Carlos Góngora

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Carlos Góngora
Competitor for Flag of Ecuador Ecuador
Men’s boxing
Pan American Games
Bronze Rio 2007 Middleweight

Carlos Góngora Mercado is an amateur boxer from Ecuador best known to win a Bronze at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio at middleweight.

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At the South American Games he lost the final to Alfonso Blanco At the PanAms 2007 the 18 year old from El Coca easily beat Blanco 20:6 in a rematch before losing to eventual winner Emilio Correa from Cuba in the semis 13:21.

At the World Championships 2007 he beat an Italian but ran into superstar and eventual winner Matvey Korobov and lost by RSCO.

At the Copa Independencia 2008 he reached the final but lost to old foe Correa 3:16. At the Olympic qualifier he lost once again to Correa but qualified nevertheless after beating fighters like Shawn Estrada.

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