Antonio Roldán

Antonio Roldán
Personal information
Born June 15, 1946
Died 27 January 1974
Medal record
Men’s Boxing
Competitor for  Mexico
Olympic Games
Gold 1968 Mexico City Featherweight

Antonio Roldán Reyna (born June 15, 1946 in Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, died 27 January 1974) was a boxer from Mexico. He competed in the featherweight division (– 57 kg) during his career as an amateur.

Amateur career

Roldan was a gold medalist at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the Featherweight division. He won a disputed bout over silver medalist Al Robinson. Robinson was dominating the fight when suddenly the referee gave Robinson a warning, and about a minute later, the referee issued a second violation, an automatic disqualification.

Pro career

Roldan had an unsuccessful pro career, retiring in 1973 after a KO loss to Armando Muniz having won 2 and lost 2.

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1904: 115-125 lb (52.2-56.7 kg), 1908: 116-126 lb (52.6-57.2 kg), 1920-1928: 118-126 lb (53.5-57.2 kg), 1932+1936: 119-126 lb (54.0-57.2 kg), 1948: 54-58 kg 1952-2008: 54-57 kg

1904: Oliver Kirk (USA) • 1908: Richard Gunn (GBR) • 1920: Paul Fritsch (FRA) • 1924: Jackie Fields (USA) • 1928: Bep van Klaveren (NED) • 1932: Carmelo Robledo (ARG) • 1936: Oscar Casanovas (ARG) • 1948: Ernesto Formenti (ITA) • 1952: Ján Zachara (TCH) • 1956: Vladimir Safronov (URS) • 1960: Francesco Musso (ITA) • 1964: Stanislav Stepashkin (URS) • 1968: Antonio Roldán (MEX) • 1972: Boris Kuznetsov (URS) • 1976: Ángel Herrera (CUB) • 1980: Rudi Fink (GDR) • 1984: Meldrick Taylor (USA) • 1988: Giovanni Parisi (ITA) • 1992: Andreas Tews (GER) • 1996: Somluck Kamsing (THA) • 2000: Bekzat Sattarkhanov (KAZ) • 2004: Aleksei Tishchenko (RUS) • 2008: Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR)