Yankiel Leon
Encyclopedia
Yankiel León Alarcón is a Cuba
n amateur boxer
best known to win Silver at the 2008 Olympics at bantamweight.
became senior national champion 2002 at flyweight then moved up.
At bantam he stood in the shadows of near-invincible two-time Olympic champion Guillermo Rigondeaux who beat him eight times. When Rigondeaux was out injured in 2007 Leon lost at the national championships to Yasniel Toledo
.
After it became clear that the banned Rigondeaux would not be sent to Beijing Leon trained harder and beat archrival Toledo and Yurien Fabregas at the nationals 2008.
He lost to local Dominican Claudio Marrero in the first round of the Copa Independencia but breezed through his qualifier easily beating everybody including Marrero and fellow qualifier Oscar Valdez
to easily make it to the Olympics.
He holds wins over Yan Barthelemy, Yuriorkis Gamboa and Iván Calderón
(PUR) among others.
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
n 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...
best known to win Silver at the 2008 Olympics at bantamweight.
Career
Leon won gold at the World Junior Championships in Budapest, Hungary in 2000 as a light flyweight.became senior national champion 2002 at flyweight then moved up.
At bantam he stood in the shadows of near-invincible two-time Olympic champion Guillermo Rigondeaux who beat him eight times. When Rigondeaux was out injured in 2007 Leon lost at the national championships to Yasniel Toledo
Yasniel Toledo
Yasniel Toledo López is a Cuban amateur boxer from Camagüey who won the PanAm lightweight title in 2011. He is a southpaw.-Career:...
.
After it became clear that the banned Rigondeaux would not be sent to Beijing Leon trained harder and beat archrival Toledo and Yurien Fabregas at the nationals 2008.
He lost to local Dominican Claudio Marrero in the first round of the Copa Independencia but breezed through his qualifier easily beating everybody including Marrero and fellow qualifier Oscar Valdez
Oscar Valdez
Óscar Rafael Valdez Fierro is a Mexican amateur boxer who qualified for the 2008 Olympics at the age of 17 and became the first Mexican Youth World Champion.-Career:...
to easily make it to the Olympics.
He holds wins over Yan Barthelemy, Yuriorkis Gamboa and Iván Calderón
Ivan Calderón (boxer)
Iván Calderón Marrero is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur Calderón represented Puerto Rico in international competitions and attended the 2000 Olympic Games in Australia. On May 3, 2003, he won the World Boxing Organization's minimumweight championship when he defeated Eduardo...
(PUR) among others.
Olympic Games results
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Kanat AbutalipovKanat AbutalipovKanat Kalizhanovich Abutalipov is a Kazakhstani boxer who competed at the 2008 Olympics at bantamweight but lost his only fight to eventual silver medallist Yankiel Leon from Cuba....
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