Rogelio Martínez is a retired professional boxer

Professional Boxing

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 from the Dominican Republic

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, who was nicknamed "The Golden Warrior" during his career.

As an amateur, Martínez represented his native country in the 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), winning a silver medal at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games

1993 Central American and Caribbean Games

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 in Ponce, Puerto Rico

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. Rated as a 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...

 he made his professional debut on 24 April 1997, defeating USA's Darrell Jacobs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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. He quit after 19 pro bouts (13 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw).