Osmay Acosta Osmay Acosta Méndez Duarte is a Cuban amateur boxer , who competed between 2001 and 2010 , best known to win the 2007 PanAm Games at Heavyweight with 201 lbs limit.Career Acosta is a 1,85 m tall fighter, a southpaw, who won the 165 lbs world cadet championships 2001 vs Zaur Teymurov and became the junior world champion at 75 kg/165 lbs in 2002 in Santiago de Cuba beating Russian Nikolai Galacki 10:9, Uzbek Alisher Matniazov KO, and Kazack Dmitriy Gotfrid in the final 14:8. At senior level he first struggled badly, in 2005 he was dqd at the nationals at 178 lbs. At the national senior championships 2006 he was beaten inside the distance by Odlanier Solis in an attempt to compete at super heavyweight so he dropped down to 201 lbs where he won the 2006 Central American Games . He was part of the Cuban team that won the 2006 Boxing World Cup . He became national champion at 201 lbs vs. Ismaikel Perez in 2007 and defeated southpaw Adam Willett 22:3 in the PanAm qualifyer. He won the 2007 PanAm games stopping local favourite Rafael Lima in the semifinals and easily beating Jose Julio Payares of Venezuela 11:3 in the finals. At the Nations Cup he beat Alexander Povernov 14:8, at the Ahmet Comert Cup 2007 he defeated European Champion Denis Poyatsika . He would have been one of the top favorites at the world championships 2007 but Cuba didn't participate. Acosta was undefeated for more than a year then was upset at the 2008 Strandzha Cup by an unknown Scotsman Stevie Simmons and struggled at the National Championships. He qualified for Beijing by winning the first Olympic qualifier by beating fellow-qualifier Deontay Wilder in the final. At the Olympics he lost to the eventual Russian winner Chakhkeiv. At the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships he defeated John M'Bumba but lost the final to fellow southpaw Egor Mekhontsev and won silver.Highlights Cuban National Youth Championships, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba , May 2001:1/8: Defeated Alexander López RSC 4 1/4: Defeated Yoandri Duvergel by unanimous decision , 5–0 1/2: Defeated Leiser Guzmán by unanimous decision, 5–0 Finals: Defeated Maikel Gómez by unanimous decision, 5–0 XXXVII Cuban National School Games, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, July 2001:1/4: Defeated Yunieski Pacheco RSC 3 1/2: Defeated Yeliexer Delis RET 2 Finals: Defeated Yunieski Gonzalez 11–9 World Cadet Championships, Baku, Azerbaijan , October 2001:1/8: Defeated Mikhtar Ruzibayev 1/4: Defeated Aleksandr Koval 1/2: Defeated Maksim Volf Finals: Defeated Zaur Teymurov VIII Roberto Balado Memorial, Havana, Cuba , May 2002:Finals: Defeated Gerardo Castaño by unanimous decision, 5–0 World Youth Championships , Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, November 2002:1/8: Defeated Levitico Neumann 14–1 1/4: Defeated Nikolay Galachkin 10–9 1/2: Defeated Alisher Matniyazov KO 3 Finals: Defeated Dmitriy Gotfrid 14–8 IX Roberto Balado Memorial, Havana, Cuba, May 2003:Finals: Defeated Yislán Barrera by split decision, 4–1 XLIII Playa Girón, Camagüey, Cuba , January 2004 XLIV Playa Girón, Pinar del Río, Cuba , January 2005: XLV Playa Girón, Bayamo, Cuba , January 2006:1/8: Defeated Alexander Marín by split decision, 3–2 1/4: Defeated Yurinieski Chibás by unanimous decision, 5–0 1/2: Lost to Odlanier Solís RET 3 III Cuban Olympiad, Havana, Cuba, April 2006:1/4: Defeated Juanerge Castillo RSCO 1 1/2: Defeated Isael Álvarez 22–7 Finals: Defeated Glendys Hernández RSCH 3 China–Cuba Duals, Havana, Cuba, May 2006: XX Central American and Caribbean Games , Cartagena, Colombia , July 2006:1/4: Defeated Juan de Jesús Paredes 14–5 1/2: Defeated John Nieves 10–1 Finals: Defeated José Payares 13–9 World Cup , Baku, Azerbaijan, October 2006: XLVI Playa Girón, Sancti Spiritus, Cuba , January 2007:1/16: Defeated Noel Hernández RET 3 1/8: Defeated Yuckleidis Fuentes by walkover 1/4: Defeated Yasmani Consuegra 9–5 1/2: Defeated Yunieski Gonzalez 22–8 Finals: Defeated Ismaikel Pérez 18–14 I Pan American qualifier, Barquisimeto, Venezuela , February 2007:1/4: Defeated José Payares 10–4 1/2: Defeated Azea Augustama RSCI Finals: Defeated Adam Willett 22–3 XXVI Independence Cup, Santiago, Dominican Republic , February 2007:1/4: Defeated Juanerge Castillo 19–17 1/2: Defeated Víctor Segura 22–6 Finals: Defeated Rafael Lima 15–11 National match-up, Havana, Cuba, March 2007: Defeated Yunieski Gonzalez by unanimous decision, 5–0 National match-up, Havana, Cuba, April 2007: Defeated Ismaikel Pérez 9–5 France–Cuba Duals, Amiens, France , April 2007: Defeated Enmanuel Zombi 28–4 Nations Cup, Calais, France , April 2007:1/2: Defeated David Reed 26–7 Finals: Defeated Alexander Povernov 8–4 Romania–Cuba Duals, Bucharest, Romania , May 2007: Defeated Petrisol Gananau 3–0 XXII Ahmet Comert Memorial, Istanbul, Turkey , May 2007:1/8: Defeated Mustafá Dede by walkover 1/4: Defeated Sergey Pivovarenko by walkover 1/2: Defeated Remzi Ozbek 14–4 Finals: Defeated Denys Poyatsyka RET 3 XXXVIII Giraldo Córdova Cardín, Santa Clara, Cuba , May 2007:1/2: Defeated José Miguel Piloto 24–8 Finals: Defeated Deivis Julio 9–3 XV Pan American Games , Río de Janeiro, Brazil , July 2007:1/4: Defeated Deivis Julio 10–2 1/2: Defeated Rafael Lima RSC 2 Finals: Defeated José Payares 11–3 Cuban National Team Championships, Havana, Cuba, November 2007: Defeated Daniel Echevarria RET 1 Defeated Nelson De La Rosa RET 2 Defeated Reinier Castillo 9–0 Defeated Yoandri Reyna Poll RSC 2 Defeated José Miguel López 14–0 XLVI Playa Girón, Holguín, Cuba , January 2008: Local match-up, Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, January 2008: Defeated Noel Hernández RET 3 LIX Strandzha Cup, Plovdiv, Bulgaria , February 2008: XXVII Independence Cup, Santiago, Dominican Republic , February 2008:1/4: Defeated Juan de Jesúa Paredes 9–0 1/2: Defeated Rafael Lima 6–1 Finals: Defeated Jorge Quiñonez 13–0 I Olympic Qualifier of the Americas, Puerto España , Trinidad and Tobago , March 2008:1/4: Defeated Emanuel Anderson 10–6 1/2: Defeated Jacques-Louis Sylvera 9–1 Finals: Defeated Deontay Wilder 12–1 IV Cuban Olympiad, Havana, Cuba, April 2008:1/8: Defeated Wualfredo Rivero 5–0 1/4: Defeated José Fernández 5–0 1/2: Defeated Erislandy Savón 13–8 Finals: Defeated Yasmany Consuegra 10–5 VIII Klitschko Brothers Tournament, Kiev, Ukraine , May 2008 XXXIX Usti Nad Labem Grand Prix, Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic , June 2008:1/4: Defeated Aleksandr Beleziun RSC 2 1/2: Defeated Lukas Schulz by walkover Finals: Defeated Vladimir Prusa RSC 2 Cuba–France Duals, Havana, Cuba, June 2008: Defeated John M'Bumba by unanimous decision, 5–0 XXIX Summer Olympics , Beijing, China , August 2008: Ostrava Grand Prix, Ostrava, Czech Republic , October 2008:1/4: Defeated József Darmos 9–1 1/2: Defeated Vladimir Reznicek 13–5 Finals: Defeated Vitalijus Subačius 4–2 Cuban National Team Championships, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, November 2008: Defeated Reinier Castillo RET 2 Defeated Yoandry Reyna Poll RET 2 Defeated Jorge Luis Garbey RET 4 World Cup, Moscow, Russia , December 2008:1/4: Defeated Yevgeniy Romanov 15–4 1/2: Defeated Roman Masalimov 21–3 Finals: Defeated Oleksandr Usyk by walkover XLVIII Playa Girón, Guantanamo, Cuba , January 2009:1/8: Defeated Yuniel Castro RET 1 1/4: Defeated Yoandri Maceo 10–0 1/2: Defeated Jorge Luis Garbey 5–2 Finals: Defeated Pedro Julio Rodriguez 20–12 LIII Bocskai Memorial, Debrecen, Hungary , February 2009:1/8: Defeated Stjepan Vugdelija 10–2 1/4: Defeated Ali Mazaheri 8–1 1/2: Defeated John M'Bumba 11–9 Finals: Defeated Yevgeniy Romanov 7–2 LX Strandzha Cup, Plovdiv, Bulgaria , February 2009:1/4: Defeated Oleksandr Trifonov 2–0 1/2: Lost to Egor Mekhontsev 2–6 XXIV Ahmet Comert Memorial, Istanbul, Turkey, April 2009:1/4: Defeated Mihail Muntean 3–0 1/2: Defeated József Darmos 10–0 Finals: Defeated Sergey Kalchugin 10–5 XXIX Giraldo Córdova Cardín, Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, June 2009: VIII Pan American Championships , Mexico City, Mexico , July 2009:1/2: Defeated Deivis Julio 12–5 Finals: Defeated Jacques-Louis Sylvera 5–1 World Championships , Milan, Italy , September 2009: Cuban National Team Championships, Camagüey, Cuba, November 2009: Lost to Yusiel Nápoles 0–3 Defeated Jorge Luis Garbey 5–2 Defeated José Fernández 5–1 Kazakhstan–Cuba Duals, Astana, Kazakhstan , December 2009: Zharylgapov Memorial, Karaganda, Kazakhstan , December 2009:Finals: Lost to Zhan Kosobutskiy 0–5 XLIX Playa Girón, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, January 2010:1/8: Defeated Michel Prado 2–0 1/4: Defeated José Fernández 3–0 1/2: Defeated Leinier Perot 7–3 Finals: Defeated José Larduet 9–1 LIV Bocskai Memorial, Debrecen, Hungary, February 2010:1/8: Lost to Egor Mekhontsev 2–7 LXI Strandzha Cup, Yambol , Bulgaria, February 2010:1/4: Defeated Ramezjon Ahmedov 4–1 1/2: Lost to Sergey Kalchugin 2–4 Cuba–Ecuador Duals, Havana, Cuba, March 2010: Defeated Julio Castillo 3–0 V Cuban Olympiad, Camagüey, Cuba, May 2010:1/4: Defeated Ronney Aguirre 18–4 1/2: Defeated Reinier Castillo 10–1 Finals: Lost to Leinier Perot 1–4 Cuban National Team Championships, Pinar del Rio, Cuba , November 2010: Defeated Rafael Reyes 12–2 Lost to Leinier Perot 6–9 Defeated Erislandy Savón 7–6 Defeated José Fernández 7–0 Cuban National Cerro Pelado Cup, Havana, Cuba, December 2010:Finals: Defeated Ronney Aguirre 15–3
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