Emilio Correa, 1972 Olympic Champion

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EMILIO CORREA

Born May 21, 1953, in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Began boxing 1966

6’ 0” 147-156

Seven-time Playa Giron Tournament (Cuban National Championships) champion, 1972-1977, 1979; finalist, 1978.

Six-time Giraldo Cordova Cardin champion, 1972-1977; finalist, 1970; semifinalist, 1969.

Olympic Games champion, 1972.

World Championships champion, 1974.

Panamerican Games champion, 1971; semifinalist, 1975.

Central American and Caribbean Games champion, 1974.

Retired 1979

1969

xxxx - Giraldo Cordova Cardin Tournament 63.5kg semifinalist; Havana, Cuba.

1970

Oct. xx - Enrique Requieferos (Cuba) L
Giraldo Cordova Cardin Tournament 63.5kg finalist; Havana, Cuba.

1971

xxxx - Rolando Garbey (Cuba) L
Giraldo Cordova Cardin Tournament 67kg finalist; Havana, Cuba.

Aug. 6 - Larry Carlisle (USA) W
Panamerican Games 67kg champion; Cali, Colombia.

1972

Mch. 4 - Felix Betancourt (Cuba) W
Playa Giron Tournament (Cuban National Championships) 67kg champion; Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.

Apr. xx - Greche W ko 2
Cuba vs. Czechoslovakia; Usti, Czechoslovakia.

July xx - Jesus Alvarez (Cuba) W
Giraldo Cordova Cardin Tournament 67kg champion; Havana, Cuba.

Aug. 27 - Damiano Lassandro (Italy) W 5-0
Sept. 1 - Manfred Wolke (East Germany) W rsc 2
Sept. 5 - Gunther Meier (West Germany) W 3-2
Sept. 8 - Jesse Valdez (USA) W 3-2
“Correa inflicted a severe body beating on Valdez. He dominated Valdez in the first round, landing a series of snapping lefts to the stomach, while Valdez occasionally fired an effective hook. Correa caught Valdez with a right hand early in the second round, but Valdez pressed forward and, scoring on a hard left hook took the round. But Valdez was unable to gain an advantage in the last round when Correa scored on a series of rights to the head.... British and Korean judges voted for Valdez and French and Nigerian judges for Correa. It was the ballot of the Panamanian judge, who at first ruled the fight a draw, which swung the decision away from Valdez” (Abilene [Texas] Reporter-News 9-9-72:6-B).
Sept. 10 - Janos Kajdi (Hungary) W 5-0
Olympic Games 67kg champion; Munich, Germany. “Correa was given a unanimous decision over Kajdi, but the fight between two outstanding boxers was the best in the final program. Kajdi and Correa traded punches, including a series of violent body exchanges for almost the last six minutes of the fight. Correa was counted ‘eight’ when he went down in an apparent slip in the second round that followed a right to the head from Kajdi” (European Stars and Stripes 9-11-72:28).

1973

Feb. 25 - Marcos A. Santana (Cuba) W
Playa Giron Tournament (Cuban National Championships) 67kg champion; Havana, Cuba.

July xx - Vladimir Simonov (Soviet Union) W
Giraldo Cordova Cardin Tournament 67kg champion; Camaguey, Cuba.

Aug. xx - Oleg Lifanov (Soviet Union) W
Soviet Bloc Army Championships 67kg champion; Olomunec, Czech Republic.

1974

Jan. 5 - Lucio Sanchez (Cuba) W
Playa Giron Tournament (Cuban National Championships) 67kg champion; Havana, Cuba.

Mch. 13 - Mike McCallum (Jamaica) W rsc 3
Central American and Caribbean Games 67kg champion; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

July xx - Luis Felipe Martinez (Cuba) W
Giraldo Cordova Cardin Tournament 67kg champion; Camaguey, Cuba.

Aug. 18 - Joe Alerch (Nigeria) W ko 1
Correa” scored an easy knockout victory over Alerch” (Pacific Stars and Stripes 8-21-74:21).
Aug. 21 - Kalevi Kosunen (Finland) W pts
Aug. 26 - Reginald Forde (Guyana) W ko 2
Aug. 28 - Plamen Yankov (Bulgaria) W pts
Aug. 31 - Clinton Jackson (USA) W ko 3
World Championships 67kg champion; Havana, Cuba. Correa “knocked out Jackson in the third round after what Prensa Latina described as an ‘extremely violent’ fight. The knockout came with a rapid right to the chin” (Pacific Stars and Stripes 9-2-74:19).

1975

Jan. 10 - Jesus Alvarez (Cuba) W
Playa Giron Tournament (Cuban National Championships) 67kg champion; Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.

July xx - Juan Guttierez (Cuba) W pts
Giraldo Cordova Cardin Tournament 67kg champion; Las Villas, Cuba.

Oct. 24 - Clinton Jackson (USA) L 1-4
Panamerican Games 67kg semifinalist; Mexico City, Mexico.

1976

Jan. 1 - Jose M. Pozo (Cuba) W
Playa Giron Tournament (Cuban National Championships) 67kg champion; Camaguey, Cuba.

Apr. - Grigore Iliescu (Romania) W
Ulan Baatar Tournament 67kg champion; Ulan Baatar, Mongolia.

Apr. 18 - Plamen Yankov (Bulgaria) W 5-0
Strandjata Memorial Tournament 67kg champion.

May xx - Karl-Heinz Krueger (East Germany) W pts
Giraldo Cordova Cardin Tournament 67kg champion; Pinar del Rio, Cuba.

July 23 - Plamen Yankov (Bulgaria) W rsc 2
July 25 - Pedro J. Gammaro (Venezuela) L rsc 3
Olympic Games 67kg participant (lost in second series of the competition); Montreal, Canada. “Gammaro scored a big upset stopping Correa.... Gammaro knocked Correa down in the second and then pounded him into exhaustion before the referee stopped it after two standing knockdowns” (Tucson [Arizona] Daily Citizen 7-26-76:26).

1977

Jan. 30 - Jose Gomez (Cuba) W
Playa Giron Tournament (Cuban National Championships) 71kg champion; Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.

July xx - Gilberto Cano (Cuba) W
Giraldo Cordova Cardin Tournament 67kg champion; Matanzas, Cuba.

Aug. xx - Jorge Elano (El Salvador) W rsc 1
Aug. xx - Jose Marquez (Puerto Rico) W ret 2
Aug. xx - Michael McCallum (Jamaica) L 1-4
Central American and Caribbean Championships 67kg finalist; Panama City, Panama.

Sept. 18 - Valeriy Limasov (Soviet Union) W 5-0
Soviet Bloc Army Championships 67kg champion; Havana, Cuba.

Nov. 12 - Jeffrey Stoudemire L 1-2
Cuba vs. USA; Houston, Texas, USA. “Stoudemire took a split decision from Correa.... Correa tirelessly pursued Stoudemire throughout the three rounds but never could put the dancing American down. Correa stalked Stoudemire in the brutal third round and appeared to have Stoudemire on the ropes. But Stoudemire came back in the final minute with several good exchanges which helped him win the decision” (Lawton [Oklahoma] Constitution 11-13-77:7-C).

1978

Jan. 14 - Alberto Montoya (Cuba) L ko 3
Playa Giron Tournament (Cuban National Championships) 67kg finalist; Camaguey, Cuba.

May xx - Philip Hoslove (Nigeria) W ko 3
May 14 - Ernst Mueller (West Germany) L rsci 2
World Championships 67kg participant (lost in second series of the competition); Belgrade, Yugoslavia. “Correa was forced by the ringside doctor to stop his bout with Mueller because of a deep cut over his eyebrow. The two fighters’ heads collided, and Correa was hurt” (Pacific Stars and Stripes 5-17-78:21).

1979

Jan. 16 - Luis Felipe Martinez (Cuba) W pts
Playa Giron Tournament (Cuban National Championships) 71kg champion; Camaguey, Cuba.

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