Patrick López (born 17 March 1978) is a Venezuelan

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 ...

. As an amateur, he competed at the

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

and

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. He also won gold medals at the

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...

Central American and Caribbean Games The Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC or CACGs) are a multi-sport regional championship event, held quadrennial (once every four years), typically in the middle (even) year between Summer Olympics. The games are for countries in Cent ...

and

South American Games The South American Games (also known as ODESUR Games; Spanish: ''Juegos Suramericanos''; Portuguese: ''Jogos Sul-Americanos''), formerly the Southern Cross Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Cruz del Sur'') is a regional multi-sport event held between nati ...

Amateur career

López is a southpaw who won the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games and the 2003 Pan American Games.

Olympic results

He represented his country at two consecutive

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

, starting in

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. *2000 Sydney (as a Lightweight) :*Defeated

Norman Schuster Norman Schuster (born December 13, 1979 in Halle an der Saale, Sachsen-Anhalt) is a boxer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) division at the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Tamper ...

(Germany) 24-10 :*Lost to Alexandr Maletin (Russia) RSC 3 *2004 Athens (as a Light Welterweight) :*Lost to

Michele di Rocco Michele di Rocco (born 4 May 1982) is an Italian professional boxer of Romani origin. He is a former European and European Union super-lightweight champion, and has challenged once for the WBA super-lightweight title. As an amateur he won a b ...

(Italy) 30-37

Professional career

Nicknamed ''El Elegante'' he turned professional on 13 December 2004.

Professional record

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Henry Lundy Henry "Hank" Lundy (born January 3, 1984) is a professional American boxer. He has challenged once for the WBO junior welterweight title in 2016, having previously held the regional WBO– NABO lightweight title in 2010, and the NABF lightweig ...

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, , , 8 , , , , align=left, , align=left, , -align=center , Win, , 18-2-0 , , align=left, John Brown , , , 8 , , , , align=left, , align=left, , -align=center , Win, , 17-2-0 , , align=left, Sergio Rivera , , , 8 , , , , align=left, , align=left, , -align=center , Win, , 16-2-0 , , align=left, Tyler Ziolkowski , , , 1,2:16 , , , , align=left, , align=left, , -align=center , Loss, , 15-2-0 , , align=left, Josesito Lopez , , , 8 , , , , align=left, , align=left, , -align=center , Win, , 15-1-0 , , align=left, Jailer Berrio , , , 8 , , , , align=left, , align=left, , -align=center , Win, , 14-1-0 , , align=left, Doel Carrasquillo , , , 6 , , , , align=left, , align=left, , -align=center , Win, , 13-1-0 , , align=left,

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, , , 10 , , , , align=left, , align=left, , -align=center , Win, , 12-1-0 , , align=left, Jonathan Tubbs , , , 4,2:04 , , , , align=left, , align=left, , -align=center , Loss, , 11-1-0 , , align=left, Fernando Angulo , , , 10 , , , , align=left, , align=left, , -align=center , Win, , 11-0-0 , , align=left, Sebastien Hamel , , , 2,3:00 , , , , align=left, , align=left, , -align=center , Win, , 10-0-0 , , align=left, Jose Badillo , , , 3,2:24 , , , , align=left, , align=left, , -align=center , Win, , 9-0-0 , , align=left, Agustin Velez , , , 6,2:54 , , , , align=left, , align=left, , -align=center , Win, , 8-0-0 , , align=left, Eric Rodriguez , , , 6 , , , , align=left, , align=left, , -align=center , Win, , 7-0-0 , , align=left, Armando Cordoba , , , 4 , , , , align=left, , align=left, , -align=center , Win, , 6-0-0 , , align=left, Franchie Torres , , , 6,1:40 , , , , align=left, , align=left, , -align=center , Win, , 5-0-0 , , align=left, Christian Lozada , , , 1,2:46 , , , , align=left, , align=left, , -align=center , Win, , 4-0-0 , , align=left, Diego Villalba , , , 3,2:36 , , , , align=left, , align=left, , -align=center , Win, , 3-0-0 , , align=left, Ahmed Curry , , , 3,1:48 , , , , align=left, , align=left, , -align=center , Win, , 2-0-0 , , align=left, Edwin Mota , , , 3,2:10 , , , , align=left, , align=left, , -align=center , Win, , 1-0-0 , , align=left, Jose Luis Gil Atencio , , , 1 , , , , align=left, , align=left,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez, Patrick 1978 births Living people Light-welterweight boxers Boxers at the 1999 Pan American Games Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2003 Pan American Games Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Venezuela Venezuelan male boxers Pan American Games gold medalists for Venezuela Pan American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela Pan American Games medalists in boxing Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Venezuela Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games gold medalists for Venezuela South American Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 2002 South American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games People from Cojedes (state) 21st-century Venezuelan people