Wellington Arias Romero

Name: Wellington Romero
Birth Name: Wellington Arias Romero
Hometown: Newburgh, New York, USA
Birthplace: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 175cm
Reach: 182cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Olympic Games results

Represented Dominican Republic at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain, boxing as a Lightweight (60 kg):

• Round 1/16 - Defeated Eduard Marriaga (Colombia) 17-8
• Round 1/8 - Lost to Vasyl Lomachenko (Ukraine) 3-15

Other Amateur results

• 2008 World Youth Championships participant in Guadalajara, Mexico as a Featherweight.
  • Defeated Glicerio Catolico (Philippines) 22-3
  • Lost to Marin Dragos (Romania) 2-9
• 2010 Pan American Championships participant in Quito, Ecuador as a Lightweight.
  • Lost to Yasniel Toledo (Cuba) 1-10
• 2010 Central American & Caribbean Games Bronze medallist in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico as a Lightweight.
  • Defeated Clevon Rock (Guyana) 18-3
  • Defeated Jorge Alberto Carvajal (Costa Rica) 6-2
  • Lost to Jose Pedraza (Puerto Rico) 1-10
• 2011 World Championships participant in Baku, Azerbaijan as a Lightweight.
  • Defeated Ensa Jammeh (Gambia) 20-2
  • Lost to Fazliddin Gaibnazarov (Uzbekistan) 8-15
• 2011 Pan American Games participant in Guadalajara, Mexico as a Lightweight.
  • Lost to Robson Conceição (Brazil) 11-18
• 2012 America´s Olympic Qualifier Silver medallist in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as a Lightweight.
  • Defeated Hector Manzanilla (Venezuela) 16-9
  • Defeated Luis Perozo (Ecuador) 9-3
  • Defeated Jose Carlos Ramirez (United States) 13-10
  • Lost to Felix Verdejo (Puerto Rico) 7-13