Jerry Page
{{short description|American boxer}}
{{For|the United States Air Force general (died 1989)|Jerry D. Page}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2010}}
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|January 15, 1961}}
| birth_place = Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
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{{MedalSport | Men's boxing }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}
{{MedalGold | 1984 Los Angeles | Light welterweight }}
{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }}
{{MedalSilver | 1983 Caracas | Light welterweight }}
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Jerry Louis Page (born January 15, 1961, in Columbus, Ohio) is an American boxer who won the light welterweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. A year earlier he won a silver medal at the 1983 Pan American Games.
Amateur career
Jerry Page, an American boxer, was the gold medalist in the 139 lbs classification (light welterweight) at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/jerry-page-1.html |title=Jerry Page |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804225056/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/jerry-page-1.html |archivedate=2014-08-04 }}
=1984 Olympic results=
- Round of 64: bye
- Round of 32: Defeated Helmut Gertel (West Germany) 5-0
- Round of 16: Defeated Ostavio Robles (Mexico) 5-0
- Quarterfinal: Defeated Kim Dong-Kil (South Korea) 4-1
- Semifinal: Defeated Mirko Puzović (Yugoslavia) 5-0
- Final: Defeated Dhawee Umponmaha (Thailand) 5-0 (won gold medal)
Professional career
Page began his professional career in 1985 and won his first 8 bouts before being beaten in a decision loss to Terrence Alli in 1988. This loss signaled the beginning of an early end for Page, who lost a decision to Frankie Randall in 1989 and then retired in 1990 with a career record of 11–4–0.
References
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External links
- {{BoxRec|1931}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150801123722/http://jerrypageboxing.com/ Jerry Page Boxing and Fitness]
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Category:African-American boxers
Category:Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Boxers from Columbus, Ohio
Category:Olympic boxers for the United States
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in boxing
Category:Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Light-welterweight boxers
Category:Boxers at the 1983 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in boxing
Category:21st-century African-American sportsmen
Category:20th-century African-American sportsmen
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