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Jesus "Jesse" Valdez (born December 7, 1947) is a retired boxer. He was selected a member of the All-American AAU boxing team for 1973, and was named the top welterweight amateur boxer in the nation in 1973 by the National AAU Boxing Committee.[1]

Jesse Valdez

Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
	1972 Munich	Welterweight

Amateur career

At sixteen years-old, Valdez won the National AAU Welterweight Championship in 1964 by upsetting Olympic bronze medalist Quincey Daniels.[2] That same year, he qualified for the U.S. Olympic team as an alternate.[3] In 1967, he won a bronze medal at the Pan-American Games. Valdez also won the National AAU Light Middleweight Championship in 1970, while boxing out of the Air Force. In 1967 he was the National Golden Gloves Light middleweight champion and in 1972 he was the National Golden Gloves Welterweight Champion. The Jesse Valdez Fan club was started by Rudy Ramirez.

In 1972, Valdez, who is of Mexican-American descent, qualified for the U.S. national team by defeating future world light-heavyweight champion Eddie Mustafa Muhammad. At the, 1972 Munich Olympic games, Valdez was eliminated from the finals by eventual gold medalist Emilio Correa in a disputed split decision. Valdez would go on to win a bronze medal.[4][5]

1972 Olympic results

Below is the record of Jesse Valdez, an American welterweight boxer who competed at the 1972 Munich Olympics:

• Round of 64: Defeated Kolman Kalipe (Togo) by unanimous decision, 5–0
• Round of 32: Defeated Carlos Burga (Peru) by majority decision, 4–1
• Round of 16: Defeated David Jackson (Uganda) by majority decision, 4–1
• Quarterfinal: Defeated Anatoly Khohlov (Soviet Union) by unanimous decision, 5–0
• Semifinal: Lost to Emilio Correa (Cuba) by split decision, 2–3 (was awarded bronze medal)

Pro

Valdez never turned pro after his impressive amateur career but remained in the Air Force as a career military man.[6]

References

External links

• Jesse Valdez at BoxRec
• Jesse Valdez at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

На других языках

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[de] Jesse Valdez

Jesus „Jesse“ Valdez (* 7. Dezember 1947 in Houston, Texas) ist ein ehemaliger US-amerikanischer Boxer mexikanischer Abstammung. Valdez war Bronzemedaillengewinner der Olympischen Spiele 1972.

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- [en] Jesse Valdez

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[fr] Jesse Valdez

Jesse Valdez est un boxeur américain né le 12 juillet 1947 à Houston au Texas.

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[ru] Вальдес, Джесси

Хе́сус «Дже́сси» Ва́льдес (англ. Jesus "Jesse" Valdez; 12 июля 1947, Хьюстон) — американский боксёр мексиканского происхождения, выступал в полусредней весовой категории. Представлял сборную США в конце 1960-х — начале 1970-х годов: бронзовый призёр летних Олимпийских игр в Мюнхене, обладатель бронзовой медали Панамериканских игр, победитель многих международных турниров и национальных первенств.

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