- Luis Yáñez
Infobox boxer (amateur)
boxername=Luis Yáñez
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fullname = Luis Yáñez
nicknames = "Nuke"
nationality = USA
weight class =Light Flyweight
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birthdate = birth date and age|1988|10|25
birthplace =Duncanville, Texas
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height = height|m=1.60
weight = convert|106|lb|kg
medaltemplates=Luis Yanez (born
October 25 ,1988 inDuncanville, Texas ) is a US-American amateur boxer. He is recognized for winning the Pan American title 2007 at junior flyweight. Yanez, the Latin Legend [ [http://olympicsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/08/the-latin-legend-lives.html] ] , is best known for being a 2008 Olympian in Beijing. Career
Southpaw Yanez who hails fromDuncanville , Texas was taken to the gym by his father in 1997 at the age of 9 when he had trouble getting his son, who has four sisters and a brother, to listen and settle down. He wanted him to receive structure, release energy in a positive environment and instill discipline.When Yanez was 14, he started compiling referrals from school administrators for "acting out in class." After he had received 30 referrals, his coach Rodarte gave him an ultimatum to straighten up in school or he would throw him out which helped him settle down.
Yanez won a silver medal at the Cadet(U17) World Championships 2005 losing to
Khalid Saeed and a gold medal at the so-called Junior Olympics, in 2006 he added a bronze at the junior world championships.In 2006 he became US champion and won the
National Golden Gloves , in 2007 he repeated both wins.In Brazil at the PanAm games 2007 he reached the final by beating two opponents who had beaten him earlier the same year – Cuba's Yampier Hernandez in the quarterfinals and Dominican Wilton Mendez in the semifinals and also bested Venezuelan
Kevin Betancourt , ranked 8th in the world for the gold medal.He won the US Olympic trials in August 2007.
Yanez hasn't lost a fight in the United States (to a compatriot) in more than five years, compiling a record of 89-0. In the past three years, he's 26-3 in international competition.
In August 2007, Yanez "became the first boxer from the Dallas-Fort Worth area to qualify for the United States Olympic boxing team since 1980." [ [http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/highschools/othersports/stories/082707dnspowatkins.282e183.html
] ] At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Chicago he qualified for the Olympics for good but lost surprisingly to fellow southpaw and eventual silver medalistHarry Tanamor from the Philippines.In November 2007, Yanez earned his ticket into the 2008 Olympics by "advancing to the quarterfinals of the AIBA World Championships in Chicago." [ [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/columnists/khairopoulos/stories/110107dnspohairopoulos.36e7152.html
] ] In a bout against Australia's Stephen Sutherland, the referee was forced to stop the fight in the second round after Yanez caused three standing eight counts. With this win, Yanez earned his official place as a light flyweight (106 pounds) in the 2008 Olympics to be hosted in Beijing, China. At the meeting in China in November 2007 he was outclassed by world champ Zou Shiming who was subsequently outclassed byRau'shee Warren . [ [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/02/04/080204fa_fact_osnos?currentPage=7 Evan Osnos, "The Boxing Rebellion"] , "The New Yorker ", February 4, 2008, at page 7.] [ [http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/DualsLeague/2007/DualCHN_USA.html DualCHN_USA ] ]On July 16, 2008 Yanez was reinstated to the U.S. Olympic team after having been removed to the team for missing three weeks of training camp in Colorado. [ [http://www.quickdfw.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/stories/071608dnspoyanez.5cb643d2.html
Kelvin de la Nieve of Spain. The final score recorded reflected Yanez in the lead, outscoring de la Nieve 12-9. [ [http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2008/aug/14/duncanville-boxer-luis-yanez-wins-first-olympics-b/] ] Then he lost to eventual Mongolian runner-up Pürevdorjiin Serdamba 7:8.References
External links
* [http://www.usaboxing.org/86_1398.htm BIO]
* [http://www.boxing-scoop.com/show_boxer.php?boxer_ID=335 Luis Yanez Amateur Boxing Record]
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