sport.wikisort.org - Athlete

Search / Calendar

Osmay Acosta Méndez Duarte (born April 3, 1985) is a Cuban former amateur boxer, who competed between 2001 and 2010, best known to win the 2007 PanAm Games at Heavyweight with 201 lbs (91 kg) limit.

Osmay Acosta
Personal information
Full nameOsmay Acosta Méndez Duarte
Nationality Cuba
Born (1985-04-03) April 3, 1985 (age 37)
Havana, Ciudad de la Habana
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight91 kg (201 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classHeavyweight
Medal record
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing Heavyweight
World Amateur Championships
2009 Milan Heavyweight
Pan American Games
2007 Rio Heavyweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
2006 Cartagena Heavyweight

Career


Acosta is a 1,85 m tall fighter, a southpaw, who won the 165 lbs world cadet championships 2001 vs Zaur Teymurov and became the junior world champion at 75 kg/165 lbs in 2002 in Santiago de Cuba beating Russian Nikolai Galacki 10:9, Uzbek Alisher Matniazov KO, and Kazack Dmitriy Gotfrid in the final 14:8.

At senior level he first struggled badly, in 2005 he was disqualified at the nationals at 178 lbs.

At the national senior championships ("Playa Girón") 2006 he was beaten inside the distance by Odlanier Solis in an attempt to compete at super heavyweight so he dropped down to 201 lbs where he won the 2006 Central American Games.

He was part of the Cuban team that won the 2006 Boxing World Cup.[1]

He became national champion at 201 lbs vs. Ismaikel Perez in 2007 and defeated southpaw Adam Willett 22:3 in the PanAm qualifyer. He won the 2007 PanAm games stopping local favourite Rafael Lima in the semifinals and easily beating Jose Julio Payares of Venezuela 11:3 (including a knockdown) in the finals.

At the Nations Cup he beat Alexander Povernov 14:8, at the Ahmet Comert Cup 2007[2] he defeated European Champion Denis Poyatsika. He would have been one of the top favorites at the world championships 2007 but Cuba didn't participate.

Acosta was undefeated for more than a year then was upset at the 2008 Strandzha Cup by an unknown Scotsman Stevie Simmons and struggled at the National Championships.

He qualified for Beijing by winning the first Olympic qualifier by beating fellow-qualifier Deontay Wilder in the final. At the Olympics he lost to the eventual Russian winner Chakhkeiv.

At the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships he defeated John M'Bumba but lost the final to fellow southpaw Egor Mekhontsev and won silver.


Highlights



References





На других языках


- [en] Osmay Acosta

[fr] Osmay Acosta

Osmay Acosta Méndez Duarte est un boxeur cubain né le 3 avril 1985 à La Havane.

[it] Osmay Acosta

Osmay Acosta Méndez Duarte (3 aprile 1985) è un pugile cubano, della categoria dei pesi massimi.

[ru] Акоста, Осмай

Осма́й Ако́ста Ме́ндес Дуа́рте (исп. Osmay Acosta Méndez Duarte; род. 3 апреля 1985, Гавана) — кубинский боксёр, представитель тяжёлой весовой категории. Выступал за сборную Кубы по боксу на всём протяжении 2000-х годов, бронзовый призёр летних Олимпийских игр в Пекине, серебряный призёр чемпионата мира, чемпион Панамериканских игр, чемпион Игр Центральной Америки и Карибского бассейна, обладатель Кубка мира, победитель многих турниров национального и международного значения.



Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.

Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.

2019-2025
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии