McWilliams Arroyo
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| Medal record | |||
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Competitor for  Puerto Rico |
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| Men’s boxing | |||
| Central American and Caribbean Games | |||
| Gold | 2006 Cartagena | Light Flyweight | |
| Pan American Games | |||
| Gold | Rio 2007 | Flyweight | |
McWilliams Arroyo (b December 5, 1985) is a Puerto Rican amateur boxer best known to win the Gold Medal at flyweight at the 2007 PanAmerican games . He is the twin brother of boxer McJoe Arroyo they are the second twins to qualify for the Olympics in boxing.
[edit] Career
At the 2006 Central American Games he beat Olympic Champion Yan Bartelemí Varela 14-11 and won Gold at light flyweight.
McWilliams Arroyo knocked out Cuban Yoandri Salinas and edged out Juan Carlos Payano to grab Flyweight Gold at the PanAmerican Games 2007.
In Chicago at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships he defeated Lusvanteseren Zorigtbaatar(Mongolia), Vitaliy Volkov (Ukraine) and Bato-Munko Vankeev (Belarus) to qualify for the Olympics., He lost to Samir Mammadov in the quarterfinals, though, and didn't medal.
[edit] Twin Olympians
The Arroyo twins, McWilliams and McJoe, will be representing Puerto Rico in the 2008 Beijing Olympics after qualifying at the world championships. It will be the secondtime that twins have competed in an Olympic boxing tournament after Wladimir and Valery Sidorenko fought in the 2000 Olympics.[1]
