Joselito Velásquez
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| Pan American Games | ||
| gold | 2015 | Half flying |
| gold | 2011 | Half flying |
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| silver | 2015 | Half flying |
| Central America and Caribbean Games | ||
| bronze | 2014 | Half flying |
José "Joselito" Eduardo Velásquez Altamirano (* the thirtieth September 1993 in Oaxaca City ) is a Mexican boxer in the flyweight .
Amateur career
The 1.63 m standard boom won the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara . He defeated the Colombian Ceiber Ávila , the Dominican Juan Medina and the Cuban Yosvany Veitía . At the 2011 World Championships in Baku , he was eliminated in the second preliminary round against the Indian Devendro Singh .
In 2012 he took part in the American Olympic qualification in Rio de Janeiro , defeated Juan Medina and the Canadian Émilien Boucher again, but lost in the semi-finals just on points against Carlos Quipo from Ecuador. At the 2013 World Championships in Almaty , he just lost in the second preliminary round to Mohamed Flissi from Algeria.
In July 2014, he won the Panamerican Sports Festival in Mexico City and was also voted the tournament's best boxer. In the semifinals he won against Leonel de los Santos , the Dominican silver medalist of the Pan American Championships in 2013. In the final, he also defeated the Colombian Yuberjen Martínez , bronze medalist of the Pan American Championships in 2013. At the Copa Romana Tournament in La Romana in October of the same year, came he reached the semi-finals by beating Dominican Carlos Diaz, where he was knocked out again against Carlos Quipo and thus won bronze.
In November 2014, he won a bronze medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz . With wins against Reineris Gutierrez from Nicaragua and Angelino Cordova from Venezuela, he reached the semifinals, where he was narrowly eliminated this time against Leonel de los Santos.
In July 2015, he won the Pan American Games in Toronto by beating Alvaro Vargas from Guatemala, the Dominican Victor Santillan and the Cuban Joahnys Argilagos . In August 2015 he took part in the Pan American Championships in Venezuela and won the silver medal. After victories against Yuberjen Martínez from Colombia and Victor Santillán from the Dominican Republic, he was defeated in the final against Joahnys Argilagos from Cuba.
At the 2015 World Championships in Doha , he was eliminated in the round of 16 against the Filipino Rogen Ladon . By winning against Angelino Cordova, Shin Jong-Hun and Carlos Quipo at the Olympic tournament in Venezuela in July 2016, he qualified for participation in the 2016 Olympic Games . There he won his preliminary round fight against Leandro Blanc from Argentina, but retired in the round of 16 against the Uzbek Hasanboy Doʻsmatov .
In addition, Velásquez boxed for the Mexico Guerreros in the World Series of Boxing (WSB) since 2013 , where he brought in nine wins and four defeats.
Professional career
Velásquez has been boxing in the professional camp since December 2016.
Web links
- BoxRec profile
- Athlete profile at the PanAM Games 2015
- Website; amateur-boxing.strefa.pl
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Velásquez, Joselito |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Velásquez Altamirano, José Eduardo (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican light flyweight boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1993 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oaxaca de Juarez |