Valentin Silaghi
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Valentin Silaghi is a retired boxer
from Romania
, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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Currently he lives in Germany and coaches Luan Krasniqi
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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 Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place in the Indoor Stadium of the Olympiski Sports Complex in Moscow. The boxing schedule began on 20 July and ended on 2 August...
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Currently he lives in Germany and coaches Luan Krasniqi
Luan Krasniqi
Luan Krasniqi is a professional German boxer of Kosovo Albanian descent.On April, 2006, he was ranked #2 by the WBO, coming before other heavyweight contenders such as Lamon Brewster, Shannon Briggs, and Ruslan Chagaev....
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Amateur career
Silaghi won the bronze medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympic games. His results were:- 1st round bye
- Defeated Alfred Thomas (Guyana) 5-0
- Defeated Mark Kaylor (Great Britain) 3-2
- Lost to José GómezJosé Gómez (boxer)José Gómez Mustelier was a Cuban boxer, who won the middleweight gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. In the final he defeated Viktor Savchenko of the USSR on points...
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