Английская Википедия:Hercules Kyvelos
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Early life
Hercules was born in Canada but he has Greek roots.
Amateur career
He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. A year before, Kyvelos won the bronze medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina. He also twice won the National Canadian Golden Gloves.[2]
Pro career
After the Atlanta Games he became a professional boxer, winning his debut against Ryan Jones by first-round knockout.[3]
In February 2000, Hercules won the Canadian Welterweight Championship by defeating fellow countryman Fitz Vanderpool.[4]
WBO Welterweight Championship
On January 31, 2004, Kyvelos lost for the first time as a professional, when he faced WBO Welterweight Champion, American Antonio Margarito[5] in Phoenix, Arizona. He lost by a second-round knockout.[6]
In his next fight he was also stopped by knockout against Mexican Cosme Rivera, the fight was an IBF Welterweight Title Eliminator.[7]
Personal life
As of 2007, Hercules is retired from boxing and is working as a real estate agent in Montreal.[8]
References
External links
- Английская Википедия
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Olympic boxers for Canada
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- Canadian people of Greek descent
- Welterweight boxers
- Boxers at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
- Canadian male boxers
- Pan American Games medalists in boxing
- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
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