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For the United States Air Force general (died 1989), see Jerry D. Page.
Olympic medal record Men's Boxing Gold Los Angeles 1984 Light Welterweight Pan American Games Silver Caracas 1983 Light Welterweight Jerry Louis Page (born January 15, 1961 in Columbus, Ohio) was an American boxer who won the light welterweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. A year earlier he won a silver medal at the 1983 Pan American Games.
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Amateur career
Page was an Olympic Gold Medalist at 139 lbs at the 1984 Olympics.[1]
Olympic Results
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Helmut Gertel (West Germany) 5-0
- Defeated Ostavio Robles (Mexico) 5-0
- Defeated Kim Dong-Kil (South Korea) 4-1
- Defeated Mirko Puzović (Yugoslavia) 5-0
- Defeated Dhawee Umponmaha (Thailand) 5-0
Professional career
Page began his professional career in 1985 and won his first 8 bouts before being beaten in a decision loss to Terrence Alli in 1988. This loss signaled the beginning of an early end for Page, who lost a decision to Frankie Randall in 1989 and hung retired in 1990 with a career record of 11-4-0.
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Olympic Boxing Champions in Men's Light Welterweight 1952–2000: 60–63.5 kg, 2004-2008: 60-64 kg 1952: Charles Adkins (USA) • 1956: Vladimir Yengibaryan (URS) • 1960: Bohumil Němeček (TCH) • 1964–1968: Jerzy Kulej (POL) • 1972: Ray Seales (USA) • 1976: Ray Leonard (USA) • 1980: Patrizio Oliva (ITA) • 1984: Jerry Page (USA) • 1988: Vyacheslav Yanovskiy (URS) • 1992–1996: Héctor Vinent (CUB) • 2000: Mahammatkodir Abdoollayev (UZB) • 2004: Manus Boonjumnong (THA) • 2008: Manuel Félix Díaz (DOM)
Categories:- 1961 births
- Living people
- Boxers at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- American boxers
- Olympic boxers of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- People from Columbus, Ohio
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- American boxing Olympic medalist stubs
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