Pablo Romero

Career

The dominant light-heavy of the eighties he never participated in Olympics as his country boycotted both the 1984 and 1988 games. He was a tall boxer-puncher with a strong jab. At the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships he once again finished first.

At the semis he was outboxed on the inside by future Olympic gold medalist Andrew Maynard but knocked Maynard down who quit with a twisted ankle.

Cuba boycotted the Olympics in 1984 and 1988.

Achievements

• At the 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships he won his first title. He won the PanAm Games 1983 in Caracas beating Evander Holyfield in the finals. He won the PanAm Games in 1987 in Indianiapolis. At the 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships he lost to reigning Olympic middleweight champion Henry Maske a tall southpaw from East Germany and settled for silver.