- Carlos Velasquez
Carlos Ivan Velásquez (b. August 04,1984 in Catano) is a Puerto Rican amateur boxer best known as winning the
featherweight title at the 20.Central American and Caribbean Games 2006 inCartagena . He is the twin brother ofJuan Carlos Velasquez .Amateur
Velázquez participated in the 2004 Olympics at the age of 20 at featherweight but lost his first match to Edvaldo Oliveira of
Brazil , by decision (43-43;countback).At the
2006 Central American and Caribbean Games he defeated Marlon Almagro (Venezuela ), upset Olympic championYuriorkis Gamboa 10:7 in the semis and won Gold against Ronald de la Rosa (Dominican Republic ).Pro
He turned pro for promoter Luis de Cubas and
Shelly Finkel and won his first 12 fights. hola! OnSeptember 14 , 2008, Carlos Velasquez (9-0, 8 KOs) knocked out by theknee Jose Navarrete (12-18-2, 5 KOs) at 1:11 of the 5th round of the 8th-rounder. [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3586418 sports.espn.go.com, Forrest rebounds by firing past Mora in rematch] ]Links
* [http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/CentralAmericanandCaribbeanGames2006.html Central American games]
* [http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=386397&cat=boxer Pro record]References
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