Carlos Góngora

Carlos Góngora Mercado (born April 25, 1989 in Esmeraldas ) is an Ecuadorian boxer . Góngora was a participant in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games and winner of the 2010 South American Games .

Career

Carlos Góngora started boxing in Napo at an early age. He developed quickly and has been training in the training center of the Ecuadorian Boxing Association in Quito since he was 16 . His trainer is Cirilo López.

At the age of 17 he took part in the Pan-American Junior Championship in Buenos Aires , where he won the middleweight division with victories over Félix Valera from the Dominican Republic and Pablo Farías from Argentina. In the same year he participated in several senior tournaments. So he won z. B. in the middleweight division at the Copa Romana in La Romana (Dominican Republic) with victories over L. González from Venezuela, Wilky Compfort from Haiti and Argenis Núñez from the Dominican Republic. Also at the South American Games in Buenos Aires in 2006 he started with the seniors and won there in the middleweight division against Pedro Calla from Peru, before he was defeated on points in the final against the world class boxer Alfonso Blanco from Venezuela.

At the Pan-American Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2007 he fought in the middleweight division and landed an unexpected victory over Alfonso Blanco , which was clear with 20: 6 goals. In the semifinals of this championship he lost to Emilio Correa junior from Cuba and came in 3rd place. At the world championship of the same year in Chicago Carlos Gongora won in the middleweight division over Ivano del Monte from Italy (29:22) and over Ezequiel Maderna from Argentina (18:13) each on points. In the second round he was defeated by the experienced Russian Matwej Korobow , the 2005 world champion , by breaking off in the third round.

In 2008 Carlos Góngora qualified in Port of Spain to take part in the Olympic Games in Beijing . He reached the final in qualifying tournament, in which he lost to Emilio Correa on points. In Beijing he showed very good performance in the middleweight division and won over Konstantin Buga from Germany and Georgios Gazis from Greece clearly on points. In the quarter-finals, however, he was somewhat surprisingly defeated by Indian Vijender Kumar , with which he was eliminated and finished in 5th place.

In 2009 Carlos Góngora moved to the next higher weight class, the light heavyweight. In this weight class he started at the World Cup in Milan , where he lost to José Larduet from Cuba in the quarterfinals after victories over the Italian Gianluca Rosciglione and the Algerian Abdelhafid Benchabla on points (6-10) .

At the South American Games 2010 Góngora won the gold medal with a final victory over Roamer Angulo, Colombia (9: 1). That year he also fought for Los Angeles in the World Series of Boxing , winning two of three fights.

In 2011 Cóngora started at the Pan American Games , but failed in the first fight against the later gold medalist Julio César La Cruz , Cuba (19: 9). It was similar for him at the World Championships this year, where he lost in the preliminary round to Yamaguchi Falcão , Brazil (25:18).

In order to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games despite these failures , Góngora took part in the American Olympic qualifying tournament in Rio de Janeiro , where he finished third and thus qualified. The Olympic Games in London ended for him after a narrow victory over Vatan Huseynli , Azerbaijan (9: 8), but already in the round of 16 with a defeat against the later silver medalist Ädilbek Nijasymbetow , Kazakhstan (13: 5).

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
2006	1.	Pan-American Junior Championship in Buenos Aires	medium	with victories over Felix Manuel Valera, Dominican Republic, and Pablo Farías, Argentina
2006	3.	Batalla de Carabobo in Valencia (Venezuela)	medium	after losing points in the semifinals against Alfonso Blanco , Venezuela
2006	1.	Copa Romana in La Romana (Dominican Republic)	medium	with victories over L. González, Venezuela, W. Compfort, Haiti, and Argenis Núñez , Dominican Republic
2006	3.	Independence Cup in Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic)	medium	with a point win over Elber Passos, Brazil, and a point defeat against Yordanis Despaigne , Cuba
2006	2.	South American Games in Buenos Aires	medium	with a win over Pedro Calla, Peru, and a loss to Alfonso Blanco
2007	3.	Batalla de Carabobo	medium	with a point win over Argenis Núñez and a point defeat against Luis Enrique Garcia , Cuba
2007	3.	Qualification tournament for Pan-America. Games in Buenos Aires	medium	with wins over Deibis Berrocal, Colombia, and Pedro Calla, Peru, and one loss to Clarence Joseph , Virgin Islands
2007	5.	Copa Romana in La Romana	medium	after losing points to Argenis Núñez
2007	3.	Pan-American Games in Rio de Janeiro	medium	with a point win over Alfonso Blanco (20: 6) and a point defeat against Emilio Correa junior , Cuba (13:21)
2007	9.	World Cup in Chicago	medium	with points wins over Ivano del Monte, Italy, (29:22) and Ezequiel Maderna, Argentina, (18:13) and a break-off defeat in the 3rd round against Matwej Korobow , Russia
2008	1.	Batalla de Carabobo	medium	with victories over Omar Moreno and José Espinosa, both Venezuela, Arisnoide Despaigne, Cuba, and José Hernández, Venezuela
2008	2.	Independience Cup in Santiago de los Caballeros	medium	with points wins over Willy Medina and Argenis Núñez, both Dominican Republic, and a point defeat against Emilio Correa junior (3:16)
2008	2.	Olympic qualification tournament in Port of Spain	medium	with points wins over Kevin White, Jamaica, and Shawn Estrada , USA , (13: 3) and a point defeat against Emilio Correa junior
2008	1.	Tournament for the Golden Belt in Constanța	medium	with points wins over Tiberiu Porcoi, Romania, Seitbek Nurbeyta, Kazakhstan, Said Rachidi, Morocco , and Axel Cristofor , Romania
2008	2.	4. Cuban Olympiad in Havana	medium	with a demolition win over Marcos Herrera, Colombia, a points win over Arisnoide Despaigne, Cuba, and a demolition defeat 3rd round against Emilio Correa junior
2008	5.	OS in Beijing	medium	with points wins over Konstantin Buga , Germany , (14: 7) and Georgios Gazis, Greece , (12: 1) and a point defeat against Vijender Kumar , India (4: 9)
2009	2.	Batalla de Carabobo	Semi-difficult	with points victory over Kloiton Julio, Venezuela, and point defeat against José Larduet , Cuba (0: 5)
2009	3.	Bolivarian Alternative Games in Santiago de Cuba	Semi-difficult	after losing to Ronald Gonzales, Venezuela
2009	1.	Independence Cup in Santiago de los Caballeros	Semi-difficult	with victories over Argenis Núñez and Félix Manuel Valera, both Dominican Republic

Note: OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championships, middleweight, up to 75 kg and semi-heavyweight, up to 81 kg body weight

swell

• Website "www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl",
• Box Sport magazine

Web links

Carlos Gongora (left) after fighting Mahimal Vijender Singh (Vijender Kumar) at the Beijing Olympics