- Victor Bisbal
Infobox_Boxer
name= Victor Bisbal Melero
nationality= Puerto Rico
realname= Victor José Bisbal Melero
nickname= Vitito
weight=Heavyweight
birth_date= 2 july 1980 (age 27)
birth_place= Salinas,Puerto Rico
home_place=Salinas, Puerto Rico
style=Orthodox
total= 13
wins= 12
KO= 10
losses= 1
draws= 0
no contests= 0Victor José Bisbal Melero (born
2 July 1980 inPonce, Puerto Rico ) is a heavyweight boxer fromPuerto Rico , best known to participate in the Olympics 2004.Amateur career
His Amateur record was 60 wins 10 losses.With only 9 boxing fights and at the age of 19 years he participated in his first international competition , the Pan American Games 1999
Winnipeg ,Canada . He won a gold medal in Caribbean and Central American Games, El Salvador 2002, vsKertson Manswell ofTrinidad and Tobago .National champion of Puerto Rico in amateur career.Bisbal won a bronze medal in the same division, at the Pan American Games inSanto Domingo , where he lost to the world class southpawMichel López Núñez of Cuba (Super Heavyweight). He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics. There he lost in the super heavyweight (+ 91 kg) division by points to Lithuania'sJaroslav Jaksto , the score of the judges was 27-16. [cite web| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/schedules/224139ByEvent.html| title=2004 Olympic Games: Boxing| publisher=Sports Illustrated| accessdate=2008-02-04]Mayor brother of
Gerardo Bisbal , heavyweight amateur boxer, winner bronze medal in Caribbean and Central American games in El Salvador 2002 andCartagena, Colombia in the year 2006, he represent of Puerto Rico in Pan American Games, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro in 2007.Professional career
After the Olympics the 6'4 , 235 lbs Bisbal turned pro but was KOd in one of his early fights by
clubfighter Domonic Jenkins. in 2007 Bisbal joined "Promociones Miguel Cotto", and fought in boxing cards organized by the company. OnMay 31 ,2008 , Bisbal was scheluded to fight Matt Green. He won the fight by knockout in the first round. [cite web| url=http://www.primerahora.com/noticia/boxeo/accion_deportiva/victorias_para_bisbal_y_santos/196030| title=Victorias para Bisbal y Santos| publisher=Primera Hora| language=Spanish| date=2008-06-02 | accessdate=2008-06-04]References
External links
* [http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/athens2004/pri/Victor+Bisbal/9003974 Yahoo! Sports]
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