Full name Manuel Vilchez Suarez Role Boxer Rated at Bantamweight Name Manuel Vilchez Martial art Boxing | Sport Boxing Weight 54 kg Nationality Venezuela Height 1.73 m | |
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Born October 21, 1961 (age 62) ( 1961-10-21 ) | ||
Manuel Vilchez (born October 21, 1961) is a former Venezuelan boxer. At the 1984 Summer Olympics he lost in the first round of the men's bantamweight division (– 54 kg) to Uganda's John Siryakibbe. A year earlier he claimed the gold medal in the same division at the Pan American Games by defeating Pedro Nolasco of the Dominican Republic in the final.
Vilchez challenged Louie Espinoza for the World Boxing Association super-bantamweight title at Phoenix, Arizona, United States in 1987, but he lost by 15 round knockout.
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