Jorge Julio Rocha

Olympic medal record
Men's Boxing
	Seoul 1988	Bantamweight

Jorge Eliécer Julio Rocha (born April 4, 1969 in El Reten, Magdalena) is a former Colombian bantamweight boxer best known to win the WBA and later the WBO title as a pro.

Amateur

At the 1988 Summer Olympics he won a bronze medal in the men's Bantamweight category after losing to Aleksandar Khristov.

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 Aleksandar Khristov (Bulgaria) points

Pro

Julio turned pro in 1989 and won his first twenty-six fights, culminating on 9 October 1992 with a win over southpaw Eddie Cook for the WBA Bantamweight title. He lost the belt in a unanimous decision to Junior Jones in 1993 but was the first to knock Jones down.

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 TKO, and again in 2003 to Israel Vázquez.

Professional career

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

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