Arlen López Cardona (born 21 February 1993) is a Cuban

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...

. López was a highly accomplished amateur, winning gold medals at both the

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and

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

. López also won gold medals at both the 2015 and

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, the

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and

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and the 2015 World Championships.

Amateur career

Olympic results

Rio 2016 *Round of 16: Defeated

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(Hungary) TKO *Quarter-finals: Defeated Christian M'billi (France) 3–0 *Semi-finals: Defeated

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(Azerbaijan) 3–0 *Final: Defeated

Bektemir Melikuziev Bektemir Rozmatjon Ogli Meliqoziyev (born 13 April 1996) is an Uzbek professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics as a middleweight. Amateur career Olympic result Rio 2016 *Round of 16: Defeated Daniel ...

(Uzbekistan) 3–0 Tokyo 2020 *Round of 16: Defeated

Mohammed Houmri Mohammed Houmri (born 13 March 1993) is an Algerian boxer. He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 Jul ...

(Algeria) 5–0 *Quarter-finals: Defeated Rogelio Romero (Mexico) 5–0 *Semi-finals: Defeated Loren Alfonso (Azerbaijan) 5–0 *Final: Defeated Benjamin Whittaker (Great Britain) 4–1

World Championship results

Doha 2015 *Round of 16: Defeated Aljaz Venko (Slovenia) 3–0 *Quarter-finals: Defeated

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(Ecuador) 3–0 *Semi-finals: Defeated Hosam Bakr Abdin (Egypt) 3–0 *Final: Defeated

(Uzbekistan) 2–1 Hamburg 2017 *Round of 16: Defeated

Salvatore Cavallaro Salvatore Cavallaro (born 16 August 1995) is an Italian boxer. He won three bronze medals at the European Amateur Boxing Championships in the middleweight events. Cavallaro also participated at the 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships, being aw ...

(Italy) 5–0 *Quarter-finals: Defeated by Abilkhan Amankul (Kazakhstan) 3–2 Yekaterinburg 2019 *Second round: Defeated

Younes Nemouchi Younes Nemouchi (born 16 September 1993) is an Algerian boxer. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July ...

(Algeria) 5–0 *Third round: Defeated Euri Cedeño (Dominican Republic) 4–1 *Quarter-finals: Defeated by

Gleb Bakshi Gleb Sergeyevich Bakshi (russian: Глеб Сергеевич Бакши; born 12 November 1995) is a Russian boxer. He is an Honored Master of Sports of Russia. Bakshi won the gold medal at the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships The 2019 A ...

(Russia) 3–2

Pan American Games results

Toronto 2015 *Quarter-finals: Defeated Jason Ramírez (Costa Rica) 3–0 *Semi-finals: Defeated Endry Saaverda (Venezuela) 3–0 *Final: Defeated Jorge Vivas (Colombia) 3–0 Lima 2019 *Quarter-finals: Defeated Euri Cedeño (Dominican Republic) 4–1 *Semi-finals: Defeated Lesther Espino (Nicaragua) 5–0 *Final: Defeated

Hebert Conceição Hebert William Carvalho da Conceição Sousa (born 28 February 1998) is a Brazilian professional boxer. As an amateur, Conceição won a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games as well as winning a bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships. Con ...

(Brazil) 5–0

Professional career

Early career

In April 2022, it was announced that Cuban amateur boxers would have the ability to fight professionally abroad for the first time since 1962, negating the need for boxers to defect from the country. López made his professional debut against Fernando Galvan on 20 May 2022. López won the bout the after knocking his opponent out with a left hook in the opening round.

Professional boxing record

References

External links

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