Jorge Julio Rocha

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Olympic medal record
Men's Boxing
Bronze	Seoul 1988	Bantamweight

Jorge Eliecer Julio Rocha (born April 4, 1969 in El Reten, Magdalena) was a Colombian boxer. At the 1988 Summer Olympics he won a bronze medal in the men's Bantamweight category, together with Phajol Moolsan of Thailand.

Julio turned pro in 1989 and won his first twenty-six fights, culminating on 9 October 1992 with a win over Eddie Cook for the WBA Bantamweight title. He lost the belt in a unanimous decision to Junior Jones in 1993 He went on to capture the WBO Bantamweight title in 1998 but lost the belt in 2000 to Johnny Tapia. His career then began to go downhill and in 2002 he lost to Manny Pacquiao by a TKO, and again in 2003 to Israel Vázquez.

[edit] Professional career

Preceded by Eddie Cook	WBA Bantamweight Champion 9 Oct 1992– 23 Oct 1993	Succeeded by Junior Jones
Preceded by Robbie Regan Vacated	WBO Bantamweight Champion 28 Jul 1997– 8 Jan 2000	Succeeded by Johnny Tapia

[edit] Olympic Results

• Defeated Hormillosa (Philippines) TKO 3
• Defeated Nieves (Puerto Rico) points
• Defeated Rene Breitbarth (East Germany) points
• Defeated Emil Matsushima (Japan) points
• Lost to Alexandar Hristov (Bulgaria) points

[edit] External links

• Boxing Record
• databaseOlympics.com