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Olympics – 1984 Los Angeles – Bantamwt Boxing – MEX Hector Lopez VS NGR Joe Orewa

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Héctor López Colín (February 1, 1967 – October 24, 2011) was a Mexican boxer…..who was the NABF and WBO NABO Light Welterweight Champion.  He also won an Olympic Silver medal for Mexico in the Bantamweight division.  During his run to the Olympic Silver medal….he first defeated Johny Asadoma (Indonesia) with a KO 3….then defeated Joe Orewa (Nigeria) on points…..as seen in this video…..as he followed this victory by defeating Ndaba Dube (Zimbabwe) on points…..then he took down Dale Walters (Canada) on point…..moving Lopez to the gold medal match…..which he lost on points to Maurizio Stecca (Italy) on points.

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