Career He is a southpaw. At the 2011 Pan American Games (results) he lost the final to local Joselito Velazquez.
Achievements At the 2010 Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships he won Bronze. At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships (results) he beat Birzhan Zhakypov and two unknowns but was stopped by Mongolian defending champion Pürevdorjiin Serdamba. At the 2012 Summer Olympics (results) he beat Australian Billy Ward 26:4, then lost to eventual winner Zou Shiming 10:13.