Armando Muniz
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Name: Armando Muniz
Alias: El Hombre - The Man
Birth Name: Armando Enrique Muñíz
Hometown: Los Angeles, California, USA
Birthplace: Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
Height: 168cm
Reach: 174cm
Matchmaker: Record
Promoter: Record
Judge: Record
Referee: Record
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
- Manager: Jake Horn, Vic Weiss
- Trainer: Louie Jauregui
- Armando Muniz Gallery
Amateur Career
- Represented the United States in the welterweight class at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. He was eliminated in the quarter-finals.
Olympic Results:- Defeated Marian Kasprzyk (Poland) 4-1
- Defeated Max Hebeisen (Switzerland) 4-1
- Lost to Mario Omar Guillotti (Argentina) 1-4
- 1969 and 1970 National AAU Welterweight Champion.
Notes
- Drafted into the United States Army in 1968.
- Fought for the World Welterweight Championship four times, losing twice to Jose Napoles and twice to Carlos Palomino.
- Appeared as an actor on a 1979 episode of the TV series Taxi and in the 1988 film Midnight Run.
- Elected to serve a two-year term as President of the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 2005. Muniz was elected to serve another two-year term in 2009.
- Attended Cerritos College and earned a wrestling scholarship to UCLA. Muniz earned a degree in Spanish from Cal State University and later received a Masters in Educational Administration from National University.
- Worked as a math and Spanish teacher for 23 years at Rubidoux High School in Riverside, California. Muniz also served as the school's wrestling coach for 21 years. He retired in 2008.
- "Learning from a Prizefighter" 3rdActMagazine.com article (Winter 2018)