Claudio Barrientos

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Claudio Barrientos boxer
Data
Birth Name Claudio Barrientos
Weight class Bantamweight
nationality Chilean
birthday November 10, 1936
place of birth Osorno
Date of death May 7, 1982
Combat Statistics
Struggles 11
Victories 3
Knockout victories 2
Defeats 5
draw 3

Claudio Barrientos (born November 10, 1936 in Osorno , Chile , † May 7, 1982 ) was a Chilean boxer.

career

Barrientos took part as Chilean representative in bantamweight at the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956 and won a bronze medal. In the quarter-finals he beat the Brazilian Éder Jofre , but then lost in the semifinals to the South Korean Soon-Chun Song , who in turn lost to Wolfgang Behrendt in the final .

In 1959 he began a short and unsuccessful professional career in which he could only win three of eleven fights. On July 15, 1960 there was a rematch of the Olympic quarter-finals against Eder Jofre, Barrientos lost by knockout in the eighth round. In September 1960 he was defeated in a fight for the Chilean bantamweight championship.

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personal data
SURNAME Barrientos, Claudio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chilean boxer
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Osorno
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 1982