Orlando Maldonado

Medal record
Competitor for  Puerto Rico
Men's Boxing
Olympic Games
Bronze	1976 Montreal	Light Flyweight

Orlando Maldonado (born May 21, 1959 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico) is a retired boxer from Puerto Rico, who won the bronze medal in the men's light flyweight (– 48 kg) division at the 1976 Summer Olympics.^[1] It was the second only the second medal ever for Puerto Rico, after boxer Juan Evangelista Venegas captured the Bronze medal in 1948.

Amateur career

Maldonado was the 1977 National Golden Gloves Flyweight champion, while boxing out of Miami, Florida.

Olympic Results

• Defeated Lucky Mutale (Zambia) walk-over
• Defeated Brendan Dunne (Ireland) KO 1
• Defeated Héctor Patri (Argentina) 5-0
• Lost to Jorge Hernández (Cuba) 0-5

Pro career

Maldonado turned professional in 1977 and in 1983 challenged Rafael Orono for the WBC Super Flyweight Title but lost via TKO. He retired in 1984 with a record of 26-5-2 with 13 KO's.

References

1. ^ "Orlando Maldonado". databaseSports.com. http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MALDOORL01. Retrieved 3 November 2010. 

• Professional boxing record for Orlando Maldonado from BoxRec

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Name	Maldonado, Orlando
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Date of birth	May 21, 1959
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