Lázaro Álvarez

Lázaro Álvarez

Personal information
Full name	Lázaro Álvarez Estrada
Nationality	Cuba
Born	January 28, 1991
Weight	60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Rated at	Lightweight
Medal record Competitor for  Cuba Men's Amateur boxing Olympic Games 2012 London Bantamweight World Amateur Championships 2011 Baku Bantamweight 2013 Almaty Lightweight 2015 Doha Lightweight Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Bantamweight 2015 Toronto Lightweight Central American and Caribbean Games 2014 Veracruz Lightweight

Lázaro Álvarez Estrada (born 28 January 1991) is a Cuban amateur boxer. Álvarez won the gold medal at Bantamweight division at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Baku. He is a southpaw.

Career

In the final of 2011 World Championships, he beat Luke Campbell from England after 3 rounds with 14–10 final score.^[1][2]

Later that year he also won the 2011 Pan American title (results) vs Mexican Oscar Valdez.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics (results) he beat American Joseph Diaz and Robenílson Vieira but lost to Irish John Joe Nevin 14-19 and won Bronze.

References

1. "British duo Andrew Selby and Luke Campbell win world boxing silver". guardian.co.uk. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
2. "WORLD BOXING: Britain forced to settle for three silvers in Baku". epost.co.uk. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.

External links

• Profile on AIBA