Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano
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Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano (born December 23, 1981) is a Cuban amateur boxer, who won the Flyweight Gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
The boxing bracket link contains the Flyweight matchups, with Gamboa Toledano's results below:
- Round of 32 - Defeated Igori Samoilenco of Moldava - PTS (46-33)
- Round of 16 - Defeated Somjit Jongjohor of Thailand - PTS (26-21)
- Quarterfinals - Defeated Georgy Balakshin of Russia - PTS (26-18)
- Semifinals - Defeated Rustamhodza Rahimov of Germany - PTS (20-11)
- Gold Medal Match - Defeated Jerome Thomas (boxer) of France - PTS (38-23)
In December 2007, Gamboa together with fellow Athens Olympic champions Yan Bartelemí Varela and Odlanier Solis left training camp in Venezuela for Colombia and defected to the United States. They signed a contract with a Hamburg-seated promoter and wanted to fight for the proffessional titles.[1] No immediate reaction of Cuban authorities were known.
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