Full name Angel Espinosa Capo Role Boxer Name Angel Espinosa | Sport Boxing Weight 81 kg Nationality Cuba Height 1.8 m | |
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Born October 2, 1966 (age 57) ( 1966-10-02 ) | ||
Olympic boxing barcelona 1992 angel espinosa vc roberto castello ita
Ángel Espinosa Capó (October 2, 1966 – April 12, 2017) was a Cuban amateur boxer who dominated the 1980s at junior middleweight and middleweight and captured the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He never won an Olympic medal due to Cuba's boycott of the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics. A hard hitting Cuban with a southpaw stance one of the most feared in his era was known to have about 300 amateur fights.
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- Olympic boxing barcelona 1992 angel espinosa vc roberto castello ita
- Darin allen usa vs angel espinosa cuba the knock out
- Career
- References
Darin allen usa vs angel espinosa cuba the knock out
Career
In 1983 the hard-hitting southpaw won the junior world championships at junior welterweight by knocking out Meldrick Taylor in round 2. Cuba boycotted the 1984 Olympic Games.
He became 1986 world champion at junior middleweight. Espinosa then added the Panamerican title 1987 at middleweight. Cuba boycotted the 1988 Summer Olympics too, Henry Maske whom Espinosa had defeated three times won the gold medal.
At the 1989 world championships he defeated Sven Ottke but lost to local hero Andrey Kurnyavka. At Espinosa's first Olympics in Barcelona 1992 he competed at light-heavy and lost to Wojciech Bartnik . Angel trained amateurs in a boxing gym in Hialeah, Fl named "Hialeah School of Boxing" before his passing.
Angel was found dead at a gym in Miami. Cause of death is still undetermined.
