# Pablo Romero

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{{Short description|Cuban boxer (born 1961)}}
{{Infobox boxer (amateur)
|name=Pablo Romero
|image={{CSS image crop|Image=Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1983-0312-009, Halle-Saale, XII. Internationales Boxturnier, Boxer.jpg|Location=center|cWidth=250|cHeight=170|bSize=784|oTop=40|oLeft=350}}
|caption=Jorge Guzman, Pablo Romero, and [Henry Maske](/source/Henry_Maske) at the awards ceremony of the 1983 [Chemistry Cup](/source/Chemistry_Cup)
|medaltemplates=
{{MedalSport | Men's [amateur boxing](/source/amateur_boxing)}}
{{MedalCountry | {{CUB}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[Friendship Games](/source/Friendship_Games)}}
{{Medal|Gold|1984 Havana|[Light Heavyweight](/source/Boxing_at_the_Friendship_Games)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Championships](/source/World_Amateur_Boxing_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold| [1982 Munich](/source/1982_World_Amateur_Boxing_Championships) | Light Heavyweight}}
{{MedalGold| [1986 Reno](/source/1986_World_Amateur_Boxing_Championships) | Light Heavyweight}}
{{MedalSilver| [1989 Moscow](/source/1989_World_Amateur_Boxing_Championships) | Light Heavyweight}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Pan American Games](/source/Pan_American_Games)}}
{{MedalGold| [1983 Caracas](/source/1983_Pan_American_Games) | Light Heavyweight}}
{{MedalGold| [1987 Indianapolis](/source/1987_Pan_American_Games) | Light Heavyweight}}
|show-medals=yes
}}
'''Pablo Romero''' (January 15, 1961) is a retired Cuban [amateur boxer](/source/amateur_boxer) best known for winning two light-heavyweight gold medals at World Championships. The dominant [light heavyweight boxer](/source/light_heavyweight_boxer) of the eighties he never participated in Olympics as his country boycotted both the 1984 and 1988 games. He was a tall swarmer, preferring to fight at close quarters. Although Romero possessed a good punching power, none of his 7 victories at the 1982 and 1986 World Championships has come inside the limit.

==Career==
At the [1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships](/source/1982_World_Amateur_Boxing_Championships) he won his first title.

He won the [PanAm Games 1983](/source/Boxing_at_the_1983_Pan_American_Games) in Caracas beating [Evander Holyfield](/source/Evander_Holyfield) in the finals.

At the [1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships](/source/1986_World_Amateur_Boxing_Championships) he once again finished first.

He won the [PanAm Games in 1987](/source/Boxing_at_the_1987_Pan_American_Games) in Indianiapolis. At the semis he was outboxed on the inside by future Olympic gold medalist [Andrew Maynard](/source/Andrew_Maynard_(boxer)) but knocked Maynard down who quit with a twisted ankle.

Cuba boycotted the Olympics in 1984 and 1988.

At the [1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships](/source/1989_World_Amateur_Boxing_Championships) he won all three preliminary fights inside the limit, but in the final was outpointed by the reigning Olympic middleweight champion [Henry Maske](/source/Henry_Maske), a tall, slicky southpaw from East Germany and settled for silver.

==External links==
(all other results click on the medal table links)
*[http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/WorldChamps1986.html 1986 World Championships]
*[http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/PanamericanGames1987.html 1987 PanAmGames]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJi4p2cEuIo 1987 final (YouTube)]
{{Footer World Amateur Champions Light Heavyweight}}
{{Footer Pan American Champions Light Heavyweight}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Romero, Pablo}}
Category:Light-heavyweight boxers
Category:Living people
Category:1961 births
Category:Boxers at the 1983 Pan American Games
Category:Boxers at the 1987 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
Category:Cuban male boxers
Category:IBA Men's World Boxing Championships medalists
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists in boxing
Category:Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
Category:20th-century Cuban sportsmen

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