Career
At the PanAm Games in 2007 his first bout was against favourite Demetrius Andrade and was beaten 5:23. At the 2007 World Championships he again lost in the first round, this time to Aliasker Bashirov. He lost to Cuban Carlos Banteaux, but this did not affect his qualification.
In Beijing he upset Magomed Nurutdinov 4:2 but lost 0:10 to Kim Jung-Joo.
He turned pro in 2009. As of 6th March 2016, his professional record is 20 wins with 15 coming via the way of knockout.
2 losses and no draws. Having only lost a controversial decision to Willie Nelson and lost on a 5th round KO to Andy Lee.