Miguel Jiménez (boxer)

Miguel Ángel Jiménez Cedres (born June 18, 1970) is a retired male boxer from Puerto Rico.

Miguel Jiménez
Personal information
Full nameMiguel Ángel Jiménez Cedres
Nickname(s)The Russian
Nationality Puerto Rico
Born (1970-06-18) June 18, 1970
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight168
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classLight-Middleweight
ClubArecibo Boxing club
Medal record
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1991 Havana Light-Middleweight

He won the silver medal in the men's light-middleweight ( 71 kg) category at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba. In the final, Jiménez was defeated by Cuba's Juan Carlos Lemus. He also represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, falling in the first round to Iraqi Furas Hashim.

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