Isaac Marin

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Isaac Marin
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Born (1946-02-13) 13 February 1946 (age 78)
San José, Costa Rica
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Sport Boxing

Isaac Marin (born 13 February 1946) is a Costa Rican boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1968 Summer Olympics. [1]

Professional career

Marin competed in 68 professional bouts. Instead of going up in weight like most boxers, Martin went down two weight divisions when he became a professional boxer. Highlights of his career include fighting Antonio Amaya, [2] beating future world title challenger Francisco Coronado twice, [3] [4] future Alexis Arguello world title challenger Diego Alcala [4] and Love Allotey, [5] losing to former world champion Alfonso Frazer [6] and challenging Ricardo Arredondo for the Mexican's World Boxing Council World Super Featherweight (Junior Lightweight) title, losing to Arredondo in a somewhat controversial and close but unanimous fifteen round decision with scores of 145-146, 142-146 and 141-149 in favor of Arredondo, on January 29, 1972, in the Costa Rican capital of San Jose. [7] Later on in his career, he lost to Antonio Gomez and to Bazooka Limon.

Marin had 37 wins, 30 losses and 1 draw (tie), with 18 wins by knockout.

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References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Isaac Marin Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
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