Yusiel Nápoles Marcillan (born November 19, 1983) is a

Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...

n amateur boxer best known to win 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 Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, in ...

at light heavyweight. He is not to be confused with middleweight Yudiel Nápoles.

Career

2005 he participated at the world championships but was KOd by

Mourad Sahraoui Mourad Sahraoui () (born January 12, 1983) is an amateur boxer from Tunisia best known for winning Gold in the heavyweight division at the 2007 All-African Games. Career Sahraoui failed to qualify for the 2004 Athens Games by ending up in third ...

. 2006 he won Gold at the Central American and Caribbean Games beating

Eleider Álvarez Eléider Álvarez Baytar (born 8 April 1984) is a Colombian professional boxer who held the WBO light-heavyweight title from 2018 to 2019. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in the light-heavyweight division. Earl ...

in the quarterfinals, Carlos Negron in the semi and Shawn Terry Cox in the final. 2007 he reached the final of the PanAm Games by beating

Christopher Downs Christopher Downs (born November 5, 1974) is a US-American amateur boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games 2007. Career A member of the U.S. Army's World Class Athlete Program, Sergeant Christopher Downs only took up boxing i ...

but was KOd by his old foe Alvarez. He did not participate in the Nationals 2008 and wasn't sent to the Olympic qualifier.

External links

Central American games
{{DEFAULTSORT:Napoles, Yusiel 1983 births Living people Light-heavyweight boxers Boxers at the 2007 Pan American Games Cuban male boxers Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games silver medalists in boxing Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in boxing Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 21st-century Cuban sportsmen