Aníbal Santiago Acevedo
Puerto Rican boxer (born 1971)
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Aníbal Santiago Acevedo (born April 28, 1971) is a Puerto Rican boxer, who won a bronze medal in the welterweight division at the 1992 Summer Olympics. A year earlier he won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba.
FullnameAníbal Santiago Acevedo
Nationality
Puerto Rico
Puerto RicoBornApril 28, 1971
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
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| Full name | Aníbal Santiago Acevedo | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||
| Born | April 28, 1971 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
| Welterweight | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Amateur highlights
- 1989: Gold Medalist World Junior Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico (beat Shane Mosley)
- 1991: Bronze Medal Pan Am Games Junior Welterweight
- 1991: Lost to Kostya Tszyu on points in World Championships in Sydney, Australia
- 1992: Gold Medal Santo Domingo Olympic Trials Welterweight (beat Guillermo Jones)
- 1992: Represented Puerto Rico as a welterweight at the Barcelona Olympic games. His results were:
- Defeated Harry Simon (Namibia) 13–11
- Defeated Stefan Scriggins (Australia) 16–3
- Defeated Francisc Vaştag (Romania) 20–9
- Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba) 2–11
Professional career
Acevedo began his professional career in 1993 and has had limited success. In 2006 he lost via TKO to Randy Griffin. In February 2007 he lost by KO against Jarmine Mickey.
External links
- Aníbal Santiago Acevedo at BoxRec (registration required)
- Aníbal Santiago Acevedo at Olympedia
- Aníbal Santiago Acevedo at InterSportStats
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