Question: Facts:     - medaltemplates: men 's boxing    - birth date: august 15 , 1975   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john nolasco .
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john -lrb- `` johnny '' -rrb- nolasco hughes -lrb- born august 15 , 1975 in la romana , dominican republic -rrb- is a featherweight boxer from the dominican republic , who won the bronze medal at the 1995 pan american games in mar del plata , argentina .a year later he represented his native country at the 1996 summer olympics .nolasco made his professional debut on march 17 , 1999 .