Winston Méndez Montero

Winston Méndez (born 20 November 1974) is a Dominican boxer. He fights in the light flyweight ( up to 48 kg)

Career

International Mendez made ​​her first appearance in 1999, when he penetrated at the Pan American Games to the quarterfinals, but the Puerto Rican Ivan Calderon had to admit defeat here. Then he disappeared for many years by the international scene and made ​​his comeback when he won a bronze medal at the Pan American Games in 2007. Here, he beat the Colombians Oscar Negrete and lost in the semifinals against the American Luis Yanez.

The taking place in the same year World Championships he had to in the first fight the Japanese Kenji Ohkubo beaten. This prompted the Dominican boxing federation for the first qualifying tournament of the Americas for the 2008 Olympic Games to nominate another athlete. But even this did not succeed, so that by the Association Mendez got a second chance at the 2nd qualifying tournament for the 2008 Olympic Games. He took advantage of this and fought his way to the finals before, in which he clearly lost against Brazilian Paulo Carvalho on points. He qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games., Making it one of the oldest boxers in this Olympic tournament.

Swell

  • Pan American Games 1999
  • Pan American Games 2007
November 20 Luis Yáñez 2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships
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