Lázaro Álvarez


Lázaro Jorge Álvarez Estrada is a Cuban amateur boxer who won the world title in 2011, 2013 and 2015. He also won gold medals at the 2011, 2015, and 2019 Pan American Games and bronze medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. He is a southpaw.

Career

In the final of 2011 World Championships, he beat Luke Campbell from England after 3 rounds with 14-10 final score.
Later that year he also won the 2011 Pan American title vs Mexican Oscar Valdez.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics he beat American Joseph Diaz and Robenílson Vieira but lost to Irish John Joe Nevin 14-19 and won Bronze.
He won the bronze medal at the men's lightweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.