Amado Azar

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Amado Azar boxer
Amado Azar
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Birth Name
Weight class medium weight
nationality Argentina
birthday December 31, 1913
place of birth Cordoba (Argentina)
Date of death April 11, 1971

Amado Azar (born December 31, 1913 in Cordoba ; † April 11, 1971 ) was an Argentine middleweight boxer and silver medalist at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles . He is the younger brother of the professional boxer Jorge Azar.

Amado Azar reached the middleweight finals at the 10th Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, where he was defeated by the American Carmen Barth on points. In the semifinals he had defeated the French Roger Michelot and in the quarterfinals the Italian Aldo Longinotti.

In 1933 he began a career as a professional boxer and played 66 fights, of which he won 53 and 7 were scored. He defeated the Spanish European Champion Ignacio Ara several times. He also beat the European champion Jose Martínez Valero . He suffered four of his six defeats against his compatriot Raul Rodriguez. In 1945 he ended his professional career with a points win against Young John Herrera, who could not beat him in seven encounters.

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SURNAME Azar, Amado
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sapo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION argentinian boxer
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Cordoba
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1971