Michel López (boxer)

Cuban boxer (born 1976)

Michel López
Personal information
Full nameMichel López Núñez
Nationality Cuba
Born (1976-11-05) 5 November 1976 (age 47)
Pinar del Río
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight91 kg (201 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classSuper Heavyweight
ClubCear, Habana
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Super Heavyweight
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2003 S Domingo Super Heavyweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cartagena Super Heavyweight

Michel López Núñez (born 5 November 1976) is a Cuban former amateur boxer, who won the Super Heavyweight bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is the older brother of Mijaín López Núñez, a Cuban Greco-Roman five-time Olympic gold medalist wrestler.

Career

Olympic Results were:

  • Defeated Rustam Saidov (Uzbekistan) (18-13)
  • Defeated Jason Estrada (USA) (21-7)
  • Lost to Mohamed Aly (Egypt) (16-18)

In 2007 he lost at the National Championships to young Robert Alfonso.


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