I dont know if you gusy remember my post about Guillermo Rigondeauz : "Greatest amture boxer to never turn pro" well guest what ? HE DEFECTD YESTURDAY in Pan American Games going on in Brazil right now along with boxing partner Erislandy Lara HERE IS HIS RECORD Guillermo Rigondeaux This content is protected PACQUIAO IM COMING FOR YOUUUUUUUUUU HAHAHAHA He currently claims an amateur record of 243-4 Olympic results 2000 Defeated This content is protected (Tunisia) KO 1 Defeated This content is protected (Japan) RSC 3 Defeated This content is protected (Turkey) 14-5 Defeated This content is protected (United States) 18-6 Defeated This content is protected (Russia) 18-12 2004 Round of 32: Defeated This content is protected of China - PTS (21-7) Round of 16: Defeated This content is protected of Pakistan - RSC 3 Quarterfinals: Defeated This content is protected of Russia - PTS (20-5) Semifinals: Defeated This content is protected of Uzbekistan - PTS (27-13) Gold Medal Match: Defeated This content is protected of Thailand - PTS (22-13) [ This content is protected ] Other amateur achievements 2000 Cuban national amateur champion - bantamweight 2001 Cuban national amateur champion - bantamweight 2001 World amateur champion - bantamweight (in Belfast, Northern Ireland) Defeated This content is protected (Japan) RSC 2 Defeated This content is protected (Norway) RSC 2 Defeated This content is protected (Greece) 24-8 Defeated This content is protected (Ukraine) 15-6 Defeated This content is protected (Russia) 30-24 2002 Cuban national amateur champion - bantamweight 2002 World Cup champion - bantamweight (in Astana, Kazakhstan) Defeated This content is protected (Australia) RSC 1 Defeated This content is protected (Turkey) RSC 1 Defeated This content is protected (Thailand) 13-2 Defeated This content is protected (Kazkhstan) 7-6 2003 Cuban national amateur champion - bantamweight 2003 competed as a bantamweight at World championships in Bangkok, Thailand. Results were: Defeated This content is protected (Poland) 15-1 Lost to This content is protected (Russia) 13-16 2003 Bantamweight gold medalist at Pan-American games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Defeated This content is protected (Dominican Republic) 17-2 Defeated This content is protected (Venezuela) RSC 2 Defeated This content is protected (Canada) 22-2 Defeated This content is protected (Mexico) 17-7 2004 Cuban national amateur champion - bantamweight 2005 Cuban national amateur champion - bantamweight 2005 Bantamweight gold medalist at World Cup in Moscow Russia. Defeated This content is protected (Thailand) 34-16 Defeated This content is protected (Romania) 28-11 Defeated This content is protected (Kazakhstan) 34-7 Defeated This content is protected (Russia) 37-21 2005 World amateur champion at bantamweight in competition held in Mianyang, China Defeated This content is protected (Latvia) RTD 2 Defeated This content is protected (Mongolia) RSC Defeated This content is protected (Uzbekistan) RSC 3 Defeated This content is protected (France) 37-23 Defeated This content is protected (Germany) 19-9 2006 Cuban national amateur champion 2006 Bantamweight gold medalist at Central American Games in Cartagena, Colombia Defeated This content is protected (Puerto Rico) 10-1 Defeated This content is protected (Colombia) walk-over Defeated This content is protected (Mexico) 14-3 2006 Bantamweight gold medalist at Nations Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan. Defeated This content is protected (Kazakhstan) 28-10 Defeated This content is protected (United States) 21-17 Defeated This content is protected (Azerbaijan) walk-over Defeated This content is protected (Russia) RSC 3 Retrieved from " This content is protected "
Wow! Great news fopr boxing fans. He could be a title holder by the end of 2008 and top 10 P4P by the end of 2009. At only 26, he's got age on his side as well (if it wasn't fabricated, which is pretty common with Cuban athletes). The question will be whether he has enough power in the pros, but he certainly has the skill set to dominate.
definitely a talent, hope he carries it over to the pros if he decides to become one. but keep in mind amateur success does'nt always translate to pro success.
Men this guys is incredable, my brother is a boxer and his father is a trainer for cuban boxing, well he trained in cuba with the current cuban boxing team back in 2004 and everybody says they have never seen a boxer with so much skill as this guy.
Yeah, I heard about that, seems like the Cuban team is rapidly falling apart. Good news for the Russians in light of the upcoming World Championships and Olympics.
it is falling apart, but i dont think this will affect the cuban team much, cause it is almost harder to make the national cuban team than to compete in international competitions, so the team cuba has now is pretty good and young, most of their fighters are in the age range of 20 - 23, so thats very good, cuba even after loosing their best boxers is looking pretty good for the Olympics, cause the boxing school in cuba is just the best in the world... thats why they produce so much great fighters.
Well, I've heard different, the Cuban team is certainly not happy about this and the situation is kind of tense right now. Sure, the Cubans have a good talent pool but so does the Russians. The Cubans can't really afford to lose talents like Solis and Rigondeaux. You can be sure that the main players of the Russians like Tishchenko (that guy is special), Timurziev, Korobov etc. will stick around until the next Olympics.
Nice to hear, this guy is a world class ameteur and should make a great pro. We will see how he does, but I think he may have a better carrer than Casa.
well it is not official were they are located now, but i hope that arena promotions picks him up like they did Solis and the rest. (by the way they are all very good friends)
