Raúl Castañeda is a 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...

 from Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. The event was only open to men and bouts were contested over four rounds of two minutes each...

 for his native country. There he was stopped in the second round of the Light flyweight (48 kg)

Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Light Flyweight

The Light Flyweight class in the boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics competition was the lightest class. Light flyweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 48 kilograms.-Medalists:-Schedule:-Results:-Notes:...

 division by Russia's eventual bronze medalist Sergey Kazakov

Sergey Kazakov

Sergey Kazakov is a Russian amateur boxer best known to win the World Championships 2003 and European Championships 1998, 2002 and 2004 in the Men's Light Flyweight.Kazakov won the European Championships in 1998...

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Castañeda won the bronze medal in the same division one year earlier, at the Pan American Games

Boxing at the 2003 Pan American Games

The Men's Boxing Tournament at the 2003 Pan American Games was held in the Carlos Teo Cruz Boxing Coliseum in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from August 8 to August 15....

 in Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...

. He qualified for the Olympic Games by ending up in second place at the 1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The 1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Tijuana, Mexico from March 12 to March 20, 2004. It was the first chance for amateur boxers from North-, Central- and South America to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics after the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo,...

 in Tijuana, Mexico.