McWilliams Arroyo
McWilliams Arroyo ( born December 5, 1985) is a Puerto Rican boxer. He was 2009 World Champion Amateur Flyweight.
Career
McWilliams Arroyo Azevedo grew along with his twin brother McJoe Arroyo Acevedo in Luquillo and Fajardo in the north of Puerto Rico. At the age of 12 years, the two brothers began with the boxes. They developed it over the years to top boxers in Puerto Rico and both started in 2003, also an international career. Both are 1.63 meters tall. In order not to have to compete against each other in tournaments, they decided that McJoe should always take a weight class higher than McWilliams. At this Agreement they stayed until today. You train in Catano or in San Juan.
McWilliams Arroyo celebrated its first success at the Pan American Championships 2005 in Teresepolis / Brazil, where he finished in the paper weight with a points victory over Deibi Mota from the Dominican Republic and one defeat against Olympic champion Yan BARTHELEMI from Cuba to 2nd place. In the year 2006 he created a minor sensation when he won at the Central American & Caribbean Games in Cartagena paper weight against Yan BARTHELEMI ( 14:11 ) and won the tournament.
At the Pan American Games in 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, he started at flyweight. He was there in excellent shape and defeated Lucas Navarro from Argentina by demolition id Second round, won over William urina, Colombia, on points ( 16:7 ), suggested Yoandri Salinas from Cuba by termination in the 2nd round and eventually won in the final over Juan Carlos Payano from the cathedral. Rep., he hit just by points ( 12:11 ). He was Pan American champions in 2007. During the World Cup the same year in Chicago McWilliams Arroyo won on points against Lusvanteseren Zorigtbaatar from Mongolia ( 26:10 ), Vitaly Volkov from Ukraine ( 23:14 ) and Bato - Munko Wankejew from Belarus ( 23:17 ). In the quarterfinals, but he was defeated by Samir Mammadow from Azerbaijan to points ( 21:33 ) and ended up with it in 5th place, but brought him to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games.
In 2008, he concentrated on the Olympics in Beijing. After a long preparation in South Korea, he defeated there by a walk-through to Hungary Norbert Kalucza convincingly on points ( 14:6). In the quarter finals he met Andry Laffita from Cuba, against whom he lost on points ( 2:8 ). So he could be the dream of an Olympic medal does not come true, but came up with a good 5th place.
2009 McWilliams Arroyo lost in the championship of Puerto Rico flyweight in the final battle against Jonathan González on points ( 5:11 ). But he was still used because of its international experience at the World Championships in Milan. There he presented himself in great shape and won with five wins the world title. On the way to this great success, he defeated Yoon Kyoung - min of South Korea and Norbert Kalucza by termination in the 2nd or 3rd round, he was point winner over Yampier Hernández of Cuba ( 6:2 ) and Ronny Beblik from Germany which, however, opposed his toughest resistance and he won against the only with 9:7 matches. In the final, but he controlled the Mongols Tugtsogt Nyambayar pretty clear and came to a superior point victory ( 18:2 ).
International success
Countries fighting
Championship of Puerto Rico
Note: OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, paper weight up to 48 kg Flyweight, to 51 kg body weight
Swell
- Website " www.amateur - boxing.strefa.ol "
- Journal box sports,
- Website " usa.boxing.org "