Juan Venegas boxeur
- combats
- 32
- gagnés
- 20
- perdus
- 10
- match nul
- 2
- Situation
- inactive
- Division
- featherweight
- Début
- 1948-10-20
- Taille
- -
- Allonge
- -
- âge
- -
- Né
- 1929-06-02
- Décès
- -
- Nationalité
- Puerto Rico
Juan Evangelista Venegas (December 27, 1928 – April 16, 1987) was a Puerto Rican boxer notable for winning Puerto Rico's first Olympic medal.Venegas (birth name: Juan Evangelista Venegas Trinidadnote 1) was born in an underprivileged section of the town of Río Piedras. Río Piedras at the time was not incorporated into the City of San Juan, Puerto Rico. There street fighting was a common way of life and many of the youth at that time saw the sport of boxing as a way to a better life. Among them was Venegas, who admired Puerto Rico's first international boxing champion, Sixto Escobar. Venegas took up boxing and his performance in the ring soon caught the attention of the island's recently established Olympic Committee. In 1948 the Puerto Rican Olympic Committee included him in the delegation which would represent the island.The 1948 Summer Olympics celebrated in London, was a historical one for Puerto Rico because it was the first time that the island would participate as a nation in an international sporting event. The island's delegation consisted of twelve members. In their opening ceremonies, the Puerto Rican delegation carried the flag of the United States into the Olympic stadium. The United States protested, claiming that two nations could not use the same flag at the same time. The decree of Commonwealth on July 25, 1952, would give the Puerto Rican delegation a flag of their own.In the 1948 Summer Olympics, known as the XIV Olympics, Juan Evangelista Venegas made Puerto Rican sports history by winning Puerto Rico's first Olympic medal ever when he beat Belgium's representative, Louis Callenboat, on points for a unanimous decision. He won the bronze medal in boxing in the Bantamweight division, falling short of the silver medal to Giovanni Zuddas.Below are the results of Juan Evangelista Venegas who competed as a bantamweight boxer for Puerto Rico at the 1948 London Olympics:After returning to a hero's welcome to Puerto Rico, Venegas turned professional. In 1948, Venegas made his professional boxing debut against Puerto Rican Abelardo Alejandro. Venegas, a southpaw, fought in the bantamweight and featherweight division for a total of 32 fights, compiling a record of 20-10-2. His last fight was in 1958 against Al Tisi.
Date | Adversaire | Derniers résultats des adversaires | Lieu | Result |
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1958-03-21 | Al Tisi | LWLLWW | Madison Square Garden, New York | LOST Unanimous decision |
1958-03-01 | Harvey Charles | LLLWWW | Eastern Parkway Arena, Brooklyn | LOST Points |
1958-01-10 | Wally Livingston | WLWWWW | Madison Square Garden, New York | WIN Unanimous decision |
1957-12-30 | Iggy Maldonado | WDWLLW | St. Nicholas Arena, New York | WIN Points |
1957-12-02 | Al Tisi | LLLLWL | St. Nicholas Arena, New York | WIN Majority decision |
1955-06-03 | Joe Wilkinson | WLLWLW | Sixto Escobar Stadium, San Juan | LOST Points |
1955-05-14 | Joe Wilkinson | WWLLWL | Sixto Escobar Stadium, San Juan | LOST Points |
1955-04-30 | Black Pico | LLWWWL | Sixto Escobar Stadium, San Juan | DRAW Points |
1955-02-19 | Black Pico | WLLWWW | Sixto Escobar Stadium, San Juan | WIN Unanimous decision |
1954-09-11 | Joe Quezada | WWWWLW | Sixto Escobar Stadium, San Juan | WIN Points |
1954-05-07 | George Seabrook | LDDLWL | Sixto Escobar Stadium, San Juan | WIN Points |
1951-09-25 | Rafael Pichardo | L | Sixto Escobar Stadium, San Juan | WIN Points |
1951-08-21 | Rafael Pichardo | debut | Sixto Escobar Stadium, San Juan | WIN Technical knockout |
1951-08-14 | Asuncion Llanos | LLLLLL | Sixto Escobar Stadium, San Juan | WIN Technical knockout |
1951-06-26 | Asuncion Llanos | LLLLLL | Sixto Escobar Stadium, San Juan | WIN Unanimous decision |
1951-06-07 | Ramon Hernandez | DWWLLW | Sixto Escobar Stadium, San Juan | WIN Points |
1951-06-06 | Asuncion Llanos | LLLLLL | Sixto Escobar Stadium, San Juan | WIN Unanimous decision |
1951-05-01 | Jose Colon Garcia | LLLLWL | Sixto Escobar Stadium, San Juan | WIN Corner retirement |
1951-04-17 | Miguel Berrios | WWWLWW | Sixto Escobar Stadium, San Juan | LOST Unanimous decision |
1951-03-27 | Jose Colon Garcia | LLLLLW | Sixto Escobar Stadium, San Juan | WIN Technical knockout |
1950-10-09 | William Hernandez | WW | Sixto Escobar Stadium, San Juan | WIN Technical knockout |
1950-08-31 | William Hernandez | W | Sixto Escobar Stadium, San Juan | LOST Technical knockout |
1950-08-11 | Max Morales | WWWWWW | Sixto Escobar Stadium, San Juan | LOST Points |
1950-07-28 | Juan Vega Melendez | LWWWW | Sixto Escobar Stadium, San Juan | WIN Points |
1950-06-23 | Kid Loyola | WWLDWL | Sixto Escobar Stadium, San Juan | WIN Points |
1950-06-09 | Jerry Kortright | WLLLDL | Sixto Escobar Stadium, San Juan | WIN Split-decision |
1950-05-26 | Abelardo Alejandro | LWLLLW | Sixto Escobar Stadium, San Juan | DRAW Points |
1950-04-29 | Marcelino Almestica | LWDLDL | Sixto Escobar Stadium, San Juan | WIN Technical knockout |
1949-05-06 | Eddie Chavez | WWWWWW | St. Nicholas Arena, New York | LOST KO |
1949-04-21 | Asuncion Llanos | WDLLWW | Sunnyside Garden, Sunnyside, Queens | LOST Points |
1949-04-04 | Noel Gagnon | DWWDWW | Valley Arena, Holyoke | LOST Unanimous decision |
1948-10-20 | Abelardo Alejandro | LLLWLL | Sixto Escobar Stadium, San Juan | WIN Technical knockout |