Amateur Career
He was a two-time National Golden Gloves Champion and from 1979–1980, Sandoval went onto win the National AAU Championship at Light Flyweight and then in the Flyweight division. Richard also made the 1980 U.S. Olympic team, but couldn't compete due to the U.S.A.'s boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games.
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