Pedro Carrión Sago (born August 24, 1971 in

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

) is a Cuban

heavyweight Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxing Professional Boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the Wo ...

boxer Boxer most commonly refers to: * Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing *Boxer (dog), a breed of dog Boxer or boxers may also refer to: Animal kingdom * Boxer crab * Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans * Boxer snipe ee ...

best known to win several medals in international amateur competition at

super heavyweight Super heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and competitive bodybuilding. Boxing In amateur boxing, the super heavyweight division is a weight class division for fighters weighing in excess of 91 kilograms (200 pounds). Introduced for th ...

Amateur

At the

2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, from June 3 to June 10. The competition was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing International Boxing Association (AIBA). Medal winn ...

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 Oleksiy Mazikin (born 16 February 1975) is a Ukrainian boxer best known to win the silver medal at the 2001 World Championships in the Men's Super Heavyweight division. Amateur Mazikin was a successful amateur but kept losing to Left-handed, s ...

. At the

2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships The men's 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Bangkok, Thailand, from July 6 to July 13. The competition was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA. Medal winners Medal table External links Result ...

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 in ...

but lost a war with

Alexander Povetkin Alexander Vladimirovich "Sasha" Povetkin (russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Пове́ткин; born 2 September 1979) is a Russian former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2021. He held the WBA (Regular) heavyw ...

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

(USA) RSCO-3 ** Lost to

Alexey Mazikin Oleksiy Mazikin (born 16 February 1975) is a Ukrainian boxer best known to win the silver medal at the 2001 World Championships in the Men's Super Heavyweight division. Amateur Mazikin was a successful amateur but kept losing to southpaws. At ...

(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, h ...

(Uzbekistan) PTS (15-23) (Semifinals) **Defeated

(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 Sebastian may refer to: People * Sebastian (name), including a list of persons with the name Arts, entertainment, and media Films and television * ''Sebastian'' (1968 film), British spy film * ''Sebastian'' (1995 film), Swedish drama film ...

(Germany) PTS (26-18) ** Lost to

(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

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carrion, Pedro 1971 births Living people Super-heavyweight boxers Cuban male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games