In 2003, at the Pan Am Games, he beat
Washington Silva but lost to
Cuban
southpaw Yoan Pablo Hernández in the
light-heavyweight category and won bronze. In 2005, at the Pan Am Championships (not the Pan Am Games), he lost to
Yusiel Napoles. He managed to lose weight and drop down to
middleweight afterwards. At the Central American Games in 2006, he lost in the first round to eventual winner
Yordanis Despaigne. At the Pan Am Games in 2007, he won silver at middleweight, losing to
Emilio Correa. At the World Championships in 2007, he KO'd
Elshod Rasulov and beat two other fighters but did not win a medal because he lost to
Ukrainian Sergiy Derevyanchenko. However, he qualified for the
2008 Olympics, where he lost to
Alfonso Blanco. ==External links==