José Gómez Mustelier

José Gómez Mustelier (born January 28, 1959 ) is a former Cuban boxer . He was world champion of amateurs in 1978 and Olympic champion in 1980 in the middleweight division.

Career

José Gómez started boxing as a teenager and quickly developed into a world class boxer. At the age of 18, the 1.82 m tall, very agile and technically excellent boxer was Cuban runner-up in the senior middleweight division. During his time as an active boxer he was nominally a member of the Cuban armed forces, but had all the freedom to pursue his sport.

In 1977 he won the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Panama City . A knockout victory in the first round over Carlos Abarca from El Salvador and a demolition victory in the third round over Carlos González García from Colombia was enough for him to win the title.

In 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982 and 1983 Gómez became the Cuban middleweight champion. In 1982 and 1983 he defeated Bernardo Comas in the final , who was his toughest competitor for Cuba's starting positions in the international championships.

In 1978 he started at the World Cup of Amateurs in Belgrade . In the middleweight division he came to a non-fighting victory over Matoung Essadeg from Liberia , then defeated Phil Elwaine from Australia on points (4: 1), defeated Slobodan Kačar from Yugoslavia by breaking off in the 2nd round and also won the final over Tarmo Uusivirta from Finland , which he beat 5-0 judges' votes on points. At the age of 19 he became world champion .

In 1979 Gómez came to the "Golden Belt" tournament in Bucharest to a break-off victory in the 3rd round over the strong Valentin Silaghi , who later emigrated to the Federal Republic of Germany and earned many services there as a coach. In the same year he also won the Pan American Games in San Juan , Puerto Rico . In the middleweight division he came to a points win over James Williamson from the United States, a knockout win id 1st round over Alfred Thomas from Guiana and a demolition win id 1st round over Carlos Fonseca from Brazil .

Gómez's successful streak continued in 1980. He defeated at the important boxing tournament of the Cuban Boxing Association Giraldo Córdova Cardín in Holguín middleweight Bernardo Comas on points and secured the starting place at the Olympic Games this year in Moscow . In the first round of the Olympic boxing tournament, he met Enock Chama from Zambia , who was completely unknown in the international boxing scene and who demanded a lot from him and whom he only narrowly defeated with 3: 2 judges' votes. In the next fight he came to a knockout victory in the 2nd round over Chang Bon Mun from North Korea and in the semifinals he defeated Valentin Silaghi on points. In the final battle, he defeated the Soviet favorite Viktor Savchenko in a technically superior battle with 4: 1 judges' votes and thus became Olympic champion .

In 1981 there were no world championships. But Gómez won the Giraldo-Córdova-Cardín tournament again over Bernardo Comas and also came first at the boxing highlight of this year, the World Cup in Budapest in the middleweight division. He won over Harry Black from Canada by KO in the 1st round, over Amir Jabbar from Iraq by breaking off in the 2nd round and over Juri Torbek from the USSR on points (5-0).

1982 Gómez was Cuban middleweight champion, but retired from the "Giraldo-Córdova-Cardín" tournament early. For this reason, Bernardo Comas , who won this tournament, was sent to the world championship in Munich , where he secured the world title in the middleweight division. For Gomez in 1982 only the victory in the championship of the armies of the Warsaw Pact in Havana remained . There he won the middleweight finals over Zoltan Füzesy from Hungary on points.

After Gómez had become Cuban middleweight champion again in 1983 with a demolition win in the 2nd round over Bernardo Comas , he started at the Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale) and had to be beaten there by Henry Maske from the GDR on points. This defeat was followed by another at the Giraldo-Córdova-Cardín tournament in Santiago de Cuba , where he was defeated by his tough competitor Bernardo Comas on points. Comas therefore received the Cuban starting place in the middleweight division at the Pan American Games. Jose Gomez achieved another remarkable victory in 1983 when he beat Virgil Hill , who would later become professional world champion, on points in an international match between Cuba and the USA in Havana .

At the end of 1983 he ended his career as a boxer. He was only 24 years old at the time, but had been in high-performance training for almost ten years.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
1977	1.	"Giraldo-Córdova-Cardín" tournament in Matanzas	medium	with a point victory in the final over Hermengildo Baez , Cuba
1977	1.	Central American and Caribbean Championships in Panama City	medium	with a knockout victory in the 1st round over Carlos Abarca, El Salvador u. a demolition win in the 3rd round over Carlos Gonzalez Garcia, Colombia
1977	3.	Championship of the Warsaw Pact armies in Havana	medium	behind Leonid Schaposhnikov and Vladimir Shin , bde. USSR
1978	1.	Intern. Tournament in Alma-Ata	medium
1978	1.	"Giraldo-Córdova-Cardín" tournament in Cienfuegos	medium	with a demolition win in the 1st round over Ventura Donatien, Cuba
1978	1.	World Cup in Belgrade	medium	with a non-fighting victory over Matoung Essadeg, Liberia , a point win over Phil Elwaine, Australia (4: 1), a demolition win in the 2nd round over Slobodan Kačar , Yugoslavia and the like. a point win over Tarmo Uusivirta , Finland
1978	1.	Central American and Caribbean Championships in Medellín	medium	with a victory in the final over Clemente Ortiz, Dom. Rep.
1979	1.	Strandscha tournament in Sofia	medium	with a point victory in the final over Kostadin Folew, Bulgaria
1979	1.	"Golden Belt" tournament in Bucharest	medium	with a demolition win in the 3rd round over Valentin Silaghi , Romania
1979	1.	"Giraldo-Córdova-Cardín" tournament in Havana	medium	with a knockout win in the 2nd round over Ventura Donatien, Cuba
1979	1.	Pan American Games in San Juan , Puerto Rico	medium	with a points win over James Williamson, USA , a knockout win in the 1st round over Alfred Thomas, Guayana u. a demolition win in the 1st round over Carlos Fonseca, Brazil
1980	1.	Grand Prix in Ústí nad Labem	medium	with a demolition win in the 3rd round in the final over A. Minikajew, USSR
1980	1.	Honved Cup in Budapest	medium	with a demolition win in the 1st round in the final over Mihaly Rapcsak, Hungary
1980	1.	"Giraldo-Córdova-Cardín" tournament in Holguín	medium	with a demolition win in the 1st round over Bernardo Comas , Cuba
1980	gold	OS in Moscow	medium	with a point victory over Enock Chama, Zambia (3: 2 judges' votes), a knockout victory in the 2nd round over Chan Bon Mun, North Korea , a point victory over Valentin Silaghi u. a point victory over Viktor Savchenko , USSR (4: 1)
1981	1.	"Giraldo-Córdova-Cardín" tournament in Havana	medium	with a point win in the final over Bernardo Comas
1981	1.	Championship of the armies of the Warsaw Pact in Pécs	medium	with a knockout victory in the first round in the final over Vladimir Gorbunow, USSR
1981	1.	North American Championship in Shreveport	medium
1981	1.	World Cup in Montreal	medium	with a knockout win in the 1st round over Harry Black, Canada , a demolition win in the 2nd round over Amir Jabbar, Iraq and the like. a point win over Juri Torbek, USSR (5: 0)
1982	1.	Championship of the Warsaw Pact armies in Havana	medium	with a point victory in the final over Zoltan Füzesy, Hungary
1983	3.	Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale)	medium	after losing points in the semifinals against Henry Maske , GDR
1983	2.	"Giraldo-Córdova-Cardín" tournament in Santiago de Cuba	medium	after a point defeat in the final against Bernard Comas

International battles

year	place	encounter	Weight class	Result
1977	Houston	USA versus Cuba	medium	Demolition winner in the 2nd round over Lindell Holmes
1978	new York	USA versus Cuba	medium	Points winner over Alex Ramos
1979	Havana	Cuba versus USA	medium	Demolition winner in the 2nd lap over Monte Oswald
1980	Charlotte	USA versus Cuba	medium	Points winner over Jeff McCracken
1982	Havana	Cuba versus USA	medium	Demolition winner in the 3rd round over Michael Grogan
1983	Havana	Cuba versus USA	medium	Points winner over Virgil Hill

Cuban championships

year	space	Weight class	Result
1977	2.	medium	after a loss to Emilio Correa Vaillant
1978	1.	medium	with a points win over Alejandro Montoya
1979	1.	medium	with a point win over Manuel Cordero
1980	1.	medium	with a points win over Alejandro Montoya
1982	1.	medium	with a point win over Bernardo Comas (5: 0)
1983	1.	medium	with a demolition win in the 2nd round over Bernardo Comas

Note: OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, middleweight, up to 75 kg body weight

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• Website http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl
• Website http.//www.sports-reference.com
• Box Sport magazine

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Fight between José Gómez and Viktor Savchenko at the 1980 Olympic Games