Manuel Vilchez

Personal information

Full name

Manuel Vilchez Suárez

Nationality

Venezuela

Born

October 21, 1961

Height

1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)

Weight

54 kg (119 lb)

Sport

Boxing

Rated at

Bantamweight

Medal record

Pan American Games
	1983 Caracas	Bantamweight

Manuel Vilchez (born October 21, 1961) is a former Venezuelan boxer. At the 1984 Summer Olympics he lost in the first round of the men's bantamweight division (– 54 kg) to Uganda's John Siryakibbe. A year earlier he claimed the gold medal in the same division at the Pan American Games by defeating Pedro Nolasco of the Dominican Republic in the final.

Vilchez challenged Louie Espinoza for the World Boxing Association super-bantamweight title at Phoenix, Arizona, United States in 1987, but he lost by 15 round knockout.

References

Profile

Pan American Boxing Champions in Men's Bantamweight

1951 – 2007: up to 54 kg 2011: up to 56 kg

1951: Ricardo González (ARG) 1955: Salvador Enriquez (VEN) 1959: Waldo Claudiano (BRA) 1963: Abel Almaraz (ARG) 1967: Juvencio Martínez (MEX) 1971: Pedro Flores (MEX) 1975: Orlando Martínez (CUB) 1979: Jackie Beard (USA) 1983: Manuel Vilchez (VEN) 1987: Manuel Martínez (CUB) 1991: Enrique Carrion (CUB) 1995: Juan Despaigne (CUB) 1999: Gerald Tucker (USA) 2003: Guillermo Rigondeaux (CUB) 2007: Carlos Cuadras (MEX) 2011: Lázaro Álvarez (CUB)

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