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Demetrius "Boo Boo" Andrade ( ; b. February 26, 1988, in Providence, Rhode Island

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) is a professional boxer

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from the United States

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best known for winning the 2007 world championships as an amateur. He made his professional debut October 23, 2008. Demetrius represented the United States in the 2008 Olympics. He is trained by David Keefe and his father, Paul Andrade.

Amateur career

A Providence native of Cape Verdean descent, southpaw Andrade began boxing in 1994 at the age of 6. His nickname is "Boo Boo" and he currently competes in the light middleweight

Light middleweight

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division.

Andrade won the United States Amateur Boxing Championship in 2005, and repeated it in 2006 when he also won the National Golden Gloves

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. He again won the National Golden Gloves in 2007, but did not compete in the U.S. Amateurs that year due to injury.

Andrade initially struggled at the international level, losing to Eastern Europe

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an opponents at the World Cup in 2005 and 2006. However, he won the silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games

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in Rio de Janeiro

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, losing controversially in the gold medal match to Brazil

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ian hometown favorite Pedro Lima

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by a narrow 7-6 margin.

He won Gold at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships

2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships

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, where he beat Kakhaber Zhvania

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, Dmitrijs Sostaks, 2005 silver medalist Magomed Nurutdinov

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, Jack Culcay-Keth

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, Adem Kılıçcı

Adem Kiliçci

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in the semifinal round and then battered Non Boonjumnong

Non Boonjumnong

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of Thailand

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in the finals, a match in which Andrade inflicted a standing eight count

Standing eight count

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upon Boonjumnong and was leading by a score of 11-3 in the second round when Boonjumnong retired with an injury to his right arm.

Andrade qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics

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in Beijing

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, but without doubt lost in 1/4 final to Kazakh fighter Nurlan Meirmanov 2:17 who afterwards has become the world champion a year later.

Professional career

Following the disappointment of not gaining a medal at the Olympics Andrade then turned professional and had his first pro fight in October 2008, which he won at Northern Quest Casino

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, Airway Heights, Washington beating Patrick Cape by second round knockout. He went on to win a TKO over Eric Marriott before making his Friday Night Fights debut against Tom Joseph on March 6 with a 1st round TKO victory then only 2 weeks later a second round KO win against Arnulfo Javier Romero. On June 19, 2009 he won the unanimous decision against Tony Hirsch. And another KO against Chad Greenleaf in the second round

Professional boxing record

United States Grady Brewer

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