Career
A year later, he captured the silver medal once again at the 1993 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Bursa, Turkey. 1991 competed as a Light-Middleweight at World Championships in Sydney, Australia
Lost to Torsten Schmitz (Germany) 14-18
1992 captured the silver medal, representing the Netherlands as a Light-Middleweight at the Olympic Games in Barcelona
Defeated Ki-Soo Choi (South of Korea) 3-0
Defeated Chalit Boonsingkarn (Thailand) TKO 2
Defeated Raúl Márquez (United States) 16-12
Defeated Robin Reid (Great Britain) 8-3
Lost to Juan Carlos Lemus (Cuba) 1-6
1993 competed as a Light-Middleweight at World Championships in Tampere, Finland
Defeated Hee-Joon Kim (South of Korea) points
Defeated Vahe Kocharian (Armenia) points
Lost to Francisc Vastag (Romania) points
1993 2nd place as a Light-Middleweight at European Championships in Bursa, Turkey
Defeated Mamouka Khoutouashvili (Georgia) DQ 3
Defeated R. Sarganessian (Armenia) points
Defeated Bert Schenk (Germany) points
Lost to Francisc Vastag (Romania) points
1994 Light-Middleweight Bronze Medalist at Goodwill Games in Saint St. Petersburg, Russia
Defeated Malik Beyleroğlu (Turkey) points
Lost to Sergey Karavayev (Russia) points
His first loss was to contender Mamadou Thiam in a TKO in the 8th round. In 2000, he took on future titleist Roman Karmazin and lost in a TKO 3 after he failed to come out of his corner.