Roger Fortaleza

Biographical information

RolesReferee
SexMale
Full nameRogelio "Roger"•Fortaleza
Used nameRoger•Fortaleza
BornDecember 1959
Died24 March 2022
NOC Philippines

Biography

Along with Rene, Rey, and Ric, Roger Fortaleza was one of four brothers who were one of the most famous boxing families in the Philippines. Roger was the only brother who did not box at the Olympic Games during the 1970s, although he did officiate in bouts at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Fortaleza won the silver medal as a bantamweight at the 1977 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur and at the 1979 ASEAN Amateur Boxing Championships. After retiring from the sport Fortaleza was a successful boxing referee, becoming the first Filipino AIBA 3-star referee-judge. He worked as a sports co-ordinator for the Philippine Sports Commission and was also the secretary-general of the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines.

Referee

Games Sport (Discipline) / Event NOC / Team Phase Unit Role As
2008 Summer Olympics Boxing PHI Roger Fortaleza
Light-Flyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Łukasz Maszczyk — Japhet Uutoni Judge #2
Light-Flyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #4 Zou Shiming — Nordine Oubaali Judge #4
Light-Flyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #7 Yampier Hernández — Heorhiy Chyhaiev Judge #5
Light-Flyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #9 Winston Montero — Suleiman Wanjau Bilali Judge #2
Light-Flyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #12 Luis Yanez — Kelvin de la Nieve Judge #3
Flyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Georgy Balakshin — Jitender Kumar Judge #4
Flyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #1 McWilliams Arroyo — Norbert Kalucza Referee
Flyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #7 Somjit Jongjohor — Samir Məmmədov Judge #3
Flyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #6 Mirat Sarsembayev — Rafał Kaczor Judge #3
Flyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #9 Juan Carlos Payano — Jérôme Thomas Referee
Flyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #10 Vincenzo Picardi — Cassius Chiyanika Judge #3
Flyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #13 Samir Məmmədov — Abdelillah Nhaila Judge #3
Bantamweight, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Bruno Julie — Héctor Manzanilla Judge #5
Bantamweight, Men (Olympic) Match #5 Veaceslav Gojan — Gu Yu Judge #5
Bantamweight, Men (Olympic) Match #8 Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan — John Joe Nevin Judge #5
Bantamweight, Men (Olympic) Match #8 Khurshid Todzhiboyev — Rustam Rahimov Judge #4
Bantamweight, Men (Olympic) Match #14 Hicham Mesbahi — Jonathan Romero Judge #2
Featherweight, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Vasyl Lomachenko — Li Yang Judge #2
Featherweight, Men (Olympic) Match #4 Şahin İmranov — Idel Torriente Judge #5
Featherweight, Men (Olympic) Match #4 Vasyl Lomachenko — Bakhodirdzhon Sultanov Judge #5
Featherweight, Men (Olympic) Match #9 Raynell Williams — Alessio Di Savino Judge #1
Featherweight, Men (Olympic) Match #15 Nik'oloz Izoria — Thato Batshegi Judge #5
Lightweight, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Aleksey Tishchenko — Hrachik Javakhyan Referee
Lightweight, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Hrachik Javakhyan — Baek Jong-Seop Judge #2
Lightweight, Men (Olympic) Match #3 Yordenis Ugás — Georgian Popescu Referee
Lightweight, Men (Olympic) Match #4 Daouda Sow — Hu Qing Judge #1
Lightweight, Men (Olympic) Match #6 Georgian Popescu — Francisco Vargas Judge #4
Light-Welterweight, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Félix Díaz — Alexis Vastine Referee
Light-Welterweight, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Manut Boonjumnong — Serik Sapiyev Judge #4
Light-Welterweight, Men (Olympic) Match #7 Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene — Boris Georgiev Judge #5
Light-Welterweight, Men (Olympic) Match #10 Félix Díaz — Eduard Hambardzumyan Judge #5
Light-Welterweight, Men (Olympic) Match #16 Alexis Vastine — Egidijus Kavaliauskas Judge #1
Welterweight, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Carlos Banteur — Hanati Silamu Judge #3
Welterweight, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Hanati Silamu — Tureano Johnson Judge #3
Welterweight, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Carlos Banteur — Billy Joe Saunders Referee
Welterweight, Men (Olympic) Match #4 Hanati Silamu — Joseph Mulema Judge #1
Welterweight, Men (Olympic) Match #7 Demetrius Andrade — Andrey Balanov Referee
Welterweight, Men (Olympic) Match #7 Hanati Silamu — Precious Makina Judge #1
Welterweight, Men (Olympic) Match #9 Bakhyt Sarsekbayev — Adam Trupish Judge #3
Welterweight, Men (Olympic) Match #14 Andrey Balanov — Mujandjae Kasuto Referee
Welterweight, Men (Olympic) Match #16 Kim Jeong-Ju — Jack Culcay Keth Judge #5
Middleweight, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Darren Sutherland — Alfonso Blanco Referee
Middleweight, Men (Olympic) Match #3 Emilio Correa, Jr. — Elshod Rasulov Judge #1
Middleweight, Men (Olympic) Match #7 Carlos Góngora — Georgios Gazis Referee
Middleweight, Men (Olympic) Match #7 James DeGale — Mohamed Hikal Referee
Light-Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Kenny Egan — Washington da Silva Judge #3
Light-Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #6 Abdelhafid Benchabla — Ramadan Yasser Judge #4
Light-Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #5 Washington da Silva — Azea Augustama Judge #2
Light-Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #9 Zhang Xiaoping — Mourad Sahraoui Judge #5
Light-Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #10 Artur Beterbiyev — Kennedy Katende Judge #3
Light-Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #11 Ramadan Yasser — Ramazan Mahamedau Judge #5
Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) Match 1/2 Rakhim Chakhkiyev — Clemente Russo Judge #4
Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Clemente Russo — Deontay Wilder Judge #4
Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #1 Osmay Acosta — Ilias Pavlidis Judge #3
Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Rakhim Chakhkiyev — John M'Bumba Judge #4
Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Ilias Pavlidis — Milorad Gajović Judge #2
Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #7 Oleksandr Usyk — Yushan Nijiati Judge #5
Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #8 Clemente Russo — Viktar Zuyeu Judge #2
Super-Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) Match 1/2 Roberto Cammarelle — Zhang Zhilei Judge #4
Super-Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Zhang Zhilei — Ruslan Myrsatayev Judge #3
Super-Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #3 Zhang Zhilei — Mohamed Amanissi Judge #3
Super-Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #4 Ruslan Myrsatayev — Dan Beahan Judge #4
Super-Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #7 David Price — Islam Timurziyev Judge #2
Super-Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) Match #8 Jaroslavas Jakšto — Onoriode Ohwarieme Judge #5

Olympic family relations