Aníbal Santiago Acevedo

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Medal record
Competitor for Puerto Rico
Men’s Boxing
Olympic Games
Bronze	1992 Barcelona	Welterweight
Pan American Games
Bronze	1991 Havana	Light Welterweight

Aníbal Acevedo-Santiago (born April 28, 1971 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican boxer, who won a bronze medal in the welterweight division at the 1992 Summer Olympics. A year earlier he won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba.

1 Amateur highlights
2 Professional career
3 Outside the Ring
4 External links

[edit] Amateur highlights

1989: Gold Medalist World Junior Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico (beat Shane Mosley)
1991: Bronze Medal Pan Am Games Junior Welterweight
1991: Lost to Kostya Tszyu on points in World Championships in Sydney, Australia
1992: Gold Medal Santo Domingo Olympic Trials Welterweight (beat Guillermo Jones)
1992: Represented Puerto Rico as a welterweight at the Barcelona Olympic games. His results were:
- Defeated Harry Simon (Namibia) 13-11
- Defeated Stefen Scriggins (Australia) 16-3
- Defeated Francisc Vaştag (Romania) 20-9
- Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba) 2-11

[edit] Professional career

Acevedo began his professional career in 1993 and has had limited success. In 2006 he lost via TKO to Randy Griffin. In February 2007 he lost by KO against Jarmine Mickey.

[edit] Outside the Ring

Acevedo was allegedly arrested on March 21, 2007 on drug charges in Puerto Rico. Acevedo sold marijuana to an undercover agent near a school in Moca where he lives.^{[citation needed]}