Manuel Mantilla, Cuban 1990's Star

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Manuel Mantilla Rodriguez

Born September 25, 1973

5’ 5” 106-112

Orthodox stance

Partial record below: 54-11

1993

Jan. - Lazaro Urrutia (Cuba) W rsc 2
Jan. - Manuel Olazabazar (cuba) W 17-7
Jan. - Waldemar Font (Cuba) L 2-16
Playa Giron Tournament (Cuban national championships) 48kg finalist; Matanzas, Cuba.

Apr. 4 - Alexandr Makhmudov (Azerbaijan) W rsc 2
Grand Prix Tournament 48kg champion; Usti, Czech Republic.

Nov. - Marcos Vazquez (Guatemala) W rsc 1
Nov. - Jhonny Nolasco (Dominican Republic) W 23-7
Nov. - Eddy Moya (Venezuela) W 20-9
Central America and Caribbean Games 51kg champion; Ponce, Puerto Rico.
1994

Jan. - Maikro Romero (Cuba) L pts
Playa Giron Tournament (Cuban national championships) 48kg semifinalist; Ciego de Avila, Cuba.

May - Maikro Romero (Cuba) L pts
Giraldo Cordova Cardin Tournament 48kg finalist; Cienfuegos, Cuba.

July 27 - Eduard Gaifulin (Russia) W rsc 2
July 28 - Eric Morel (USA) W 19-8
“The one American without a hope before the start was inexperienced Morel, who ended up imprisoned on the ropes by Mantilla for most of the first two rounds before crashing to a 19-8 loss (Kingston [Jamaica] Gleaner 7-28-94:13).
July 29 - Joon-Wook Choi (South Korea) W 30-3
Goodwill Games 48kg champion; St. Petersburg, Russia. “Mantilla was disqualified because of a positive drug test for furosemide” after the Morel bout and was banned from international competition for two years” (Syracuse [New York] Herald-Journal 11-28-94:D-2).

1997

Mch. - Andrzej Liczik (Ukraine) W 7-3
Grand Prix Tournament 51kg champion; Usti, Czech Republic.

Mch. 7 - Oleg Kiryukhin (Ukraine) W 17-3
Mch. 8 - Bulat Jumadilov (Kazakhstan) L 6-8
Chemistry Cup Tournament 51kg finalist; Halle, Germany.

June - Martin Castillo (Mexico) W 16-2
June - Sonny Dollente (Philippines) W 18-0
June - Darwin Angeles Discua (Honduras) W 17-1
June 28 - Osvaldo Liranza (Cuba) W 12-5
Giraldo Cordova Cardin Tournament 51kg champion; Pinar del Rio, Cuba.

Sept. 5 - Alfred Sergeant (Guyana) W rsc 2
Sept. 6 - Martin Castillo (Mexico) W 11-6
Sept. 7 - Omar Narvaez (Venezuela) W 12-2
Pan American Championships 51kg champion; Medellin, Colombia.

Oct. 20 - Muhamed Alija (Mauritania) W 19-11
Mantilla returned after his two-year suspension for doping at the 1994 Goodwill Games (Kingston [Jamaica] Gleaner 10-22-97:B2).
Oct. 21 - Igor Samoilenko (Moldova) W 9-1
Oct. 22 - Yakhtang (“Vic”) Darchinyan W 15-2
(Armenia)
Oct. 24 - Omar Narvaez (Venezuela) W 17-3
Oct. 26 - Ilfat Razapov (Russia) W 18-3
World 51kg champion; Budapest, Hungary.

1998

Jan. - Orlando Ascencio (Cuba) W 21-2
Jan. - Yoel La Rosa Mora (Cuba) W 19-3
Jan. - Geovany Sanchez (Cuba) W pts
Feb. - Osvaldo Liranza (Cuba) W 11-3
Playa Giron Tournament (Cuban national championships) 51kg champion; Villa Clara, Cuba.

Mch. 1 - Ersin Dzaidulov (Kazakhstan) W 12-3
Grand Prix Tournament 51kg champion; Usti, Czech Republic.

Mch. 5 - Daniel Mendez (Mexico) W pts
Mch 7 - Werner Wude (Germany) W pts
Mch. 8 - Vladimir Sidorenko (Ukraine) L 5-7
Chemistry Cup Tournament 51kg finalist; Halle, Germany.

June - Omar Bolanos (Peru) W 10-2
June - Santos Mercedes (Puerto Rico) W 19-0
June - Jhonny Perez Urveta (Colombia) W 16-4
June 7 - Osvaldo Liranza (Cuba) W 12-9
Giraldo Cordova Cardin Tournament 51kg champion; Havana, Cuba.

June - Murat Nizimbaev (Kazakhstan) W 15-7
June - Vakhtang (“Vic”) Darchinyan (Armenia) W 15-7
June - Zou Gang (China) W 19-7
World Cup 51kg champion; Beijing, China.

July 28 - Roberto Benitez (USA) L 8-12
Goodwill Games 51kg quarterfinalist; New York City, New York, USA.

Aug. 17 - Orlando Cruz Torres (Puerto Rico) W 23-1
Aug. 20 - Leon Moore (Guyana) W 19-4
Aug. 22 - Jhonny Perez Urveta (Colombia) W 15-7
Central American and Caribbean Games 51kg champion; Maracaibo, Venezuela.

1999

Jan. 23 - Idonis Rios (Cuba) W 13-2
Jan. 25 - Reinier Roman (Cuba) W rsc 4
Jan. 26 - Luis Franco (Cuba) W ret 3
Jan. 27 - Leovaldo Miranda (Cuba) W rsc 3
Jan. 30 - Osvaldo Liranza (Cuba) W 8-1
Playa Giron Tournament (Cuban national championships) 51kg champion; Sancti Spiritus, Cuba.

June - Sergio Espinoza (USA) W 12-8
June 13 - Vladimir Sidorenko (Ukraine) W pts
King’s Cup Tournament 51kg champion; Bangkok, Thailand.

Aug. 1 - Stephen Monitor (Canada) W 5-4
Aug. 5 - Omar Narvaez (Venezuela) L 3-8
Pan American Games 51kg semifinalist; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Aug. - Vakhtang (“Vic”) Darchinyan L 4-6
(Armenia). World 51kg participant; Houston, Texas, USA.

2000

Jan. - Ariel Maturel (Cuba) L 11-25
Playa Giron Tournament (Cuban national championships) 51kg participant; Guantanamo, Cuba.

July - Carlos Valcarcel (Puerto Rico) W 9-2
July - Arlan Lerio (Philippines) W 14-4
July - Omar Narvaez (Venezuela) W 12-5
July 30 - Wijan Ponlid (Thailand) W 14-4
Giraldo Cordova Cardin Tournament 51kg champion; Las Tunas, Cuba.

Sept. 18 - Kim Tae-Gyu (South Korea) W 20-8
Sept. 24 - Bogdan Dobrescu (Romania) W rsco 4
Sept. 27 - Wijan Ponlid (Thailand) L 8-19
Olympic 51kg quarterfinalist; Sydney, Australia.

2002

Jan. - Kenier Mesa Castellano (Cuba) L 1-2
Playa Giron Tournament (Cuban national championships) 54kg participant; Las Tunas, Cuba.

Retired.

The information above was provided by Matt Mizerski, amateur boxing historian.

Opponents

BENITEZ, Roberto. Born July 30, 1980. U.S. Junior Olympic champion, 1996. International Junior Olympics champion, 1996. U.S. Junior champion, 1997. Four-time U.S. national champion, 1999-2001, 2004. Two-time U.S. national finalist, 2003-2004. Two-time U.S. national semifinalist, 1997-1998. Two-time U.S. national Golden Gloves champion, 1997, 1999. U.S. national Golden Gloves finalist, 2002. U.S. national Golden Gloves semifinalist, 2003. Two-time U.S. Olympic trials participant, 2000, 2004. World participant, 2001.

DARCHINYAN, Vic. Born January 7, 1976. Southpaw stance. World junior participant, 1994. World quarterfinalist, 1997. European semifinalist, 1998. World Cup semifinalist, 1998. Goodwill Games emifinalist, 1998. 1999 World quarterfinalist, 1999. European participant, 2000. Olympic Games participant, 2000. Amateur record claimed: 158-18, with 105 KO’s.

DOBRESCU, Bogdan. Born November 30, 1976. European finalist, 2000. Olympic Games participant, 2000. European Union semifinalist, 2004.

JUMADILOV, Bulat. Born April 22, 1973. Two-time Olympic Games finalist, 1996, 2000. Three-time World participant (finalist, 1995; semifinalist, 1997; champion, 1999).

MAHMUTOV, Alexander. Born February 18, 1966. Olympic Games participant, 1988. Amateur record claimed: 250-20.

MOLITOR, Steve. Born April 4, 1980. Southpaw stance.

NARVAEZ, Omar Andres. Born July 10, 1975. Southpaw stance. Two-time Olympic Games participant, 1996, 2000. Two-time World participant (semifinalist, 1997; finalist, 1999). South American Games champion, 1998. Pan American Games champion, 1999.

PONLID, Wijan. Born April 26, 1976. Olympic Games champion, 2000.

SIDORENKO, Wladimir. Born September 23, 1976. Orthodox stance. Two-time European champion, 1998, 2000. Olympic Games champion, 2000. World finalist, 2001. Amateur record claimed: 290-20.