José Arturo Santos Reyes (born 28 December 1985) is a Mexican professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2004 Junior World Championships at flyweight and later competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics at featherweight.

Amateur career

At the 2004 Junior World Championships he beat Zorigtbaataryn Enkhzorig but lost the 2004 final to Ilhom Rahimov from Uzbekistan. At the

2006 Central American and Caribbean Games The 20th edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games was held in the city of Cartagena, Colombia. The tournament began on July 15 and ended on July 30. Host city *Main host city **Cartagena de Indias *Subsites: ** Barranquilla, Colombia ...

he won silver at bantamweight beating

Héctor Manzanilla Héctor Manzanilla Rangel (born June 28, 1985 in Los Teques, Miranda) is a Venezuelan bantamweight boxer who has won a bronze medal at the Central American Games. He is most respected for giving amateur superstar Guillermo Rigondeaux one of th ...

but losing to Guillermo Rigondeaux. At the 2007 World Championships he reached the quarterfinal where he lost to

Vasyl Lomachenko Vasyl Anatoliyovych Lomachenko ( uk, Василь Анатолійович Ломаченко, ; also spelled Vasiliy; born 17 February 1988) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in three weight classes f ...

but qualified for Beijing. He is participating in the Beijing 2008 Olympics where he beat

Nick Okoth Nicholas Okongo Okoth (born 3 March 1983) is a Kenyan amateur boxer. He fought at the 2008 Olympics as a featherweight after winning the 2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament. In Beijing he lost his debut to Arturo Santos Reyes. ...

and Alaa Shili to reach the quarter finals.

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