Jerry Page
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Olympic medal record | |||
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Gold | Los Angeles 1984 | Light Welterweight | |
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Silver | Caracas 1983 | Light Welterweight |
Jerry Louis Page (born January 15, 1961 in Columbus, Ohio) was an American boxer, who won the light welterweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. A year earlier he won a silver medal at the 1983 Pan American Games.
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[edit] Amateur Career
Page was an Olympic Gold Medalist at 139 lbs at the 1984 Olympics.
[edit] Olympic Results
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Helmut Gertel (West Germany) 5-0
- Defeated Ostavio Robles (Mexico) 5-0
- Defeated Kim Dong-Kil (South Korea) 4-1
- Defeated Mirko Puzović (Yugoslavia) 5-0
- Defeated Dhawee Umponmaha (Thailand) 5-0
[edit] Pro Career
Page began his professional career in 1985 and won his first 8 bouts before being upset in a decision loss to Terrence Alli in 1988. This loss signaled the beginning of an early end for Page, who lost a decision to Frankie Randall in 1989 and hung up the gloves in 1990 with a career record of 11-4-0.