Enrique Carrion
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Enrique Carrion is a Cuban boxer best known to win the 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships
at bantamweight.
He won the 1989 final against Bulgarian Serafim Todorov
who beat him in 1991 and at featherweight in 1993.
He didn't participate in the 1992 Olympics, where his replacement was future professional world champion Joel Casamayor
, who secured the gold medal for Cuba.
1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Moscow, Soviet Union from September 17 to October 1, 1989. The fifth edition of this competition, held a year after the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.- Medal...
at bantamweight.
He won the 1989 final against Bulgarian Serafim Todorov
Serafim Todorov
Serafim Simeonov Todorov or Gogi Todoridze is a former Bulgarian/Georgian boxer who won the amateur world championship three times...
who beat him in 1991 and at featherweight in 1993.
He didn't participate in the 1992 Olympics, where his replacement was future professional world champion Joel Casamayor
Joel Casamayor
Joel "El Cepillo" Casamayor Johnson is a Cuban boxer, who turned pro after defecting to the United States on the eve of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The nickname "El Cepillo", literally translated to "the brush", comes from his uppercut, which rakes his opponents across the face...
, who secured the gold medal for Cuba.