Juan Evangelista Venegas

Name: Juan Venegas
Birth Name: Juan Evangelista Venegas
Hometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Birthplace: Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
Stance: Southpaw
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

In 1948 Juan Evangelista Venegas won the New York Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions at bantamweight and represented New York for the Intercity Golden Gloves' championship at bantamweight stopping Kenneth Nienhause at 1:37 of the 1st.

First Puerto Rican to win an Olympic medal. The Puerto Rican Boxing Commission sponsored the Juan Evangelista Venegas Boxing Tournament in his memory. Venegas died in the 1980s.

Olympic games results

1948 (as a bantamweight)

• Defeated Louis Calebout (Belgium) PST
• Defeated Babu Lall (India) PTS
• Defeated Albert Perera (Sri Lanka) PTS
• Lost to Tibor Csik (Hungary) PTS (semifinal)
• Defeated Alvaro Vicente (Spain) PTS (bronze medal match)

Preceded by: Johnny Breeze	New York Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions Bantamweight Champion 1948	Succeeded by: Noel Humphreys
Preceded by: Bob Bell	Intercity Golden Gloves Bantamweight Champion 1948	Succeeded by: Noel Humphreys