Juan Carrillo

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Juan Carrillo
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Pan American Games
bronze 2015 Light heavyweight
Pan American Championships
bronze 2015 Light heavyweight
Central America and Caribbean Games
silver 2014 Light heavyweight

Juan Carlos Carrillo Palacio (* 10. October 1992 in Barranquilla , Colombia ) is a Colombian professional boxer in light heavyweight .

Amateur career

His greatest successes in the youth field were winning a bronze medal at the 2010 World Youth Championships in Baku and winning the silver medal at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore . He achieved both successes in the middleweight division.

In the adult category, he was multiple Colombian champion, won the silver medal at the Bolivarian Games 2013 and the Central American and Caribbean Games 2014 , as well as a bronze medal at the Pan American Championships in 2015 and the Pan American Games in 2015 . At the World Championships in 2015 , he retired in the first round against Hrvoje September from.

In July 2016 he won the Olympic qualification tournament in Venezuela with victories against Petar Mauković, Petru Ciobanu , Mateusz Tryc and Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam , which gave him a starting place at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . At the Olympics, he was then defeated in the round of 16 against Mathieu Bauderlique .

In total, he won 388 out of 411 amateur fights.

World Series of Boxing

Juan Carillo boxed for the Puerto Rico Hurricanes team in 2016 and for the newly founded Colombian team Colombia Heroicos in the World Series of Boxing in 2017. After failing in the group stage with the Puerto Ricans in 2016, he reached the semi-finals with the Colombians in 2017, where they lost to the Cuban team Cuba Domadores .

Professional career

In January 2019, Carrillo was signed by US promoter Lou DiBella and made his professional debut on May 17, 2019 in Miami .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Juan Carillo, sports reference
  2. Juan Carillo, caracolt
  3. ^ Colombia Heroics, WSB
  4. DiBella Entertainment signs 2016 Colombian Olympian Juan Carlos Carrillo