Isaac Marin

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Isaac Marin
Personal information
NationalityCosta Rican
Born (1946-02-13) 13 February 1946 (age 73)
San José, Costa Rica
Sport
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]

Boxing combat sport

Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring.

The light welterweight class in the boxing competition was the sixth-lowest weight class. Light welterweights were limited to those boxers weighing a maximum of 63.5 kilograms (139.9 lbs). 35 boxers qualified for this category. Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. Both semifinal losers were awarded bronze medals, so no boxers competed again after their first loss. Bouts consisted of six rounds each. Five judges scored each bout.

The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 12 to the 27th.

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 included 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's world Super Featherweight (Junior Lightweight) title, losing to Arredondo by 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 Saturday, 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

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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. "Isaac Marin Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC . Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "BoxRec: Bout". boxrec.com.
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