White House, who subsequently pressed Cuban-American activists groups to dial down the pressure by the final week.[1]

## Medal winners

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Light Flyweight
(– 48 kilograms) |  Luis Román Rolón
Puerto Rico |  Michael Carbajal
United States |  Juan Torres Odelin
Cuba

Jesus Herrera
Dominican Republic

Flyweight
(– 51 kilograms) |  Adalberto Regalado
Cuba |  David Griman
Venezuela |  Hamilton Rodrigues
Brazil

Rafael Ramos
Puerto Rico

Bantamweight
(– 54 kilograms) |  Manuel Martínez
Cuba |  Michael Collins
United States |  Domino Domigella
Argentina

Rafael del Valle
Puerto Rico

Featherweight
(– 57 kilograms) |  Kelcie Banks
United States |  Emilio Villegas
Dominican Republic |  Frank Avelar
El Salvador

Esteban Flores
Puerto Rico

Lightweight
(– 60 kilograms) |  Julio González
Cuba |  José Perez
Venezuela |  Hector Arroyo
Puerto Rico

Marc Menard
Canada

Light Welterweight
(– 63.5 kilograms) |  Candelario Duvergel
Cuba |  Todd Foster
United States |  Wanderley Oliveira
Brazil

Daniel Cueto
Panama

Welterweight
(– 67 kilograms) |  Juan Carlos Lemus
Cuba |  Kenneth Gould
United States |  Pedro Frias
Dominican Republic

Rey Rivera
Puerto Rico

Light Middleweight
(– 71 kilograms) |  Orestes Solano
Cuba |  Freddy Sanchez
Puerto Rico |  Frank Liles
United States

Gary Smikle
Jamaica

Middleweight
(– 75 kilograms) |  Ángel Espinosa Capó
Cuba |  Otis Grant
Canada |  Carlos Herrera
Venezuela

Juan Montiel
Uruguay

Light Heavyweight
(– 81 kilograms) |  Pablo Romero Hernandez
Cuba |  Nelson Adams
Puerto Rico |  Wilfred Moses
Guyana

Andrew Maynard
United States

Heavyweight
(– 91 kilograms) |  Félix Savón
Cuba |  Juan Antonio Díaz
Argentina |  Domenico d'Amico
Canada

Michael Bentt
United States

Super Heavyweight
(+ 91 kilograms) |  Jorge Luis González
Cuba |  Lennox Lewis
Canada |  Carlos Barcelete
Brazil

Riddick Bowe
United States

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Cuba| 10| 0| 1| 11
2|  United States| 1| 4| 4| 9
3|  Puerto Rico| 1| 2| 5| 8
4|  Canada| 0| 2| 2| 4
5|  Venezuela| 0| 2| 1| 3
6|  Dominican Republic| 0| 1| 2| 3
7|  Argentina| 0| 1| 1| 2
8|  Brazil| 0| 0| 3| 3
9|  El Salvador| 0| 0| 1| 1
Guyana| 0| 0| 1| 1
Jamaica| 0| 0| 1| 1
Panama| 0| 0| 1| 1
Uruguay| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (13 entries)| 12| 12| 24| 48

## See also

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* Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ a b Higgins, Will (August 6, 2017). "Brawlers, provocateurs, even assassins: How Indy became a sports town". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved December 1, 2018.

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