Eladio Herrera

Eladio Herrera
Data
Birth Name	Eladio Oscar Herrera
Fight name	El Negrito
Weight class	Light heavyweight
nationality	Argentina
birthday	February 9, 1930
place of birth	Buenos Aires
Combat Statistics
Struggles	2
Victories	1
Knockout victories	1
Defeats	1
Profile in the BoxRec database
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Olympic games bronze Helsinki 1952 Light middleweight

Eladio Oscar Herrera ; (Born February 9, 1930 in Buenos Aires ) is a retired Argentine boxer. He was a participant in the Summer Olympics in London in 1948 and in Helsinki in 1952 .

Herrera won the bronze medal in the light middleweight division at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki . After the Olympics, he turned professional. His professional career did not last very long, however. He lost his second fight against Ubaldo Sacco and ended his professional career. He became a physical education teacher and trainer at Almagro Boxing Club in Buenos Aires .

Fight in the Olympics

Boxing tournament in London in 1948

• 1st round: BYE
• 2nd round: Victory against Humberto Loayza ( Chile )

• Quarter-finals: loss to Hank Herring ( USA )

Boxing tournament in Helsinki in 1952

• 1st round: Victory against Ardashes Saginian ( Iran )
• 2nd round: win against Josef Hamberger ( Austria )
• Quarterfinals: Victory by disqualification in the 3rd round against Guido Mezzinghi ( Italy )
• Semifinals: defeat against László Papp ( Hungary )

Career as a professional

Herrera fought a fight in 1953 and 1955. He ended his professional career with a fight record of 1: 1

• March 11, 1953: KO victory against Miguel Luches i (Argentina)
• February 11, 1955: loss on points to Ubaldo Sacco (Argentina)

Web links

Eladio, Herrera in the Olympedia.org database , accessed June 9, 2020.