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Arnaldo Mesa (born December 6, 1967) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In the final of the Bantamweight (– 54kg) division he was defeated by Hungary's István Kovács. A year earlier, at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, he captured the gold medal in his division. In 1986 he already won the bronze medal at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno.
[edit] Olympic results
- Defeated John Larbi (Sweden) 19-5
- Defeated Zahir Raheem (United States) RSC 1 (2:15)
- Defeated Rachid Bouaita (France) 15-8
- Defeated Raimkul Malakhbekov (Russia) 14-14 (referee's decision)
- Lost to István Kovács (Hungary) 7-14
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