Julio Quintana Martínez

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Julio Quintana Martínez (born February 17, 1962 in Pinar del Río ) is a former Cuban boxer .

Career

Julio Quintana comes from a sporty family in Pinar del Río. His father was a professional boxer in the time before the Cuban revolution, but without reaping great merits. He has five siblings, two of whom also boxed. The 1.83 meter tall athlete, who was an excellent stylist, was trained by Dr. Enrique Garmuri trains. He was a member of the Cuban protection and security organs, later joined the Cuban armed forces and studied sport during his career.

Since 1981 Julio Quintana was a member of the Cuban national boxer team. He stayed in Europe in the spring of this year and competed in the Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale) . There he was defeated in the final of the light middleweight division against Detlef Kästner from the GDR on points (0: 5). In the same year he also started at the "Giraldo-Cordova-Cardin" tournament, a very important tournament organized by the Cuban Boxing Association for Cuban boxers, where he fought his way to the final, in which he lost to Oleg Koliadin from the Soviet Union .

1982 Julio Quintana was Cuban runner-up in the light middleweight division. He lost it in the final against the 1980 Olympic champion Armando Martínez on points. Against the same boxer he was knocked out in the second round in the final of the "Giraldo-Cordova-Cardin" tournament in Guantánamo . For him it was a bitter defeat that prompted him to start in the higher weight classes in the future.

In 1983 he therefore fought two weight classes higher, namely in the light heavyweight division. In this new weight class, he created a surprise at the Cuban championship, because he defeated the reigning world champion in this weight class from 1982 Pablo Romero on points (4: 1) in the final battle . At the "Giraldo-Cordova-Cardin" tournament in Santiago de Cuba in 1983, however, Pablo Ramero retaliated and defeated Julio Quintano in the final on points (5-0). In 1983 he started at the Grad Prix in Ústí nad Labem and lost there in the light heavyweight division against Kurt Seiler from the Federal Republic of Germany on points. Julio Quintana landed a remarkable victory in 1983 in an international match in Camagüey between Cuba and the United States. He beat the later professional world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield clearly on points in the middleweight division .

In 1984 Julio Quintana lost in the final battle for the Cuban light heavyweight championship against Pablo Romero on points. At the "Giraldo-Cordova-Cardin" tournament he was also scored in the final by this boxer. A start at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles this year was not possible for him or for Pablo Romero because Cuba boycotted these Olympic Games for political reasons.

Also in 1985 Julio Quintana finished in the Cuban championship, where he started in the middleweight division, and in the "Giraldo-Cordova-Cardin" tournament in Ciego de Ávila only the 2nd place. Both times he was beaten by the 1982 middleweight champion Bernardo Comas . At the championship on points and in Ciego de Ávila by disqualification in the 3rd round.

1986 was the most successful year in Julio Quintana's career. Although he had to admit defeat in the final of the Cuban Middleweight Championship again Bernardo Comas on points, but in the "Giraldo-Cordova-Cardin" tournament he won the final over Lino Ramirez on points and thus fought for the starting place in the middleweight division for the world championship in Reno . In preparation for the world championship, he played the Strandja tournament in Sofia and the Grand Prix in Ústí nad Labem. In both tournaments he took 1st place. At the World Cup in Reno he beat Egerton Marcus from Canada (5-0), Dimitri Boliglasow from the USSR (5-0) and Carlos Herrera from Venezuela (4-1) on points. In the semifinals, however, he was defeated by the American Darin Allen on points (0: 5) and therefore had to be content with the World Cup bronze medal. But then he achieved success at the Central American & Caribbean Games in Santiago de los Caballeros . Here he won the middleweight division in the final over Francisco Rosario from the Dominican Republic, clearly on points (5-0).

In the following years he could no longer assert himself in Cuba. In the middleweight division, Ángel Espinosa became the dominant man that Julio Quintana could not defeat. Because of this, he did not get any further appearances at the major international championships.

International success

year space competition Weight class
1981 2. Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale) Semi-middle after a point loss in the final against Detlef Kästner , GDR (0: 5)
1981 2. "Giraldo-Cordova-Cardin" tournament in Havana Semi-middle after losing points in the final against Oleg Koliadin, USSR
1981 1. Championship of protection and Security organs of the states of the socialist countries in Havana Semi-middle with a point victory in the final over Alexander Sarochintsev, USSR
1981 2. Central American & Caribbean Championships in Santo Domingo , Dom. Rep. Semi-middle after losing points in the final against Jorge Amparo, Dom. Rep.
1982 2. "Giraldo-Cordova-Cardin" tournament in Guantánamo Semi-middle after a knockout loss in the 2nd round against Armando Martínez , Cuba
1982 1. Championship of the Warsaw Pact armies in Havana Semi-difficult with a victory in the final over Gustave Robledo, Nicaragua
1983 2. Grand Prix in Ústí nad Labem Semi-difficult after losing points in the final against Kurt Seiler , FRG
1983 1. "Golden Belt" tournament in Bucharest Semi-difficult with a demolition win in the 3rd round over Giorgica Donici, Romania
1983 2. "Giraldo Cordova Cardin" tournament in Santiago de Cuba Semi-difficult after a point defeat against Pablo Romero , Cuba (0: 5)
1984 3. Chemistry Cup in Halle (Saale) Semi-difficult after a point defeat in the semifinals against Markus Bott , Germany
1984 1. Grand Prix in Ústí nad Labem Semi-difficult with a point victory in the final over Detlef Friese, GDR
1984 2. "Giraldo-Cordova-Cardin" tournament in Sancti Spíritus Semi-difficult after a point defeat in the final against Pablo Romero (1: 4)
1985 2. "Giraldo-Cordova-Cardin" tournament in Ciego de Ávila medium with a point win in the final over Lino Ramirez, Cuba (5-0)
1985 1. Central American & Caribbean Championships in Maturín / Venezuela Semi-difficult with a point win in the final over Raimundo Yant, Venezuela
1985 2. Championship of the Warsaw Pact armies in Bydgoszcz medium with a victory over Stanislaw Smirnow, USSR a. a point loss to Henryk Petrich , Poland
1986 1. "Giraldo-Cordova-Cardin" tournament in Camagüey medium with a point win in the final over Lino Ramirez (5: 0)
1986 1. Strandja tournament in Sofia medium with a knockout victory in the 1st round over Filko Ruschukliew, Bulgaria
1986 1. Grand Prix in Ústí nad Labem medium with a point victory in the final over Andrei Schalow, USSR
1986 3. World Cup in Reno medium with points wins over Egerton Marcus , Canada (5: 0), Dimitri Boliglasow, USSR (5: 0) and Carlos Herrera, Venezuela (4: 1) and a point defeat against Darrin Allen , USA ) 0: 5)
1986 1. Central American & Caribbean Championships in Santiago de los Caballeros medium with points wins over Anibal Marrero, Puerto Rico (5: 0), Carlos Herrera, Venezuela (3: 2) and Francisco Rosario, Dom. Rep. (5: 0)
1987 2. "Giraldo-Cordova-Cardin" tournament in Santa Clara medium with an abandonment loss in the 1st round against Ángel Espinosa
1987 2. 18th TSC tournament in Berlin medium after losing points in the final against Sven Ottke , FRG
1989 1. Central American & Caribbean Championships in Santo Domingo Semi-difficult with a demolition win in the 1st round in the final over Juan Jimenez, Dom. Rep.

International match

year place encounter Weight class Result
1983 Camaguey Cuba versus USA medium Points winner over Evander Holyfield (5: 0)

Cuban championships

year space Weight class Result
1982 2. Semi-middle Point defeat in the final against Armando Martínez (0: 5)
1983 1. Semi-difficult Points winner in the final over Pablo Romero (4: 1)
1984 2. Semi-difficult Point defeat in the final against Pablo Romero
1985 2. medium Aborted defeat in the 3rd round against Bernardo Comas
1986 2. medium Point defeat in the final against Bernardo Comas
1987 2. medium after losing points to Ángel Espinosa
1989 3. Semi-difficult behind Orlando Despaigne u. Pablo Romero

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personal data
SURNAME Quintana Martínez, Julio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Quintana, Julio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION cuban boxer
DATE OF BIRTH 17th February 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Pinar del Río