Leonel de los Santos
| Leonel de los Santos medal table |
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 Dominican Republic
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| Pan American Games | ||
| silver | 2019 | lightweight |
| Pan American Championships | ||
| gold | 2017 | Bantamweight |
| silver | 2013 | Light flyweight |
| Central America and Caribbean Games | ||
| bronze | 2018 | lightweight |
| gold | 2014 | Light flyweight |
Leonel de los Santos Núñez (born December 14, 1994 in Santo Domingo ) is a Dominican boxer .
Career
Leonel de los Santos is around 1.70 m tall and comes from the Los Mina district of Santo Domingo. In September 2013 he won the silver medal in the light flyweight division at the Pan American Championships in Chile. After victories against Álvaro Vargas, Jose Alberto Zaleta and Yuberjen Martínez , he lost in the final against Patrick Lourenço.
After winning the first qualifying tournament in May 2014, he took part in the Central American and Caribbean Games in Mexico in November 2014 . There he won the gold medal in the light flyweight division with victories against David Jiménez , Joselito Velásquez and Yuberjen Martínez .
In June 2015 he qualified in the eliminations in Mexico for the Pan American Games 2015 in Canada, where he was eliminated in the first fight against Antonio Vargas. In August 2015, he took part in the Pan American Championships in Venezuela and defeated Jeyvier Cintrón before failing in the quarter-finals to Yosvany Veitía .
At the American Olympic qualification tournament in Argentina in March 2016, he reached the final against Antonio Vargas, Yoel Finol and David Jiménez , which qualified him for the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil. There he lost his first flyweight fight against Yoel Finol, who had been nominated for the worldwide Olympic qualification.
In June 2017 he won the Bantamweight Pan American Championships in Honduras . On the way to the title he defeated Carlos Silva, John Martinez, Cristofer Flores and Javier Ibañez. He was qualified for the 2017 World Championships in Hamburg , where he made it to the quarter-finals against Kurt Walker and Raffaele Di Serio and was eliminated from Peter McGrail .
At the Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla in 2018, he lost to Lázaro Álvarez in the semi-finals and won bronze. He was also subject to this in the final of the Pan American Games 2019 in Peru and thus won the silver medal. In the semifinals he defeated Luis Cabrera . At the 2019 World Championships in Yekaterinburg , he was eliminated in the quarter-finals against Howhannes Batschkow .
Selection of international tournament victories
- February 2017: Independence Cup in the D. Republic with wins against Luis Marco Feliz, Jose Luis Rodriguez and Angel Gabriel Martinez
- June 2016: Giraldo Córdova Cardín tournament in Cuba with wins against Bignote Arnolis Taylor, Mohamed Flissi , Yoel Finol and Hu Jianguan
- April 2015: José “Cheo” Aponte tournament in Puerto Rico with wins against Luis Concepción, Juan Camacho and Julião Neto
- February 2014: Independence Cup in the D. Republic with wins against Harold Lopez, Leroy Davila, Erick Lopez and Junior Antonio Almonte
- November 2013: Copa Romana in the D. Republic with victories against Harold Lopez and Mario Cepeda
WSB
He has been boxing for the Colombia Heroicos team in the World Series of Boxing (WSB) since 2017 . He lost his first fight against Cuban Javier Ibañez, but won the rematch and also defeated Jose Diaz of Venezuela.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Santos, Leonel de los |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Santos Núñez, Leonel de los |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dominican boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1994 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic |