Luis Arturo González Hurtado (born August 6, 1984) is a

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

n Multi Champion boxer who competed in the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in the men's light-heavyweight division. At the World Championships in 2007, he lost his first bout to

Jahon Qurbonov Jahon Qurbonov (Russian: Dzhakhon Kurbanov; born 12 February 1986, in Leninabad, now Khujand) is an amateur boxer from Tajikistan, who competed in the 2006 Asian Games in the Light Heavyweight (-81 kg) division. There he beat Mehdi Ghorbani i ...

. At the Olympic qualifier, he upset

Julio Castillo Julio César Castillo Torres (born 10 May 1988) is an Ecuadorian amateur boxer. He won two medals at the Pan American Games: a bronze in 2007 and a silver in 2011. Career At the 2006 South American Games, Castillo lost to Hamilton Ventura in t ...

and

Christopher Downs Christopher Downs (born November 5, 1974) is a US-American amateur boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games 2007. Career A member of the U.S. Army's World Class Athlete Program, Sergeant Christopher Downs only took up boxing ...

by RSCO (20:0), and then lost the meaningless final to Carlos Negron. At his Olympic debut, he suffered a first round RSC to Hungarian

Imre Szellő Imre Szellő (born July 27, 1983) is a Hungarian professional boxer who has qualified for the 2008 Olympics. Career 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Chicago Szellő missed out on a bron ...

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