Raúl González Sánchez (born June 5,úlGonzá 1967) is a boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal in the Men's Flyweight Division (– 51 kg) at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In the final he lost to North Korea's Choi Chol-Su. Three years later, at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, he captured the bronze medal in his weight division.

Career

U.S. boxer Rudolph Bradley said his first thought when Raúl González put him down was, "Man, he's strong. I knew the Cubans were strong but I didn't think he could put me down. Yeah, I was in trouble, but I was boxing and moving, trying to get my head back. I've never been stopped, I've been hit hard hundreds of times in Army fights."

Raúl González (boxer)

Olympic results

Defeated Leszek Olszewski (Poland) 15-7

Defeated Moses Malagu (Nigeria) RSC 2 (0:23) Defeated David Serradas (Venezuela) 14-7 Defeated Tim Austin (United States) RSC 1 (1:04) Lost to Choi Chol-Su (North Korea) 2-12

Raúl González (boxer)

References

Profile

1967 births

Living people

Boxers at the 1995 Pan American Games

Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Olympic boxers for Cuba

Olympic silver medalists for Cuba

Olympic medalists in boxing

Cuban male boxers

AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists

Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba

Pan American Games medalists in boxing

Flyweight boxers

Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games

20th-century Cuban people

Raúl González (boxer)