MCJOE ARROYO ACEVEDO

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MCJOE ARROYO ACEVEDO

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PLEASE DELETE FORMER INFORMATION AND PUT THIS. UPDATE
here have update and good information for put in the biography.

Mcjoe arroyo. residence is in fajardo puerto rico also mcwilliams. they born in Ceiba and grow up in Luquillo, Puerto rico.
is a Puerto Rican amateur boxer best known for winning a bronze medal at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships‎ as a bantamweight.

His twin brother McWilliams Arroyo is also a boxer and qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games. Both of the Arroyo brothers won a medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships, being the only pair of twins to win medals in this competition.[1] They were also the second twins to qualify for the Olympics in boxing.

Amateur career

Arroyo represented Puerto Rico in international competition. He won Bronze at flyweight at 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games. In 2007 he participated at the Amateur World Championships and lost in the semifinals to eventual Russian winner Sergey Vodopyanov 9:20, qualifying for the 2008 Olympic Games. After recovering, Arroyo participated in the XXVIII International Golden Belt Tournament organized in Constanta, Romania. Here he defeated local Alex Spatariu in his first fight, who abandoned the fight in the third round. In the semifinals he defeated Mirzhan Rakhimzanov of Kazajistan by points, with scores of 21-16. In the finals he fought against Veira de Jesús of Brazil, defeating him by points (28-16).[5] As part of their training the boxing team moved to South Korea, in order to assimilate the time changes.[6] After training and participating in a series of exhibition matches, the team traveled from Korea to Beijing.

2006 CentralAmerican and Caribbean Games in Cartagena, Colombia result were: Won Bronze medal as a Flyweight 51kg=112lbs

won against Alexis Diaz (VEN) 21:14 quarter finals
lost against Juan Carlos Payano (DOM) 11:8 semifinal


2007 World Amateur Boxing Championship in Chicago result were: Won Bronze Medal as bantamweight 54kg=119lbs

won against Ryan Lindberg (IRL) by RSCO 3, round of 16
won against Saparbek ul Tilek (KIR) by RSCO 3, round of 8
won against Jonathan Romero (COL) 23:9 quarter finals
lost against Sergey Vodopyanov (RUS) 20:9 semifinal

2008 Olympic Games in Beijing results were:

lost against Sergey Vodopyanov (RUS) 10:5 round of 32

2009 World Amateur Boxing Championship in Milan, Italy results were:

won against Martin Parlagi (SVK) 13:3 round of 32
won against Pedro Matos (POR) 19:3 round of 16
lost against Gu Yu (CHN) 10:3 round of 8
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this information is for put in the biography. thank you editors

he is the twin brother of mcwilliams arroyo
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ricky4281 wrote: Both of the Arroyo brothers won a medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships, being the only pair of twins to win medals in this competition.[1] They were also the second twins to qualify for the Olympics in boxing.
Polish twin brothers (Pawel and Grzegorz Skrzecz) won medals (silver and bronze) in 1982 World Championships in Munich
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