Daniel Reyes (boxer)
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Daniel Antonio Reyes Torres (born 1972-05-05 in Cartagena de Chairá, Bolívar) is a professional boxer from Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

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Amateur career

Reyes represented Colombia as a Flyweight at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

. His results were:
  • Defeated Tebebu Behonebn (Ethiopia) 16-2
  • Defeated Khaled Falah (Syria) 15-13
  • Lost to Albert Pakeyev
    Albert Pakeyev
    Albert Aleksandrovich Pakeyev, or Albert Pakeev, is a boxer from Russia who won the bronze medal in the Men's Flyweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...

     (Russia) 13-13

Pro career

Reyes, known as "El Olímpico", turned professional in 1996 and won the IBF
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

 World Strawweight Championship by a TKO over Edgar Cardenas
Edgar Cardenas
Edgar Cardenas is a Mexican boxer in the Bantamweight division. He is a former WBC Continental Americas Light Flyweight, WBO NABO Light Flyweight, and the IBF Minimumweight Champion....

 in 2003. He lost his belt in 2004 by split decision to Muhammad Rachman
Muhammad Rachman
Mohammad Rachman Sawaluddin bin Suhaimat , is a professional boxer."The Rock Breaker" won the IBF World Strawweight Championship by a split decision against Daniel Reyes of Colombia...

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