Pablo Romero

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Medal record
Men’s Boxing
Competitor for Cuba
World Amateur Championships
Gold	1982 Munich	Light Heavyweight
Gold	1986 Reno	Light Heavyweight
Silver	1989 Moscow	Light Heavyweight
Pan American Games
Gold	1983 Caracas	Light Heavyweight
Gold	1987 Indianapolis	Light Heavyweight

Pablo Romero Hernandez (b. ?) is a former Cuban amateur boxer best known for winning a light-heavyweight gold medal at the World Championships.

[edit] Career

At the 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships he won his first title.

He won the PanAm Games 1983 in Caracas beating Evander Holyfield in the finals.

At the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships he once again finished first.

He won the PanAm Games in 1987 in Indianiapolis.

Cuba boycotted the Olympics in 1984 and 1988.

At the 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships he lost to Olympic middleweight Gold medallist Henry Maske and settled for silver.

v • d • e World Amateur Boxing Champions in Men's Light Heavyweight

1974 – 2009: up to 81 kg

1974: Mate Parlov (YUG) · 1978: Sixto Soria (CUB) · 1982: Pablo Romero (CUB) · 1986: Pablo Romero (CUB) · 1989: Henry Maske (GDR) · 1991: Torsten May (GER) · 1993: Ramón Garbey (CUB) · 1995: Antonio Tarver (USA) · 1997: Aleksandr Lebziak (RUS) · 1999: Michael Simms (USA) · 2001: Yevgeniy Makarenko (RUS) · 2003: Yevgeniy Makarenko (RUS) · 2005: Yerdos Zhanabergenov (KAZ) · 2007: Abbos Atoev (UZB) · 2009: Artur Beterbiyev (RUS)

v • d • e Pan American Boxing Champions in Men's Light Heavyweight

1951 – 2007: up to 81 kg

1951: Rinaldo Ansaloni (ARG) • 1955: Luiz Ignacio (BRA) • 1959: Amos Johnson (USA) • 1963: Fred Lewis (USA) • 1967: Arthur Redden (USA) • 1971: Raymond Russell (USA) • 1975: Orestes Pedroso (CUB) • 1979: Anthony Tucker (USA) • 1983 – 1987: Pablo Romero (CUB) • 1991: Orestes Solano (CUB) • 1995: Antonio Tarver (USA) • 1999: Humberto Savigne (CUB) • 2003: Ramiro Reducindo (MEX) • 2007: Eleider Álvarez (COL)