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Bernardo Pinango
(Bernardo Jose Pinango)

BORN   February 9, 1960 Caracas, Venezuela
HEIGHT 5-6 1/2
WEIGHT 118-126 1/2 lbs

Pinango was a capable boxer who won the WBA Super Bantamweight Championship of the World and the WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World

He defeated such men as Jose "Gaby" Canizales, Frankie Duarte, Ciro DeLeva, Simon Skosana, Benito Bedilla, Julio Gervacio, Tommy Valoy, Jose Meneses and Raul "Coquito" Gonzalez

*** AMATEUR BOUTS (110-10) ***

1977
          -Pinango won the Silver Medal at the Boxam de Espaņa Competition

          -Pinango won the Gold Medal in the 34th Latin American Championships
          (Some sources report "Central American Championships")

1978
          -Pinango won the Amateur Featherweight Championship of Venezuela

1980
       Ernesto Alguera            Moscow, Russia                     W  3
       Veli Koota                 Moscow, Russia                    WF  2
       John Siryakibbe            Moscow, Russia                    KO  2
       Dumitru Cipere             Moscow, Russia                     W  3
       Juan Hernandez             Moscow, Russia                     L  3
          -Pinango won the Silver Medal in the Olympic Games Bantamweight Competition


*** PROFESSIONAL BOUTS ***

1981
Aug  1 Angel Torres               Caracas, Venezuela                 D  6
Aug 31 Angel Torres               Caracas, Venezuela                TK  1
Oct 12 Nelson Rodriguez           Caracas, Venezuela                TK  1
Nov  2 Angel Torres               Caracas, Venezuela                 W  6

1982
Apr 26 William Gonzalez           Caracas, Venezuela                KO  3
Jul 12 Jaime Guerrero             Porlamar, Venezuela               TK  7
Jul 26 Jose Mosqueda              Cumana, Venezuela                 NC  2
Oct  4 Antonio Esparragoza        Caracas, Venezuela                 D 10
Nov  8 Tito Roque                 Caracas, Venezuela                TK  5

1983
Feb 22 Arnel Arrozal              Valencia, Venezuela                W 10
Mar  7 Orlando Silva              Caracas, Venezuela                KO  2
Apr 11 Rene Aroy                  Catia La Mar, Venezuela           TK  5
May  2 Jun Resma                  Caracas, Venezuela                 W 10
Aug  8 Raul "Coquito" Gonzalez    Caracas, Venezuela                 L 10
Oct 17 Raul "Coquito" Gonzalez    Caracas, Venezuela                 W 10

1984
Feb  6 Jose Sandoval              Caracas, Venezuela                KO  1
Feb 27 Hector Vasquez             Caracas, Venezuela                KO  2
Mar 12 Jesus Flores               Caracas, Venezuela                 L 10
May 26 Milton Torres              Guaynabo, Puerto Rico              W 10

1985
Jul 19 Jose Meneses               Colon, Panama                     KO  5
Dec 14 Jose Meneses               Panama City, Panama               TK  5

1986
Mar  1 Benito Badilla             Panama City, Panama               KO  6
          -Some sources report "KO 8"
Jun  4 Jose "Gaby" Canizales      East Rutherford, NJ                W 15
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World
Oct  4 Ciro DeLeva                Turin, Italy                      TK 10
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World
Nov 22 Simon Skosana              Johannesburg, Trans, SAfrica      TK 15
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World

1987
Feb  3 Frankie Duarte             Inglewood, Ca                      W 15
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World
Mar    -Pinanago relinquished the WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World
Oct  3 Farid Benredjeb            Gravelines, France                TD  8

1988
Feb 27 Julio Gervacio             San Juan, Puerto Rico              W 12
          -WBA Super Bantamweight Championship of the World
May 28 Juan Jose Estrada          Tijuana, Mexico                    L 12
          -WBA Super Bantamweight Championship of the World

1989
Nov 10 Job Walters                Kingston, Jamaica                  L 10
Dec 19 Tommy Valoy                San Juan, Puerto Rico             KO  6

1990
Apr  7 Troy Dorsey                Las Vegas, Nv                     LT  8



Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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