Kerron Speid is a retired male boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 from Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

, who won the bronze medal in the heavyweight

Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing...

 division at the 1999 Pan American Games

Boxing at the 1999 Pan American Games

The Men's Boxing Tournament at the 1999 Pan American Games was held in Winnipeg, Canada from July 31 to August 8. It served as a qualification tournament for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The number one and two earned a ticket for the Olympic Tournament.- Medal winners :- Medal...

 in Winnipeg, Canada, together with Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

's Marcelino Novaes

Marcelino Novaes

Marcelino Novaes Rodrigues Fil is a retired boxer from Brazil, who won the bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the 1999 Pan American Games, together with Jamaica's Kerron Speid. Nicknamed Robocop he made his professional debut in 2001.Novaes has recently relocated to Las Vegas...

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Closing with an amateur record of 28-4-0, the former three-time Caribbean heavyweight amateur boxing champion made his professional debut in 2002 and had mixed results. He won the first bout with a third-round knockout of Ohio's Luis Depp in Philadelphia, but lost the second on points to Patrick Nuamu of New York.