Misael Rodríguez

Misael Rodríguez medal table
Boxing
Mexico
Olympic Summer Games
bronze	2016	medium weight
Pan American Championships
bronze	2015	medium weight
Pan American Games
bronze	2015	medium weight

Misael Rodríguez Uziel Olivas (* 7. April 1994 in Ciénega de Ceniceros , Chihuahua ) is a Mexican boxer in the middleweight (-75 kg).

Amateur career

Misael Rodríguez won the silver medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games in 2014 when he was only stopped in the final by Cuban Arlen López . In 2015 he won a bronze medal at the American Games in Canada and the American Championships in Venezuela , where he also managed a victory against Myke Carvalho . At the 2015 World Championships in Qatar , he was eliminated in the second fight against the reigning world champion Schänibek Älimchanuly .

In March 2016 he started in the American Olympic qualification in Argentina , where he faced Joseph Cherkashyn from Chile (3-0), Arthur Langelier from St. Lucia (TKO), Luis Hernández from Panama (3-0) and Marlon Delgado from Ecuador (3-0) fought for the final and qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil . His defeat in the final against the American Charles Conwell (1: 2) had no effect on this.

At the Olympic Games he won the preliminary round match against the Iraqi Wahid Abderredha (3: 0) and then entered the quarter-finals without a fight against the Irish Michael O'Reilly , who was disqualified for doping , where he won against the Egyptian Hosam Bakr Abdin (3: 0) ) succeeded. In the semifinals he was eliminated with a bronze medal against the Uzbek Bektemir Meliqoʻziyev (0: 3).

Professional career

On April 9, 2017, he made his professional debut in Los Angeles , defeating Brian True by unanimous decision.

Web links

• AIBA profile from 2015