¿Que pasa? Seriously, what ever happened to him? After representing Mexico at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and bringing home a bronze medal (claiming a victory over Almazbek "Kid Diamond" Raimkulov, and eliminated in a close match by silver medalist Andreas Kotelnik) - the last member of the Mexican amateur national team who medalled until Misael Rodríguez also claimed bronze in 2016 - he turned pro and racked up a 15-0 (7) record, culminating in a split decision over the 5'11" and still fairly scrappy former WBC lightweight titlist César "El Paso" Bazán, who just a few years earlier fought Miguel Cotto in what Cotto himself went on record saying was his toughest fight of his career prior to Margarito I (quite a mouthful, considering he fought Pinto, Corley, Torres, Judah and Mosley in the 19 fight span between Margarito and Bazán. After that? ...nothing. He just vanished.
Oh, never mind... http://izquierdazo.com/donde-quedo-el-ultimo-medallista-olimpico-mexicano/2713 Bejarano decided to leave the profession to study the career of Physical Education at the University of Chihuahua. "The decision was not easy, but I did it thinking about what's best for me. It was not easy to leave boxing, after being a medalist and going unbeaten in the professional, nobody defeated me in fifteen fights, but I decided to retire, I analyzed it well, I reflected on many things and came to the decision to do something else. I do not regret it because I continue in what I like, now supporting young people to achieve their dreams in this beautiful sport, which is boxing," he told the newspaper Rotativo.
He fought on another few years, actually managed to avenge the Rubio loss, but kept getting his momentum stunted at the wrong times. He lost split decisions to Leija in the co-feature to Gatti vs. Dorin and to Stevie 2lb Forbes on the Pacquiao vs. Barrera II undercard. I remember at the time a lot of folks felt Bojado deserved the nod but that Forbes, always a well-liked guy in boxing, was being given a "make-up call" having just suffered two pretty bad robberies in a row (to Grady Brewer and then B-Hop's nephew)...
This is pretty crazy: On the Bejerano vs. Bazán undercard, El Diablo's fellow Chihuahua native Micky Román conquered his first minor belt (the vacant Mexican national super bantamweight title). Román was already more experienced than Bejerano at that point, and not only is he still active nearly a dozen years later but he just bagged the biggest scalp of his career in Orlando Salido, last month.
