Wilmer José Vásquez Torres (born August 30, 1981) is a Venezuelan heavyweight boxer best known for having participated in the 2004 Olympic tournament

Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Heavyweight

The Heavyweight class in the boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics competition was the second-heaviest class. Heavyweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 91 kilograms.-Medalists:-Schedule:-Results:-References:*...

. He qualified for the Olympic Games by ending up in first place at the 2nd AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

2nd AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The 2nd AIBA American 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from April 4 to April 11, 2004. The competition was the final opportunity for amateur boxers from North-, Central- and South America to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics...

 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Amateur

Aggressive left hooker Vasquez had a distinct puncher reputation as an amateur at heavyweights with 201 lbs limit.
In the Olympic qualifiers he KOd Rafael Lima

Rafael Lima (boxer)

Rafael Duarte Lima is a Brazilian boxer best known to win Heavyweight Bronze at the PanAm Games 2007.-Career:Lima started to box at the age of 18 and won the national championships at 201 lbs from 2003 to 2007....

 and Gerardo Bisbal

Gerardo Bisbal

Gerardo Miguel Bisbal Melero Gerardo Miguel Bisbal Melero Gerardo Miguel Bisbal Melero (born 11 September 1984 in Ponce, Puerto Rico is a heavyweight boxer from Puerto Rico. He is best known for having been the first Puerto Rican boxer to win medals in three Central American and Caribbean Games. He...

 and outpointed Canada's 2002 Commonwealth Champion Jason Douglas

Jason Douglas (boxer)

Jason Douglas is a Canadian boxer best known to win the Commonwealth title 2002 in the heavyweight 91 kg/201 lbs limit division.-Amateur:...

.
At the Olympics he beat Ertugrul Ergezen

Ertugrul Ergezen

Ertuğrul Ergezen is a boxer from Turkey, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics. There he was disqualified against Wilmer Vasquez in the first round of the Heavyweight division.-Amateur:...

 by disqualification, but ran into top favorite and efventual winner Odlanier Solis

Odlanier Solis

Odlanier Solís Fonte is a Cuban professional boxer. He won the Olympic Gold medal in Athens 2004 and was a three time winner at the World Amateur Boxing Championships.-Amateur career:...

 and was soundly outpointed.

Pro

He turned pro in Florida for DRL ( Dan Wise, Roberto Durán

Roberto Durán

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and Luis DeCubas) and is managed by Luis DeCubas Jr.
In his first 6 fights he was woefully out of shape weighing in as high as 290 lbs and only scored 4 KOs.

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