Carlos Zenon Balderas the Younger ( born Carlos Zenon Balderas Jr .; born August 24, 1996 , Santa Maria ) is an American boxer , representative of the light weight category. He played for the US boxing team in the mid-2010s, a participant in the summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . Since 2017, boxing on a professional level.
 Carlos Balderas | |
|---|---|
| general information | |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Date of Birth | August 24, 1996 ( 23) |
| Place of Birth | Santa Maria , USA |
| Weight category | Lightweight (61.2 kg) |
| Rack | Left side |
| Height | 175 cm |
| Arm span | 171 cm |
| Professional career | |
| First fight | April 9, 2017 |
| The last battle | February 17, 2018 |
| Number of battles | four |
| Number of wins | four |
| KOs | 3 |
| Defeat | 0 |
Biography
Carlos Balderas was born on August 24, 1996 in the city of Santa Maria , California . His grandfather moved to the United States from the Mexican state of Oaxaca - working on strawberry fields, he saved up money and eventually moved the rest of his family to America. Carlos, therefore, became the first member of a family born already in the United States [1] [2] .
Initially, he was brought to the boxing gym as a punishment for repeated street fights and removal from school. Later, he became seriously interested in this sport, trained with his older brother Jose, along with his father Zenon and uncle David [3] .
Amateur career
The first serious success at the international level was in 2014, when he joined the American national team and attended the junior pan-American championship in Ecuador, where he brought the bronze dignity award. In addition, he spoke at the World Junior Championships in Sofia and at the Nikolai Pavlyukov Memorial in Anapa, where he was stopped at the preliminary stage by the Russian Aital Dyakonov.
In 2015, he reached the quarter-finals at the Pan American Games in Toronto , losing to the Mexican Lindolfo Delgado . At the Pan American Championship in Venezuela, he also could not get into the number of winners. From that moment, he regularly took part in matches of the World Series of Boxing , representing the American team “Knockouts of the USA” - in total, he had five fights here: he won four fights and suffered the only defeat from the representative of Azerbaijan Albert Selimov [4] .
Thanks to a series of successful appearances in the WSB League, Balderas was awarded the right to defend the country's honor at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro . In the category up to 60 kg the first two rivals in the tournament bracket successfully passed, but in the quarterfinal with a score of 0: 3, he lost to Cuban Lazaro Alvarez [5] .
Professional career
Shortly after the Olympics, Balderas decided to go professional and in April 2017 he made his debut on a professional level.
Notes
- ↑ First-generation American Carlos Balderas hopes to put US Boxing back on the medal stand in Rio , USA Today (March 10, 2016). Date of treatment May 22, 2016.
- ↑ First-Generation American Carlos Balderas Qualifies For Rio Olympics, Fulfills His American Dream . United States Olympic Committee (November 12, 2015). Date of treatment May 22, 2016.
- ↑ Lightweight Carlos Balderas Is First US Boxer To Qualify For 2016 Olympics . United States Olympic Committee (November 9, 2015). Date of treatment May 22, 2016.
- ↑ Light Balderas Jr. Carlos . World Series of Boxing. Date of treatment May 22, 2016.
- ↑ Carlos Balderas, 19, first to qualify for the US Olympic men's boxing team , USA Today (November 8, 2015). Date of treatment May 22, 2016.
Links
- Carlos Balderas - professional boxing statistics for BoxRec
- Carlos Balderas - Olympic stats on Sports-Reference.com