Juan McPherson (born June 26, 1984) is a retired male

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from the

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. He won a silver medal in the men's welterweight division at the

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, and earned the right to go to the

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. Instead Canada's Adam Trupish qualified for the Athens Games as a lucky semifinal loser in the second tournament in Tijuana, Mexico. He took the place of McPherson when his quota was dropped by the USA Boxing Association due to unsuccessful presentation at the USA Olympic trials. The winner of those trials,

Vanes Martirosyan Vanes Martirosyan ( hy, Վանես Մարտիրոսյան; born May 1, 1986) is a former Armenian-born American professional boxer from 2005 to 2019. He has challenged twice for a light middleweight world title in 2013 and 2016, and once for ...

, qualified for the

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. McPherson made his professional debut on August 26, 2005 against Wilmer Torres.

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