Wellington Arias

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Wellington Arias Romero (born March 13, 1991 - Santo Domingo) is a Dominican amateur lightweight boxer who competed at the 2012 Olympics.

Career

At the 2010 Central American Games he won Bronze. [1]

At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships (results) he beat a Gambian and lost to Uzbek Fazliddin Gaibnazarov. At the 2011 Pan American Games he lost his first bout to Brazilian Robson Conceição.

At the Olympic qualifier he defeated Venezuelan veteran Héctor Manzanilla, Luis Enrique Porozo (ECU) and Jose Ramírez (USA) to qualify, a final loss to Félix Verdejo was meaningless. At the Olympics he beat Colombian Eduar Marriaga [2] then lost to favorite Vasyl Lomachenko 3:15. [3]

Boxing Trainer: Aroz Terrific Gist, Strength and Conditioning Coach: Farrel Brenner

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References

  1. Results
  2. "Colombiano Eduar Marriaga quedó eliminado en boxeo por puntos". Terra (in Spanish). 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  3. "Vasyl Lomachenko cruises to win". ESPN. London, United Kingdom. AP. 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2012-08-02.