Luís Arias is a Cuban-American amateur boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 in the Middleweight

Middleweight

Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...

 division. He is currently the number one rated amateur boxer at Middleweight in the U.S.

Amateur career

Arias won the 2008 & 2010 U.S. National Champion at Middleweight at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Colorado Springs is located in South-Central Colorado, in the southern portion of the state. It is situated on Fountain Creek and is located south of the Colorado...

. He's also won a gold medal at the National PAL Champion, an AIBA Youth World Championships

2008 Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships

The 2008 Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Guadalajara, Mexico from October 31 to November 1, 2008.It was the first edition of the Youth World Championships which had taken over from the Junior World Championship....

 bronze medal, and a Silver medal at the National Golden Gloves.

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