Emilio Correa (boxer born 1953), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Cuban boxer
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Place of Birth: Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba
About Emilio Correa (boxer born 1953)
- Emilio Correa (born May 21, 1953) is a Cuban former amateur boxer who won welterweight gold at the Olympics 1972.
- He is not to be confused with his middleweight namesake, who is actually his son. Inspired by his compatriots Roberto Caminero "Chocolatico" PĂ©rez, Enrique RegĂĽeiferos, FĂ©lix Betancourt and Rolando Garbey who also hail from Santiago de Cuba, he started boxing in 1966. At the PanAm Games in Cali, Colombia (1971) he won gold against American Larry Carlisle, but it was not until he beat Betancourt at the national championships in 1972 that he was able to secure his ticket to the Olympics. There he knocked out defending champion Manfred Wolke and beat the rest on points to win the first Cuban welterweight gold.
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