Mario Kindelán

Name: Mario Kindelan
Birth Name: Mario Cesar Kindelan Mesa
Hometown: Holguin, Cuba
Birthplace: Holguin, Cuba
Amateur Boxer: Record

Mario César Kindelán Mesa is a former amateur boxer from Cuba, who competed in the Lightweight Category and was a two-time Olympic Gold medalist. Kindelan holds wins over future professional world champions Felix Trinidad, Miguel Cotto, Amir Khan and Andreas Kotelnik. Kindelan also beat fellow Olympic champions Somluck Kamsing and Felix Diaz

Amateur Highlights

• 1998 World Cup Champion
• 1999 Pan-American Games Champion
• 1999 World Champion
• 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist
• 2001 World Champion
• 2003 World Champion
• 2003 Pan-American Games Champion
• 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist

Olympic Games

2000 in Sydney, Australia (as a lightweight)

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Pongsith Wiangwiset (Thailand) 14-8
• Defeated Tigran Ouzlian (Greece) RSC-OS 4
• Defeated Alexandr Maletin (Russia) 27-15
• Defeated Andriy Kotelnik (Ukraine) 14-4

2004 in Athens, Greece (as a lightweight)

• Defeated Ahmed Sadiq of Nigeria (RSC-OS 3)
• Defeated Asghar Ali Shah of Pakistan (24-9)
• Defeated Rovshan Huseynov of Azerbaijan (23-11)
• Defeated Murat Khrachev of Russia (20-10)
• Defeated Amir Khan of Great Britain (30-22)

World Amateur Championships

1999 in Houston, United States (as a lightweight)

• Defeated Mahlon Kerwick (United States) 10-4
• Defeated Temur Suleymanov (Uzbekistan) 3-2
• Defeated Pongsith Wiangwiset (Thailand) 8-2
• Defeated Gheorghe Lungu (Romania) 9-4
• Defeated Aleksei Stepanov (Russia) 10-3

2001 in Belfast, Northern Ireland (as a lightweight)

• Defeated Donier Khatamov (Tajikistan) RSC-OS 2
• Defeated Martin Kristjansen (Denmark) RSC-OS 3
• Defeated Patrick Bogere (Sweden) RSC-OS 2
• Defeated Alexandr Maletin (Russia) RSC-OS 3
• Defeated Vladimir Kolesnik (Ukraine) 29-15

2003 in Bangkok, Thailand (as a lightweight)

• Defeated Boris Georgiev (Bulgaria) RSCH 4
• Defeated Stephen Burke (England) RSC-OS 3
• Defeated Jong Sub-Baik (South Korea) 30-14
• Defeated Gyula Kate (Hungary) 24-12
• Defeated Pichai Sayotha (Thailand) 45-27