Víctor Galíndez
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'''Víctor Emilio Galíndez Torre'''{{fnf|Galíndez|Torre|lang= |
'''Víctor Emilio Galíndez Torre'''{{fnf|Galíndez|Torre|lang=Hispanic American}} (2 November 1948 – 25 October 1980) was an [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[boxing|boxer]] who was the third Latin American to win the world Light Heavyweight championship, after [[Puerto Rico]]'s [[José Torres (boxer)|José Torres]] and [[Venezuela]]'s [[Vicente Rondon]]. |
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Galíndez was born in [[Vedia]] in the [[Leandro N. Alem Partido]] of the [[Buenos Aires Province]] in [[Argentina]] in 1948. He aspired to become both a boxer and a stock car pilot since an early age, but he was more interested in boxing. As an amateur, he compiled a winning record and participated in the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] in [[Mexico City]], where he lost in a preliminary round bout to [[Aldo Bentini]] of [[Italy]].{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Víctor Galíndez |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/victor-galindez-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203053522/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/victor-galindez-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016}} A year earlier he claimed the silver medal at the [[Boxing at the 1967 Pan American Games|1967 Pan American Games]]. |
Galíndez was born in [[Vedia]] in the [[Leandro N. Alem Partido]] of the [[Buenos Aires Province]] in [[Argentina]] in 1948. He aspired to become both a boxer and a stock car pilot since an early age, but he was more interested in boxing. As an amateur, he compiled a winning record and participated in the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] in [[Mexico City]], where he lost in a preliminary round bout to [[Aldo Bentini]] of [[Italy]].{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Víctor Galíndez |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/victor-galindez-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203053522/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/victor-galindez-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016}} A year earlier he claimed the silver medal at the [[Boxing at the 1967 Pan American Games|1967 Pan American Games]]. |
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