Jonatan Romero

Jonatan Romero (Preciado) (b.1987) is a Colombian boxer best known to qualify for the Olympics 2008 at bantamweight. His name is sometimes spelled "Jonathan" or "Jhonatan" in press reports but not by the major Colombian media.

Career

Romero who is known by his nickname 'Momo' hails from a boxing family from the "El Retiro" neighbourhood of Santiago de Cali in the Valle del Cauca region.His older brother René, a national amateur champion himself, was shot in 2002.

Romero won bronze at the Boxing at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games where he lost his semifinal to Guillermo Rigondeaux by walkover but didn't participate in the 2007 PanAmerican games due to a shoulder injury.

At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships he bested Chawazi Chatsygov, PanAm Games silver medalist Claudio Marrero 19:3 but lost to McJoe Arroyo 9:23. By reaching the quarterfinals he joined teammate Darley Perez in qualifying for Beijing 2008.

External links

* [http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/CentralAmericanandCaribbeanGames2006.html Central American Games 2006]
* [http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/WorldChamps2007.html World Championships 2007]
* [http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Nationalchamps/Colombia2007.html Colombian Nationals 2007]
* [http://www.eltiempo.com/deportes/otrosdeportes/noticias/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3803295.html El Tiempo article (Spanish)]