James Robert Wallington (July 28, 1944 – April 19, 1988) was a welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 from the United States

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, who represented his native country at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

-Medal table:- Light Flyweight :-First Round:* Tahar Aziz def. David Nata , 4:1* Hubert Skrzypczak def. Mohamed Sohem , 5:0* Joseph Donovan def. György Gedó , TKO-2...

 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Wallington won the bronze medal in the men's light welterweight

Light welterweight

-Professional boxing:The light welterweight class is a weight division in professional boxing that has a limit of 63.5 kg or 140 pounds...

 division (– 63.5 kg) after a loss in the semifinals against eventual silver medalist Enrique Regueiferos from Cuba

Cuba

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. He won the gold medal at the Pan American Games

Boxing at the 1967 Pan American Games

The Men's Boxing Tournament at the 1967 Pan American Games was held in Winnipeg, Canada, from July 24 to August 6.- Medal winners :-Medal table:-External links:*...

 a year earlier. Wallington was also the US National Amateur Light Welterweight Champion in 1967 and 1966. He died aged 43.