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Competitor for  United States |
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1976 Montreal | Flyweight | |
Leo Randolph (born February 27, 1958 in Tacoma, Washington) was an American boxer, who won the Flyweight Gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Boxing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since its introduction to the program at the 1904 Summer The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Montreal, Quebec There were eleven Boxing events at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, This is the complete list of Olympic Medalists in Boxing from 1904 to 2008 The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Montreal, Quebec
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Amateur career
Randolph had an outstanding amateur career. Randolph was a product of the Tacoma Boys Club amateur program, along with fellow Olympic Gold Medalist Sugar Ray Seales, and future world champions Rocky Lockridge and Johnny Bumphus. "Sugar" Ray Seales, (born April 9, 1952 Saint Croix U Amateur career Lockridge started boxing as an amateur out of the Tacoma Boys Club Johnny Bumphus (born August 17, 1960 in Tacoma WA) is a former boxer who was world Light welterweight champion Randolph was trained as an amateur and professional by Joe Clough, the head trainer at the Tacoma Boys Club. In 1975 he was the National Golden Gloves Flyweight champion. He was a National AAU flyweight champion, and was the 1976 Olympic Flyweight Gold Medalist. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games
Olympic Results were as follows:
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Massoudi Samatou (Togo) walkover
- Defeated Constantin Gruescu (Romania) 4-1
- Defeated David Larmour (Ireland) 4-1
- Defeated Leszek Błażyński (Poland) 4-1
- Defeated Ramón Duvalón (Cuba) 3-2
Professional career
Randolph turned pro in 1978 and had limited success. Davy Larmour (born August 23, 1977 in Dundonald) is a football player with Glenavon F Leszek Błażyński (born March 5, 1949 in Ełk &ndash died August 6, 1992 in Katowice) was a boxer from Ramón Duvalón (born August 31, 1954) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics In 1980, he challenged Ricardo Cardona for the WBA Super Bantamweight Title and won via TKO in the 15th round. In his next fight, he lost his title to Sergio Victor Palma via TKO in the 5th. Randolph retired after the bout.
Personal
Leo now resides in his hometown of Tacoma. After boxing, he started working for the Pierce Transit public bus company in 1988. Pierce Transit, in full "The Pierce County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation" is a mass transit agency serving Pierce County, the second most populous He works as a Transit Operator and supervisor. A bus driver or omnibus driver is a person who drives Buses as their Profession.
Honors
- 2005 Inductee into the Tacoma-Pierce County Sports Hall of Fame
References
- July 3, 2006 Sports Illustrated, "A Flurry of Punch Lines" (for update)
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| Preceded by Ricardo Cardona |
WBA Super Bantamweight Champion May 4, 1980– August 9, 1980 |
Succeeded by Sergio Victor Palma |