Tureano Johnson
Encyclopedia
Taureano Dexter Johnson (born February 12, 1984 in Nassau, New Providence) is an amateur boxer from the Bahamas who qualified for the 2008 Olympics.
at the first Olympic qualifier where he lost a close bout. At the second qualifier he won the rematch 10:6 and qualified. He trains in Cuba under the guidance of coach Jesus Yu.
- Welterweight
division
Career
At the PanAm Games 2007 he lost to Diego Chaves 6:9. He rose to prominence with his effort against PanAm Champion Pedro LimaPedro Lima (boxer)
Pedro Alvaro Santos de Lima is a Brazilian amateur boxer best known to win the 2007 PanAm welterweight title in 2007.-Career:...
at the first Olympic qualifier where he lost a close bout. At the second qualifier he won the rematch 10:6 and qualified. He trains in Cuba under the guidance of coach Jesus Yu.
Olympics Results
2008 Summer Olympics2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
- Welterweight
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...
division
- Defeated Rolande MosesRolande MosesRolande Moses is a male amateur boxer from Grenada, who fought at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's welterweight division.He entered into the Olympic Trails with a nine fights only under his belt...
(GrenadaGrenadaGrenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...
) - PTS (18-3) - Defeated Olexandr StretskyyOlexandr StretskyyOlexandr Stretskyy, also known as Oleksandr Stretskiy, is a Ukrainian amateur boxer who won the bronze medal at the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships and thereby qualified for the Olympics 2008 in Beiijing.-Career:...
- PTS 9-4 - Lost to Hanati SilamuHanati SilamuKanat Islam ; born September 13, 1984 in Altay, Xinjiang) is a Chinese amateur boxer of Kazakh ancestry best known for winning bronze at welterweight at the 2008 Summer Olympics, the 2007 World Championships and the 2006 Asian Games.-Career:...
(China) 4-14