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Aníbal Santiago Acevedo

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Nationality
  
Puerto Rico

Height
  
1.76 m

Sport
  
Boxing

Weight
  
67 kg

Name
  
Anibal Acevedo

Rated at
  
Welterweight

Role
  
Boxer


Full name
  
Anibal Santiago Acevedo

Born
  
April 28, 1971 (age 52) (
1971-04-28
)
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Olympic medals
  
Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Welterweight

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Aníbal Santiago Acevedo (born April 28, 1971 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican boxer, who won a bronze medal in the welterweight division at the 1992 Summer Olympics. A year earlier he won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba.

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Amateur highlights

  • 1989: Gold Medalist World Junior Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico (beat Shane Mosley)
  • 1991: Bronze Medal Pan Am Games Junior Welterweight
  • 1991: Lost to Kostya Tszyu on points in World Championships in Sydney, Australia
  • 1992: Gold Medal Santo Domingo Olympic Trials Welterweight (beat Guillermo Jones)
  • 1992: Represented Puerto Rico as a welterweight at the Barcelona Olympic games. His results were:
  • Defeated Harry Simon (Namibia) 13-11
  • Defeated Stefen Scriggins (Australia) 16-3
  • Defeated Francisc Vaştag (Romania) 20-9
  • Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba) 2-11
  • Professional career

    Acevedo began his professional career in 1993 and has had limited success. In 2006 he lost via TKO to Randy Griffin. In February 2007 he lost by KO against Jarmine Mickey.

    References

    Aníbal Santiago Acevedo Wikipedia