Manny Sobral

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Name: Manny Sobral
Hometown: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Birthplace: Galicia, Spain
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 173cm
Promoter: Record
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Manny Sobral competed as a welterweight at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games for Canada. He lost a 4-1 decision to Joni Nyman of Finland. As a professional, Manny Sobral went on to capture the IBO Junior Middleweight World Championship. Sobral retired form boxing in 2002 and remained actively involved in the sport by co-founding, and coaching at the North Burnaby Boxing Club.

Away from the boxing gym, Sobral is a Vancouver School Board high school teacher and mentors youth at risk at the East End Boys Club.