In 1998 he won a bronze at the junior world championships, when he lost the semifinal to
Yuri Tomashov. He became Cuban champion in 2005 and 2006, where he beat
Carlos Banteaux 24:23 in the final. At the seniors 2005 World Championships he defeated
Boris Georgiev but lost the semis against
Dilshod Mahmudov. He was part of the
Cuban team that won the
2006 Boxing World Cup. He did not participate at the 2007 national championships, but was sent to the PanAm Games 2007 where he was upset by
Jonathan González (PR) in the semis and won a bronze, too. He did not participate in the national championships 2008 where
Roniel Iglesias became the new titleholder. ==Defection and turning pro==