- Aníbal Santiago Acevedo
Aníbal Santiago Acevedo (born
April 28 ,1971 inSan Juan, Puerto Rico ) is a Puerto Rican boxer, who won a bronze medal in thewelterweight division at the1992 Summer Olympics . A year earlier he won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games inHavana, Cuba .Amateur highlights
*1989: Gold Medalist World Junior Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico (beat
Shane Mosley )
*1991: Bronze Medal Pan Am Games Junior Welterweight
*1991: Lost toKostya Tszyu on points in World Championships in Sydney, Australia
*1992: Gold Medal Santo Domingo Olympic Trials Welterweight (beatGuillermo Jones )
*1992: Represented Puerto Rico as a welterweight at the Barcelona Olympic games. His results were:
**DefeatedHarry Simon (Namibia) 13-11
**DefeatedStefen Scriggins (Australia) 16-3
**DefeatedFrancisc Vaştag (Romania) 20-9
**Lost toJuan Hernández Sierra (Cuba) 2-11Professional career
Acevedo began his professional career in 1993 and has had limited success. In 2006 he lost via TKO to
Randy Griffin . In February 2007 he lost by KO against Jarmine Mickey.External links
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* [http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/PanamericanGames1991.html Amateur Boxing - Panamerican Games (1991) - Havana, Cuba]
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