Wellington Arias Romero (born March 13, 1991 - Santo Domingo) is a Dominican amateur lightweight boxer who competed at the 2012 Olympics.
Career
At the 2010 Central American Games he won Bronze.
At the
2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships (results) he beat a Gambian and lost to Uzbek
Fazliddin Gaibnazarov
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.
At the
2011 Pan American Games
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he lost his first bout to Brazilian
Robson Conceição
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.
At the
Olympic qualifier he defeated Venezuelan veteran
Héctor Manzanilla
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,
Luis Enrique Porozo
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Porozo, from Pichincha, came in second at ...
(ECU) and
Jose Ramírez (USA) to qualify, a final loss to
Félix Verdejo
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was meaningless.
At the Olympics he beat Colombian Eduar Marriaga then lost to favorite
Vasyl Lomachenko
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3:15.
Boxing Trainer: Aroz Terrific Gist, Strength and Conditioning Coach: Farrel Brenner
References
1991 births
Living people
Lightweight boxers
Boxers at the 2011 Pan American Games
Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for the Dominican Republic
Pan American Games competitors for the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic male boxers
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