Jonny Gabriel Mendoza Alvorado (born July 8, 1983) is a male

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from

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, who represented his native country at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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. There he was eliminated in the second round of the men's flyweight division (– 51 kg) by Namibia's

Paulus Ambunda Paulus Natangwe Ambunda (born 6 August 1980) is a Namibian boxer who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics. As a professional, he held the WBO bantamweight title in 2013, and twice the IBO bantamweight title in 2015 and in 2018. Amateur c ...

on points: 19-39. He qualified for the Olympic Games by ending up in second place at the

2nd AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament The 2nd AIBA American 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from April 4 to April 11, 2004. The competition was the final opportunity for amateur boxers from North-, Central- and South America to qualify f ...

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