Anibal Acevedo

Name: Anibal Acevedo
Birth Name: Anibal Santiago Acevedo
Hometown: Moca, Puerto Rico
Birthplace: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 177cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Amateur highlights

• 1989: Gold Medalist World Junior Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico (beat Shane Mosley)
• 1991: Bronze Medal Pan Am Games Junior Welterweight
• 1991: Lost to Kostya Tszyu on points in World Championships in Sydney, Australia
• 1992: Gold Medal Santo Domingo Olympic Trials Welterweight (beat Guillermo Jones)
• 1992: Represented Puerto Rico as a welterweight at the Barcelona Olympic games. His results were:
  • Defeated Harry Simon (Nambia) 13-11
  • Defeated Stefen Scriggins (Australia) 16-3
  • Defeated Francisc Vastag (Romania) 20-9
  • Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba) 2-11