Arturo Santos Reyes

José Arturo Santos Reyes (born December 28, 1985) is a Mexican amateur boxer best known to win silver at the world junior championships 2004 at flyweight and qualify for the Olympics 2008 at featherweight. Reyes has a record of 19 wins 10 Losses 5 by way of Knockout.

Arturo Santos Reyes
Personal information
Full nameJosé Arturo Santos Reyes
Nationality Mexico
Born (1985-12-28) December 28, 1985
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classFeatherweight

Amateur career

At the world junior championships 2004 he beat Zorigtbaataryn Enkhzorig but lost the 2004 final to Ilhom Rahimov from Uzbekistan.

At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games he won silver at bantamweight beating Héctor Manzanilla but losing to Guillermo Rigondeaux.

At the 2007 World Championships he reached the quarterfinal where he lost to Vasyl Lomachenko but qualified for Beijing.

He is participating in the Beijing 2008 Olympics where he beat Nick Okoth and Alaa Shili to reach the quarter finals with hope of gaining a medal for Mexico.


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