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Hercules Kyvelos | ||||||||||||
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Born | Hercules Kyvelos February 25, 1975 | |||||||||||
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Other names | The God | |||||||||||
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Weight(s) | Middleweight Light Middleweight Welterweight | |||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (180 cm) | |||||||||||
Reach | 72 in (183 cm) | |||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||
Boxing record | ||||||||||||
Total fights | 27 | |||||||||||
Wins | 24 | |||||||||||
Wins by KO | 12 | |||||||||||
Losses | 3 | |||||||||||
Draws | 0 | |||||||||||
No contests | 0 | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Hercules Kyvelos (born February 25, 1975) is a Canadian boxer in the Welterweight division and is the former Canadian Welterweight Champion. [1] He fought at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
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]
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]
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]
As of 2007, Hercules is retired from boxing and is working as a real estate agent in Montreal. [8]