Ángel Herrera

Name: Angel Herrera
Birth Name: Angel Herrera Vera
Hometown: Guantanamo, Cuba
Birthplace: Guantanamo, Cuba
Amateur Boxer: Record

Ángel Herrera (born August 2, 1957) is a Cuban boxer, who won two Olympic gold medals, and the world title at the second World Championships in Belgrade.

First competing in the Featherweight (57 kg) category, he won the 1976 Olympics as well as the 1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He then competed in Lightweight (60 kg) to win another Olympic gold in 1980, and his second World Title in Munich, West Germany.

Olympic Results

1976 (as a featherweight)

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Rai Sik (India) KO 1
• Defeated Angel Pacheco (Venezuela) 5-0
• Defeated Davey Lee Armstrong (United States) 3-2
• Defeated Juan Paredes (Mexico) 5-0
• Defeated Richard Nowakowski (East Germany) KO 2

1980 (as a lightweight)

• Defeated Carlo Russolillo (Italy) 5-0
• Defeated Geza Tumbas (Yugoslavia) 5-0
• Defeated Galsandorj Batbileg (Mongolia) 5-0
• Defeated Kazimierz Adach (Poland) 5-0
• Defeated Viktor Demyanenko (USSR) TKO 3

World amateur championships results

1978 (as a featherweight)

• Defeated Hirochi Ganobe (Japan) RSC 3
• Defeated Viorel Ioana (Romania) walk-over
• Defeated Roman Gotfryd (Poland) 5-0
• Defeated Bratislav Ristic (Yugoslavia) 4-1

1982 (as a lightweight)

• Defeated Juhito Arai (Japan) 5-0
• Defeated Kosem Barake (Israel) KO 2
• Defeated Lofti Belkhir (Tunisia) RSC 1
• Defeated Viorel Ioana (Romania) 4-1
• Defeated Pernell Whitaker (United States) 3-2