In 2006 the southpaw beat teenage star
Roniel Iglesias in the semis of the bantamweight national championships but lost the final to superstar
Guillermo Rigondeaux 4:13. He went up to featherweight and won the national title vs Ivan Oñate 21:18. At the 2007 Pan American Games he beat Argentinian
Jesús Cuéllar, Jamaican
Nicholas Walters,
Orlando Rizo and
Abner Cotto (PR) in the final 7:5. He lost his national title 2008 to archrival Iván Oñate but was sent to the qualifier where he qualified for the Olympics by beating
Robson Conceiçao and
Luis Enrique Porozo. In Beijing he beat
Prince Octopus Dzanie 11:2,
Enkhzorig Zorigtbaatar 10:9 but lost to
Shahin Imranov 16:18 and didn't medal. In 2009 he went up to lightweight but lost the national final to Lorenzo Sotamayor. He was sent regardless to the
2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships where he beat two unknowns then ran into favorite
Domenico Valentino and lost 5:10. ==References==