Marcelino Bolívar

Marcelino Bolívar
Data
Birth Name	José Marcelino Bolívar
Weight class	Light flyweight
nationality	Venezuela
birthday	July 14, 1964
place of birth	Soledad , Venezuela
size	1.60 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	21st
Victories	17th
Knockout victories	16
Defeats	4th
draw	0
No value	0
Profile in the BoxRec database
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Olympic games bronze 1984 Los Angeles -48 kg

José Marcelino Bolívar (born July 14, 1964 in Soledad near Ciudad Bolívar ) is a former Venezuelan boxer .

successes

José Marcelino Bolívar is bronze medalist of the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1982 and 1986, silver medalist of the South American Championships in 1983, and quarter-finalist of the Pan American Games in 1983 and the 1986 World Championships .

At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles , he won a bronze medal after defeating Nelson Jamili, Agapito Gómez and Carlos Motta and only eliminated in the semi-finals against Paul Gonzales . At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul , he was eliminated in the first fight against Jesús Beltre.

From 1989 to 1994 he played 21 professional fights in Venezuela, Panama and Thailand, of which he won 17, 16 of them prematurely. His opponents included Carlos Murillo and Kermin Guardia . In his last fight he boxed against Ratanapol Sor Vorapin for the IBF world title, but lost to TKo in the fourth round.

After his active career, he became a trainer in a fitness club named after him in Soledad.

Web links

• Marcelino Bolívar in the BoxRec database
• Marcelino Bolívar in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )