Banteur won the 64 kg World Junior Championships 2004, but struggled at senior level for years at junior welter even nationally. His best result was a second place in 2006 vs
Inocente Fiss, in 2007 he again exited early. After the failed defection of dominant welterweight world champion
Erislandy Lara, however, Lara was sidelined and the division was wide open. Banteur moved up and won the 2008 nationals immediately with a clear 15:6 final win over veteran
Yudel Johnson. He won the Dominican
Copa Independencia and dominated his four bouts at the Olympic qualifier routing
Óscar Molina 19:4 in the all-important semifinal. In the meaningless final he also beat fellow qualifier
John Jackson 12:2. At the Olympics Banteur defeated
Hosam Abdin to reach the medal rounds.
Olympic Games •
2008 in Beijing, China (light welterweight) • 1st round bye • Defeated
Billy Joe Saunders (Great Britain) 13-6 • Defeated
Hosam Bakr Abdin (Egypt) 10-2 • Defeated
Kanat Islam (China) 17-4 • Lost to
Bakhyt Sarsekbayev (Kazakhstan) 18-9
World Cup •
2005 in Moscow, Russia (light welterweight) • Lost to
Kanat Orakbayev (Kazakhstan) 36–44 • Lost to
Oleg Komissarov (Russia) 25–30 ==External links==