Ramón Garbey is a heavyweight boxer

Boxing

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 from Cuba

Cuba

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, who won the world title as an amateur in light heavyweight

Light heavyweight

In boxing, the light heavyweight is a weight division above 168 pounds [12 Stone or 76.204 kilograms] and up to 175 pounds [12.5 stone or 79.38 kilograms]), falling between super middleweight and cruiserweight...

 division (– 81 kg) at the 1993 World Amateur Boxing Championships

1993 World Amateur Boxing Championships

The Men's 1993 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Tampere, Finland from May 7 to 16. The seventh edition of this competition, held nearly a year after the Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, was organised by the Tampere Boxing Association, member of the Finnish Boxing Association...

 in Tampere, Finland. In the final he defeated Nigeria

Nigeria

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's Jacklord Jacobs

Jacklord Jacobs

Jacklord Bolaj Jacobs is a boxer from Nigeria, competing in the heavyweight division. As an amateur he represented Nigeria at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...

. Prior to that Garbey captured the gold medal at the 1991 Pan American Games

Boxing at the 1991 Pan American Games

The Men's Boxing Tournament at the 1991 Pan American Games was held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18. It served as a qualification tournament for the 1992 Summer Olympics. The number one and two earned a ticket for the Barcelona Games...

 in the middleweight

Middleweight

Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...

 division (– 75 kg).

Amateur Highlights

• 1989 Won the World Junior Amateur Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico at Middleweight
• 1991 1st place at Middleweight at Pan-American Games in Havana Cuba. Results were:
  • Defeated Lincoln Carter (Jamaica) TKO 1
  • Defeated Ricardo Santiago (Puerto Rico) TKO 1
  • Defeated Chris Johnson
    Chris Johnson (boxer)
    Chris Omar Johnson is a Jamaican-born boxer, who won a middleweight bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Canada...
    
     (Canada) TKO 2
• 1991 3rd place at Middleweight at World Championships in Sydney, Australia. Results were:
  • Defeated Chris Byrd
    Chris Byrd
    Chris Cornelius Byrd is a retired and former professional boxer. He is the former WBO and IBF heavyweight champion. His nickname is "Rapid Fire".- Early life :...
    
     (United States) points
  • Defeated Dennis Galvin (Ireland) TKO 3
  • Defeated Justin Crawford (Australia) TKO 3
  • Lost to Alexander Lebziak (Soviet Union) points
• 1992 defeated Sven Ottke
  Sven Ottke
  Sven Ottke, known as "The Phantom", is a German former professional boxer who was the IBF/WBA super middleweight champion...
  
   by TKO 3, in AIBA tournament held in Berlin, Germany
• 1993 Light Heavyweight World Champion at competition in Tampere, Finland. Results were:
  • Defeated Mkhitar Vanessian (Armenia) TKO 1
  • Defeated Dimitri Vybornov (Russia) points
  • Defeated Wojciech Bartnik
    Wojciech Bartnik
    Wojciech Bartnik was a southpaw boxer from Poland, who won a Light Heavyweight Bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:*1992 – Bronze Medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games...
    
     (Poland) points
  • Defeated Dale Brown
    Dale Brown
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     (Canada) points, later scored a 4th round TKO over Brown in 1994 in Dublin, Ireland.
  • Defeated Jacklord Jacobs
    Jacklord Jacobs
    Jacklord Bolaj Jacobs is a boxer from Nigeria, competing in the heavyweight division. As an amateur he represented Nigeria at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...
    
     (Nigeria) points

Pro career

Nickname

Nickname

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d "El Nino" he made his professional debut on September 20, 1996 in Miami, Florida

Miami, Florida

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