Juan Camilo Novoa Aguinaga (born October 5, 1981) is Colombian

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...

. As an amateur, he won a gold medal at the

2002 Central American and Caribbean Games The 19th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in San Salvador, El Salvador from November 22 to December 8, 2002 and included 4,301 competitors from 31 nations, competing in 32 sports. The main stadium for these championships was the Est ...

at junior middleweight vs

Juan Ubaldo Juan José Ubaldo Cabrera (born April 30, 1979 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional) is a Boxing, boxer from the Dominican Republic best known to win the PanAm title at middleweight as an amateur. Amateur At the Sydney Olympics 2000 he lost in ...

. He is nicknamed "La Boa".

Amateur career

He qualified for the Olympic Games by ending up in first 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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. He moved down to welterweight to participate in 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), ...

for his native country. There he was beaten in the quarterfinals of the welterweight (69 kg) division by

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's Kim Jung Joo.

Professional career

He turned professional at middleweight and is 12-1, the loss being a stoppage defeat in the first round.

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* * 1981 births Living people Colombian male boxers Olympic boxers of Colombia Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Colombia Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games Sportspeople from Antioquia Department Welterweight boxers Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in boxing 20th-century Colombian people 21st-century Colombian people {{Colombia-boxing-bio-stub