Candelario Duvergel

Candelario Duvergel Hodelín (* 1963 in Niceto Pérez ; † June 17, 2016 in Havana ) was a Cuban boxer . He was vice- world champion of the amateurs 1986 in Reno welterweight.

Career

Candelario Duvergel was discovered in his childhood by Cuban talent scouts for boxing and systematically introduced to this sport. In accordance with the system of that time in Cuba , he was delegated to the boxing performance center in Guantánamo , where almost 90 percent of top Cuban boxers trained at that time. He got along well in the strict boarding school in Guantánamo and, under the care of head coach Zagarra, developed into one of the best amateur boxers in Cuba and the world at a young age. He was extremely fast, technically gifted and an extraordinary talent for movement, only sometimes suffered a little from the lack of hardness.

His first sensational fight gave Candelario Duvergel as part of a struggle Countries United States against Cuba in 1982 in Reno reigning world champion in the welterweight Mark Breland . He lost this fight just on points, but already showed his great disposition and made victory very difficult for Breland.

1983 Candelario Duvergel was the first Cuban welterweight champion. He then won this title nine times in a row by 1991, seven times in the world championship and twice in the light welterweight division . If you know of the strength and the extraordinary breadth of the Cuban boxers in those years, you cannot appreciate these successes highly enough.

From 1983 onwards there were also successes in the international arena. This year he was in Caracas with a demolition victory in the first round over Genaro León from Mexico for the first time Pan American light welterweight champion. He also won the North American championship and the World Cup light welterweight tournament in Rome that year. In Rome he defeated William Waliwango from Uganda , Vasily Schischow from the USSR and Imre Bacskai from Hungary .

In 1984 he started at the Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale) and suffered a point defeat against Torsten Schmitz , GDR , in the welterweight final . In the same year he started at the Intercup in Karlsruhe and defeated Alexander Künzler , Germany , clearly on points in the final . He was unable to take part in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles because the socialist states, including Cuba, boycotted these games. In contrast to all other socialist states of the time, Cuba then boycotted the 1985 World Cup in Seoul and the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul at the behest of Fidel Castro . Candelario Duvergel was therefore deprived of the opportunity to participate in the Olympic Games in 1984 and 1988 for political reasons by the communist rulers in Cuba. In a "replacement tournament" organized by the communist states for the Olympic Games, which took place in Havana in 1984 , he won over W. Sandford, Guayana , Imre Bacskai and others. Vyacheslav Janowski from the USSR and won this tournament.

He continued his career and won 1985 a. a. Tournaments in Ústí nad Labem , Ulaanbaatar , Havana and Maturín / Venezuela . With Juan Carlos Lemus , Cuba, and Alejandro Ugueto from Venezuela, he defeated very strong boxers.

In 1986 he took revenge on Torsten Schmitz for the defeat of 1984 at the Chemistry Cup in Halle. He won this tournament by defeating Schmitz. In 1986 he also took part in the World Championships in Reno / USA. There he won victories over V. Onsoy, Turkey , R. Khemais, Tunisia , D. Denny, Ireland and Torsten Schmitz, whom he narrowly defeated 3-2 in the semifinals. In the final battle, Candelario Duvergel was defeated by the American Kenneth Gould just as narrowly with 2: 3 judges' votes and thus became vice world champion .

In 1987 Candelario Duvergel won the Pan American Games for the second time in Indianapolis . In the light welterweight division he needed five fights and in the final he beat Todd Foster from the USA with 4-1 judges' votes. At the World Cup of the same year in Belgrade , he was disqualified in the fight against local Mirko Puzović in the 1st round and took 3rd place in the final score.

In 1988 Candelario Duvergel found his champion in the new boxing star from the GDR Siegfried Mehnert at the TSC tournament in Berlin (East) . Mehnert defeated him in the welterweight division with 4: 1 judges' votes. In 1989 Candelario Duvergel took part again in the World Cup, which took place in Moscow . In the light welterweight division, however, he was already defeated in the quarterfinals against Igor Ruschnikow from the USSR and took 5th place with three other boxers.

In 1990 he won the World Cup in Havana with a victory in the semifinals over Egidio Piseddu from the FRG and a victory in the final over his compatriot Liben Blanco. 1991 Candelario Duvergel reached at the Pan American Games in Havana after a defeat against Aníbal Santiago Acevedo from Puerto Rico in the light welterweight only the 5th place. At his last major international championship in which he took part, the 1991 World Cup in Sydney , he managed to win a medal again. After losing in the semifinals against Vernon Forrest from the USA, he won another bronze medal in the light welterweight division .

For participation in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona , Candelario Duvergel could no longer qualify. He then stepped back. Duvergel died of a heart attack in Havana on June 17, 2016. He worked as a trainer until shortly before his death.

International success

(WM = World Championship, Hw = light welterweight, We = welterweight, Hm = light middleweight, back then up to 63.5 kg, 67 kg and 71 kg body weight)

• 1983, 1st place , tournament in Ústí nad Labem , We, ahead of K. Kotowischikow, USSR ;
• 1983, 1st place , tournament in Bucharest , We, ahead of Mihai Ciobotaru, Romania ;
• 1983, 1st place , Pan-American Games in Caracas , Hw, ahead of Jerry Page , USA , Genaro Leon, Mexico a . Giovanni Lopez, cathedral. Rep .;
• 1983, 1st place , North America. Championship in Houston , Hw, ahead of Vincent Webb, USA;
• 1983, 1st place , World Cup in Rome , Hw, ahead of Imre Bacskai , Hungary a . Vasily Schischow , USSR;
• 1983, 1st place , Central America. Championship in Havana , We, ahead of L. Lacayo, Nicaragua ;
• 1984, 2nd place , Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale) , We, behind Torsten Schmitz , GDR ;
• 1984, 1st place , tournament in Ústí nad Labem, We, ahead of Mihei Ciabotaru;
• 1984, 1st place , Intercup in Karlsruhe , We, ahead of Alexander Künzler , FRG ;
• 1984, 1st place , "Giraldo Córdova Cardín" tournament in Havana, We, ahead of José Luis Hernández , Cuba;
• 1984, 1st place , tournament in Havana, Hw, before Vyacheslav Janowski , USSR a. Imre Bacskai;
• 1985, 1st place , tournament in Ulaanbaatar , We, ahead of K. Abboud, Algeria ;
• 1985, 1st place , Grand Prix in Ústí nad Labem, We, ahead of R. Ibischew, Bulgaria a . E. Hakimow, USSR;
• 1985, 1st place , "Giraldo Córdova Cardín" tournament in Havana, We, ahead of Juan Carlos Lemus , Cuba ;
• 1985, 1st place , Central America. Championship in Maturín / Venezuela , We, ahead of Alejandro Ugueto , Venezuela;
• 1986, 1st place , "Strandatja" tournament in Sofia , We, ahead of Angel Stojanow , Bulgaria;
• 1986, 1st place , Chemistry Cup in Halle / Saale, We, ahead of Torsten Schmitz;
• 1986, 1st place , Grand Prix in Ústí nad Labem, We, ahead of J. Kondrashov, USSR;
• 1986, 2nd place , World Cup in Reno / USA, We, behind Kenneth Gould , USA a. in front of Torsten Schmitz u. Tibor Molnar , Hungary ;
• 1987, 2nd place , Chemistry Cup in Halle / Saale, We, behind Siegfried Mehnert , GDR;
• 1987, 1st place , Grand Prix in Ústí nad Labem, We, ahead of Andrei Bjelow, USSR;
• 1987, 1st place , Pan American Games in Indianapolis , Hw, ahead of Todd Foster, USA, Daniel Cueto, Panama a . Wanderley Oliveira, Brazil ;
• 1987, 1st place , North American Championship, Hw, ahead of Pedro Saiz, Dom. Rep .;
• 1987, 3rd place , World Cup in Belgrade , Hw, winner: Mirko Puzović , Yugoslavia ;
• 1987, 1st place , Central America. Championship in San Jose / CRC, ahead of Humberto Aranda, CRC;
• 1988, 2nd place , TSC tournament in Berlin , We, behind Siegfried Mehnert;
• 1988, 1st place , Central America. Championship in Guatemala City , We, ahead of Humberto Aranda;
• 1989, 2nd place , "Strandatja" tournament in Sofia, We, behind Francisc Vaştag , Romania;
• 1989, 5th place , World Cup in Moscow , Hw, behind Igor Ruschnikow , USSR, Andreas Otto , GDR, Michael Carruth , Ireland a . Vukašin Dobrašinović , Yugoslavia;
• 1990, 1st place , World Cup in Havana, Hw, in front of Liben Blanco, Cuba a. Egidio Piseddu , FRG;
• 1990, 1st place , Central America a. Caribbean Championships in Mexico City , Hw, ahead of Andrew Lewis, Guiana ;
• 1991, 1st place , "Kings" Cup in Bangkok , Hw, ahead of Shane Mosley , USA;
• 1991, 3rd place , "Giraldo Córdova Cardín" tournament in Havana, Hw, winner: Héctor Vinent , Cuba;
• 1991, 5th place , Pan American Games in Havana, Hw, behind Steve Johnston , USA, Edgar Ruiz, Mexico, Aníbal Santiago Acevedo , Puerto Rico u. Wanderley Oliveira;
• 1991, 3rd place , World Championship in Sydney , Hw, behind Konstantin Tszyu , USSR a. Vernon Forrest , USA, together with Moses James, Nigeria ;
• 1992, 2nd place , Chemistry Cup in Halle / Saale, Hm, behind Orhan Delibas , Netherlands;
• 1992, 2nd place , intern. Retadores Match in Tampa, behind Vernon Forrest

International battles

• 1982 in Reno / USA, USA against Cuba , We, point defeat against Mark Breland ,
• 1983 in Havana, Cuba against USA, We, points winner over Ronnie Ersett,
• 1984 in Reno, USA against Cuba, We, points winner over Louis Howard

Cuban championship

(Final results)

• 1983, We, points winner over Orestes Solanos,
• 1984, We, points winner over José Luis Aguilar,
• 1985, We, points winner over José Luis Hernández ,
• 1986, We, points winner over Juan Carlos Lemus ,
• 1987, We, points winner over Juan Carlos Lemus,
• 1988, We, points winner over Juan Carlos Lemus,
• 1989, We, points winner over Juan Carlos Lemus,
• 1990, Hw, points winner over Juan P. Cano,
• 1991, Hw, point winner over Alexander Mesa ,
• 1992, Hw, point defeat in the semifinals against Héctor Vinent

swell

• Box Sport trade journal from 1982 to 1992,
• Website "www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl",
• Website "www.sport-aktuell.de",
• Website "sports123.com",
• Website "www.geocities.com"

Individual evidence

1. ^ Murió Candelario Duvergel (+ video). In: cubadebate.cu. June 22, 2016, Retrieved May 20, 2018 (Spanish).