Emilio Correa is a former Cuban amateur boxer who won welterweight gold at the Olympics 1972. He is not to be confused with his middleweight namesake, who is actually his son. Inspired by his compatriots Roberto Caminero "Chocolatico" P�rez, Enrique Reg�eiferos, F�lix Betancourt and Rolando Garbey who also hail from Santiago de Cuba, he started boxing in 1966. At the PanAm Games in Cali, Colombia he won gold against American Larry Carlisle, but only when he beat Betancourt at the national championships in 1972 he secured his ticket to the Olympics. There he knocked out defending champion Manfred Wolke and beat the rest on points to win the first Cuban welterweight gold. 1st round bye Defeated Damiano Lassandro 5-0 Defeated Manfred Wolke TKO 2 Defeated G�nther Meier 3-2 Defeated Jesse Valdez 3-2 Defeated J�nos Kajdi 5-0 1974 he became the inaugural world champion at welterweight by knocking out American Clinton Jackson. 1973 to 1976 he defended his national title and in 1977 won the national junior middleweight title. Internationally he didn't have much success after 1974. At the PanAm Games in Ciudad de M�xico he lost a decision to Jackson. 

March 21st, 1953 in Santiago de Cuba  /  Died:   Mar 11th, 2024