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15 January 1961(Columbus)
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Biography
Introduction
Jerry Louis Page (born January 15, 1961 in Columbus, Ohio) was 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
Page was an Olympic Gold Medalist at 139 lbs at the 1984 Olympics.
Olympic results
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Helmut Gertel (West Germany) 5-0
- Defeated Ostavio Robles (Mexico) 5-0
- Defeated Kim Dong-Kil (South Korea) 4-1
- Defeated Mirko Puzović (Yugoslavia) 5-0
- Defeated Dhawee Umponmaha (Thailand) 5-0
- "Jerry Page". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
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.