Engels Pedroza
Name: Engels Pedroza
Hometown: Long Beach, California, USA
Birthplace: San Carlos, Venezuela
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 175cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
Pedroza was named The Ring magazine Prospect of the Year in 1987. As an amateur he won a silver medal in the lightweight class at the 1986 World Amateur championships in Reno, United States.
World Amateur Championships
1986 Silver medallist in Reno, United States (as a lightweight).
- Defeated Asif Dar (Canada) RSC 2
- Defeated Stefan Sjoestrand (Sweden) 5-0
- Defeated Emil Chuprenski (Bulgaria) 3-2
- Lost to Adolfo Horta (Cuba) 2-3 (final)
Other Amateur results
1983 World Junior Championships participant in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, as a featherweight.
- Lost to Mario Di Lernia (Italy) 0-5
1985 Central American & Caribbean Championships Silver medallist in Maturin, Venezuela, as a lightweight.
- Lost to Idel Torriente (Cuba) by points in the final.
1985 World Cup Silver medallist in Seoul, South Korea, as a lightweight.
- Defeated Hyun Kyu Kwon (South Korea) 5-0
- Lost to Torsten Koch (East Germany) 1-4
1986 Goodwill Games Silver medallist in Moscow, Soviet Union, as a light welterweight.
- Defeated Stanley Longstreet (United States) 5-0
- Defeated Erik Khakimov (Soviet Union) Walk Over
- Lost to Igor Ruzhnikov (Soviet Union) 0-5