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 fights are supervised by a regulatory auth ...

. López was a highly accomplished

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, winning gold medals at both the

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. López also won gold medals at both the

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, the

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and the 2015 World Championships. As a professional, he has qualified for his third Olympics in

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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 Kamran Shakhsuvarly (Azerbaijan) 3–0 *Final: Defeated

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(Uzbekistan) 3–0 Tokyo 2020 *Round of 16: Defeated Mohammed Houmri (Algeria) 5–0 *Quarter-finals: Defeated Rogelio Romero (Mexico) 5–0 *Semi-finals: Defeated

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(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 Marlo Delgado (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 (Italy) 5–0 *Quarter-finals: Defeated by Abilkhan Amankul (Kazakhstan) 3–2 Yekaterinburg 2019 *Second round: Defeated Younes Nemouchi (Algeria) 5–0 *Third round: Defeated Euri Cedeño (Dominican Republic) 4–1 *Quarter-finals: Defeated by

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(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

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(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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