Juan Carlos Payano
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Competitor for  Dominican Republic |
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| Men's Boxing | |||
| Pan American Games | |||
| Silver | Santo Domingo 2003 | Flyweight | |
| Silver | Rio 2007 | Flyweight | |
| Central American and Caribbean Games | |||
| Gold | Cartagena 2006 | Flyweight | |
Juan Carlos Payano (born December 14, 1984) is a boxer from the Dominican Republic best known to win silver at flyweight at the PanAm Games twice.
[edit] Career
At the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo he lost to Yuriorkis Gamboa and won silver.
He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native Caribbean country. There he defeated Bato-Munko Vankeev but was beaten in the second round of the Flyweight (51 kg) division by France's eventual runner-up Jérôme Thomas.
2005 at the world championships he beat Yang Bo but lost to Andry Laffita.
2006 he defeated Laffita but lost to Zou Shiming at a tournament. He won the Central America Games, he beat McJoe Arroyo and won gold against Cuban Yoandri Salinas who had replaced Laffita.
2007 at the PanAm Games he won silver again, this time he beat Braulio Ávila but lost to McJoes brother McWilliams Arroyo
He qualified for the Olympics by winning his qualifier among others against Andry Laffita.
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