Víctor Avendaño

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gold 1928 Light heavyweight

Víctor Avendaño (born May 5, 1907 in Buenos Aires , Argentina , † July 1, 1984 ) was an Argentine boxer .

Amateur career

Avendaño beat Sergio Ojeda , Donald Carrick , Don McCorkindale and Ernst Pistulla at the 1928 Olympic Games in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam , each on points and became an Olympic light heavyweight champion .

professional

With the professionals he completed a total of only five fights, all of which took place in his home country Buenos Aires. He won two of them, lost two and one ended in a “no contest”.

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SURNAME Avendaño, Víctor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION argentinian boxer
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 1984