Anderson Rojas is an amateur
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
* Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing
*Boxer (dog), a breed of dog
Boxer or boxers may also refer to:
Animal kingdom
* Boxer crab
* Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans
* Boxer snipe ee ...
from
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
who has qualified for the
2012 Olympics as a
light welterweight.
Anderson was a quarter-finalist and 5th-place finisher at middleweight at the
2012 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament. Five spots were available for qualification at light welterweight and Anderson qualified over the other quarter-finalists since his loss was to the eventual winner
Roniel Iglesias
Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo (born 14 August 1988) is a Cuban boxer, best known for winning the junior world title at lightweight in 2006, a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and a gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. ...
. Qualification being dependent on how the opponent performed in later rounds was controversial and will not be used in future Olympics.
Anderson also won a
gold medal at the South American Championships and a
silver medal at the Panamerican Youth Championships.
References
Living people
Light-welterweight boxers
Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers of Ecuador
Ecuadorian male boxers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Boxers at the 2011 Pan American Games
Pan American Games competitors for Ecuador
21st-century Ecuadorian people
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