Lorenzo Aragon

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Lorenzo Aragón Armenteros (born April 28, 1974 in Santa Isabel de las Lajas , Cienfuegos Province ) is a former Cuban boxer . Aragón was world champion in 2001 and 2003 and silver medalist at the 2004 Olympic Games .

Career

In the junior division (U19), Aragón became world champion in flyweight (-51 kg) in 1992 .

At the national championships Aragón won bronze in 1991, then he won the title ten times between 1992 and 2004. He is the only boxer who managed to do this in six different weight classes. His 2000 final victory over Roberto Guerra (up to 63.5 kg) was later revoked by the association in a highly controversial process, despite the unanimous vote of the judges, which prevented him from participating in the Olympic boxing tournament in Sydney .

In 1994 Aragón took part in the Pan American Championships and was able to win this featherweight (-57 kg) with a final victory over Yoni Vargas Martínez ( Mexico ) (9: 7). In the same year he also reached the final of the chemistry cup in Halle , but lost it to Falk Huste ( Germany , 11: 7). At the 1996 Olympic Games , Aragón had to admit defeat to Floyd Mayweather Jr. ( USA ) in the quarterfinals after victories over Noureddine Medjehoud , ( Algeria , 9: 6) and Rogerio de Brito ( Brazil , 16: 6) in the quarterfinals .

In 1998 Aragón reached the final of the World Cup in Beijing in the light welterweight division (63.5 kg), but lost it to Muhammadqodir Abdullayev ( Uzbekistan , 17:13). At the 2001 World Championships he won with a final victory over Anthony Thompson ( USA , 27:15) the world title in the welterweight (-67 kg) and could these 2003 and with victories. a. against Non Boonjumnong ( Thailand , RSC 2nd), Andre Berto (USA, 25:15), and in the final over Sherzod Husanov (Uzbekistan, 17: 9). In the same year he also won the Pan American Games with a final victory over Juan McPherson (USA, 30:11).

At the 2004 Olympic Games , Aragón won after victories over Theodoros Kotakos ( Greece , RSC 3rd), Vanes Martirosyan, (USA, RSC 3rd), Ruslan Khairov ( Azerbaijan , 16:14), and Kim Jung-joo ( South Korea , 38th) : 10) the final, which he lost against Baqtijar Artajew ( Kazakhstan ) (36:26) and thus won the Olympic silver medal.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lorenzo Aragón Armenteros in the Cuban online encyclopedia EcuRed , accessed on April 17, 2015 (Spanish)
personal data
SURNAME Aragon, Lorenzo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aragón Armenteros, Lorenzo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION cuban boxer
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Isabel de las Lajas , Cuba