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prima:Puerto Rican Legends of Olympism: Aníbal Acevedo Santiago, the boxer from Mocano who received his first gloves from the hands of Juan Evangelista Venegas

The fighter won the bronze medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, the only bronze medal for the island in those competitions

June 17, 2024 - 2:10 PM

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Anibal Acevedo still resides in Moca, where he works on construction projects. (Nahira Montcourt)

Moca - Almost five decades ago, a five-year-old boy put on boxing gloves for the first time during a visit to the Nemesio Canales housing development in San Juan. He received the gloves from the then first and only Olympic medalist in Puerto Rico’s history, boxer Juan Evangelista Venegas.

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