Alexis Rubalcaba
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FullnameAlexis Rubalcaba Polledo
Nationality
Cuba
CubaBornSeptember 9, 1972
Pedro Betancourt, Matanzas
Pedro Betancourt, Matanzas
Height2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
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| Full name | Alexis Rubalcaba Polledo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 9, 1972 Pedro Betancourt, Matanzas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Super Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Alexis Rubalcaba (born September 9, 1972) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the Super Heavyweight division. He twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1996 (where he suffered a shocking loss to Paea Wolfgramm of Tonga in the quarter-finals) and in 2000. One of his biggest achievements in amateur boxing was winning the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Two years earlier, at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Budapest, Hungary, he won a silver medal.
