Ángel Herrera Vera

Angel Herrera

Angel Herrera battling Siegfried Mehnert (GDR)
Personal information
Full name Angel Herrera Vera
Nationality  Cuba
Born August 2, 1957 (1957-08-02) (age 54)
Guantánamo
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 57 kilograms (130 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Lightweight and Featherweight

Ángel Herrera Vera (born August 2, 1957 in Guantánamo) is a Cuban boxer, who won two Olympic gold medals, and the world title at the second World Championships in Belgrade.

First competing in the featherweight (– 57 kg) category, he won the 1976 Olympics as well as the 1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He then competed in lightweight (– 60 kg) to win another Olympic gold in 1980, and his second World Title in Munich, West Germany. In 1983 he won a silver medal at the Pan American Games.

Results

1976 Summer Olympics

1978 World Amateur Championships

1980 Summer Olympics

1982 World Amateur Championships

References

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)
1904: 125–135 lb (56.7–61.2 kg), 1908: 126–140 lb (57.2–63.5 kg), 1920–1936: 126–135 lb (57.2–61.2 kg), 1948: 58–62 kg 1952–2008: 57–60 kg

1904: Harry Spanjer (USA) • 1908: Frederick Grace (GBR) • 1920: Samuel Mosberg (USA) • 1924: Hans Jacob Nielsen (DEN) • 1928: Carlo Orlandi (ITA) • 1932: Lawrence Stevens (RSA) • 1936: Imre Harangi (HUN) • 1948: Gerald Dreyer (RSA) • 1952: Aureliano Bolognesi (ITA) • 1956: Richard McTaggart (GBR) • 1960: Kazimierz Paździor (POL) • 1964: Józef Grudzień (POL) • 1968: Ronnie Harris (USA) • 1972: Jan Szczepański (POL) • 1976: Howard Davis (USA) • 1980: Ángel Herrera (CUB) • 1984: Pernell Whitaker (USA) • 1988: Andreas Zülow (GDR) • 1992: Oscar De La Hoya (USA) • 1996: Hocine Soltani (ALG) • 2000–2004: Mario Kindelán (CUB) • 2008: Aleksei Tishchenko (RUS)
1974 – 2009: up to 57 kg

1974: Howard Davis (USA)  · 1978: Ángel Herrera (CUB)  · 1982: Adolfo Horta (CUB)  · 1986: Kelcie Banks (USA)  · 1989: Ayrat Khamatov (URS)  · 1991: Kirkor Kirkorov (BUL)  · 1993: Serafim Todorov (BUL)  · 1995: Serafim Todorov (BUL)  · 1997: István Kovács (HUN)  · 1999: Ricardo Juarez (USA)  · 2001: Ramaz Paliani (TUR)  · 2003: Galib Jafarov (KAZ)  · 2005: Aleksei Tishchenko (RUS)  · 2007: Albert Selimov (RUS)  · 2009: Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR)
1974 – 2011: up to 60 kg

1974: Vassily Solomin (URS)  · 1978: Davidson Andeh (NGR)  · 1982: Ángel Herrera (CUB)  · 1986: Adolfo Horta (CUB)  · 1989: Julio González (CUB)  · 1991: Marco Rudolph (GER)  · 1993: Damian Austin (CUB)  · 1995: Leonard Doroftei (ROM)  · 1997: Alexander Maletin (RUS)  · 1999: Mario Kindelán (CUB)  · 2001: Mario Kindelán (CUB)  · 2003: Mario Kindelán (CUB)  · 2005: Yordenis Ugás (CUB)  · 2007: Frankie Gavin (ENG)  · 2009: Domenico Valentino (ITA)  · 2011: Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR)