fullname death_place death_date birth_place birth_date article_title
pedro julio nolasco la romana 15 september 1995 la romana february 20 , 1962 pedro nolasco

pedro nolasco

`` for the saint , see peter nolasco . ''
pedro nolasco -lrb- february 2 , 1962 -- september 15 , 1995 -rrb- was a dominican boxer , who won the bronze medal in the men 's bantamweight category at the 1984 summer olympics in los angeles , united states .
this was the first olympic medal of the dominican republic .
a year earlier he won a silver at the 1983 pan american games .
he was born in la romana , dominican republic .
nolasco turned pro in 1986 and had limited success , possibly a result of having moved up the professional ladder too quickly .
in 1987 he dropped a pair of fights to future champion tony lopez .
later in the year he lost a decision to future champ victor callejas .
in 1989 he took on maurizio stecca for the newly created wbo featherweight title , but lost in a 6th round tko .
