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Aníbal Santiago Acevedo (born April 28, 1971 in San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan is the Capital and largest Municipalities of Puerto Rico in Puerto Rico. As of the United States Census Bureau, it has a population of 433,733, making it the List of United States cities by population city under the jurisdiction of the United States....
) is a Puerto Rican
Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is a Autonomy Territories of the United States of the United States located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands....
 boxer
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
, who won a bronze medal
Olympic medalists in boxing

This is the complete list of Olympic Games medalists in boxing from 1904 to 2008....
 in the welterweight
Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system....
 division at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain in 1992....
. A year earlier he won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games
Boxing at the 1991 Pan American Games

The Boxing Tournament at the 1991 Pan American Games was held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18. It served as a qualification tournament for the Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics....
 in Havana, Cuba.








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Aníbal Santiago Acevedo (born April 28, 1971 in San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan is the Capital and largest Municipalities of Puerto Rico in Puerto Rico. As of the United States Census Bureau, it has a population of 433,733, making it the List of United States cities by population city under the jurisdiction of the United States....
) is a Puerto Rican
Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is a Autonomy Territories of the United States of the United States located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands....
 boxer
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
, who won a bronze medal
Olympic medalists in boxing

This is the complete list of Olympic Games medalists in boxing from 1904 to 2008....
 in the welterweight
Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system....
 division at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain in 1992....
. A year earlier he won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games
Boxing at the 1991 Pan American Games

The Boxing Tournament at the 1991 Pan American Games was held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18. It served as a qualification tournament for the Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics....
 in Havana, Cuba.

Amateur highlights

  • 1989: Gold Medalist World Junior Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico (beat Shane Mosley
    Shane Mosley

    "Sugar" Shane Mosley is a boxing from Pomona, California. He has won world titles in three weight divisions. He is the current World_Boxing_Association#Current_WBA_world_title_holders....
    )
  • 1991: Bronze Medal Pan Am Games Junior Welterweight
  • 1991: Lost to Kostya Tszyu
    Kostya Tszyu

    Konstantin Borisovich Tszyu, more commonly known as Kostya Tszyu is a Russian-born boxing of mixed Russian people, Korean people and Mongols descent....
     on points in World Championships in Sydney, Australia
  • 1992: Gold Medal Santo Domingo Olympic Trials Welterweight (beat Guillermo Jones
    Guillermo Jones

    Guillermo Jones is a Panamanian boxer best known for losing three world title fights in controversial decisions....
    )
  • 1992: Represented Puerto Rico as a welterweight at the Barcelona Olympic games. His results were:
    • Defeated Harry Simon
      Harry Simon

      Harry Eugene Simon was an United States shooting sports who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he won a silver medal in 300 metre free rifle event and took 19th place in the individual free rifle competition, scoring 86 points out of a possible 100 at the distance of 1000 yards....
       (Namibia) 13-11
    • Defeated Stefen Scriggins (Australia) 16-3
    • Defeated Francisc Vastag
      Francisc Vastag

      The Boxing Francisc Vastag was the first Romanian to win the supreme belt in his category. His victory greatly stimulated boxing in Romania. The champion boxer Adrian Diaconu has said that he considers Vastag to be a brother and mentor....
       (Romania) 20-9
    • Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra
      Juan Hernández Sierra

      Juan Hern?ndez Sierra is a retired boxing from Cuba, who competed in the welterweight division during the 1990s. He represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain....
       (Cuba) 2-11


Professional career

Acevedo began his professional career in 1993 and has had limited success. In 2006 he lost via TKO to Randy Griffin
Randy Griffin

Randy Griffin is a professional Boxing. While best known as a middleweight, he began as a light heavyweight and worked his way down in weight class....
. In February 2007 he lost by KO against Jarmine Mickey.

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