William Encarnación

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William Encarnacion Alcantara (born 28 June 1988, San Juan de la Maguana) is a Dominican Republic boxer. [1] [2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's bantamweight, but was defeated in the second round by Algerian Mohamed Ouadahi. [3]

San Juan de la Maguana Place in San Juan, Dominican Republic

San Juan de la Maguana is the capital municipality and the largest city in the province of San Juan, in the western region of the Dominican Republic. It was one of the first cities founded on the island; founded in 1503 and was given the name of San Juan de la Maguana by San Juan Bautista and the Taino name of the valley: Maguana. The term Maguana means "the first stone, the unique stone".

2012 Summer Olympics Games of the XXX Olympiad, held in London in 2012

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The men's bantamweight boxing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 28 July to 11 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

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References

  1. London2012.com
  2. "William Encarnacion Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  3. "Men's Bantamweight (56kg) Results". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 September 2012.

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