Pedro Carrión Sago (born August 24, 1971 in
Cuba
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) is a Cuban
heavyweight boxer best known to win several medals in international amateur competition at
super heavyweight.
Amateur
At the
2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships he beat
Jason Estrada
Jason Moses Estrada (born November 30, 1980) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2015. As an amateur, he competed at the 2004 Olympic Games in the super heavyweight division. He also won the gold medal at the 2003 ...
, but lost to
Alexei Mazikin. At the
2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships he defeated
Sebastian Köber
Sebastian Köber (born 28 May 1979) is a German boxer, who won the Heavyweight bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Three years later, at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok, he once again finished ...
but lost a war with
Alexander Povetkin in the final.
Amateur Highlights
*1994 won the gold medal at the Junior World Championships in Istanbul at Superheavyweight.
*2001 won a bronze medal at the World Championships in Belfast at Superheavyweight. Results were:
** Defeated
Jason Estrada
Jason Moses Estrada (born November 30, 1980) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2015. As an amateur, he competed at the 2004 Olympic Games in the super heavyweight division. He also won the gold medal at the 2003 ...
(USA) RSCO-3
** Lost to
Alexey Mazikin (Ukraine) PTS (20-26)
*2001 3rd place at the Goodwill Games in Brisbane. Results were:
**Lost to
Rustam Saidov
Rustam Saidov (Рустам Саидов; born 6 February 1978) is a boxer from Uzbekistan, who competed in the Super Heavyweight (+91 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.
Career
In Athens at the 2004 Summer Olympics, ...
(Uzbekistan) PTS (15-23) (Semifinals)
**Defeated
Alexey Mazikin (Ukraine) PTS (14-10) (Third place Bout)
*2003 won the silver medal at the World Championships in Bangkok at Superheavyweight. Results were:
** Defeated Ali Mansour (Lebanon) RSCO-4
** Defeated Oleg Kryzhanovsky (Belarus) RSC-2
** Defeated
Sebastian Kober (Germany) PTS (26-18)
** Lost to
Alexander Povetkin (Russia) PTS (27-29)
Pro
He turned pro at the advanced age of 34 in Germany but lost one of his first bouts; his record is 6-1.
External links
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1971 births
Living people
Super-heavyweight boxers
Cuban male boxers
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games