José Payares

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Medal record
Image:José Payares José Payares
Competitor for Venezuela
Men’s boxing
Pan American Games
Silver	Rio 2007	Heavyweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver	Cartagena 2006	Heavyweight

José Julio Payares is a Venezuelan amateur boxer best known to win the silver medal at the PanAm Games 2007 at Heavyweights with 91kg/201lbs limit.

[edit] Career

At the world championships 2005 he lost in the first round to Jasur Matchanov.

He won the South American Games 2006 against Rafael Lima, at the Central American Games 2006 he finished second behind Osmay Acosta.

In February in a first PanAm qualifier he ran right into Acosta again and lost, in a second qualification tournament he beat two opponents inside the distance and Canadian Sebastien Lalumiere 20:5 to easily qualify.

In Rio at the PanAm Games main event he bested US southpaw Adam Willett 12:8 and Jorge Quiñones from Ecuador but was beaten in the final once again by Acosta.

[edit] Super Heavyweight

At the world championships 2007 he competed at super heavyweight and upset Hungarian Csaba Kurtucz 12:7 but ran into eventual wiinner Roberto Cammarelle and was outclassed 4:27.

At the first qualifier he lost to Robert Alfonso, at the second Olympic qualifier he defeated Michael Hunter to go to Beijing. In the meningless final he also beat Oscar Rivas.