Alexander Espinoza Hernández (born December 27, 1980) is a bantamweight boxer from Venezuela, who represented his native country at the

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. He qualified for the Olympic Games by ending up in second place at the

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. He won the bronze medal in the men's bantamweight division (– 54 kg) at the

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. In 2016 in a professional boxing bout, Espinoza was defeated by Filipino prospect

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in Japan.

Amateur results

2002 South American Games

*Defeated Ceferino Labarda (Argentina) 20:10

2002 Central American and Caribbean Games

*1st round bye *Defeated

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(Nicaragua) 24:15 *Lost to Johnny Perez (Colombia) 19:23

2004 Summer Olympics

*1st round bye *Lost to Andrew Kooner (Canada) 20:37

Pro career

Espinoza made his professional debut on 2005-03-05.

References

* 1980 births Living people Bantamweight boxers Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Venezuela Sportspeople from Caracas Venezuelan male boxers Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Venezuela Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games gold medalists for Venezuela South American Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 2002 South American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in boxing 20th-century Venezuelan people 21st-century Venezuelan people {{Venezuela-boxing-bio-stub