Carlos Banteaux
Encyclopedia
Carlos Banteux Suárez is a Cuba
n amateur boxer
from Santiago de Cuba
best known for qualifying for the 2008 Olympics at welterweight. His name is also spelled Banteaur by some sources outside Cuba.
, in 2007 he again exited early.
After the failed defection of dominant welterweight world champion Erislandi Lara
, however, Lara was sidelined and the division was wide open. Banteux moved up and won the 2008 nationals immediately with a clear 15:6 final win over veteran Yudel Johnson.
He won the Dominican Copa Independencia and dominated his four bouts at the Olympic qualifier routing Oscar Molina 19:4 in the all-important semifinal. In the meaningless final he also beat fellow qualifier John Jackson
12:2.
At the Olympics Banteux defeated Hosam Abdin
to reach the medal rounds.
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
n amateur boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
from Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city of Cuba and capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in the south-eastern area of the island, some south-east of the Cuban capital of Havana....
best known for qualifying for the 2008 Olympics at welterweight. His name is also spelled Banteaur by some sources outside Cuba.
Career
Banteux won the 64 kg World Junior Championships 2004, but struggled at senior level for years at junior welter even nationally. His best result was a second place in 2006 vs Inocente FissInocente Fiss
Inocente Fiss Carballosa is a Cuban boxer best known to win bronze at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships in the men's junior welterweight division.-Amateur career:...
, in 2007 he again exited early.
After the failed defection of dominant welterweight world champion Erislandi Lara
Erislandi Lara
Erislandy Lara Santoya is a Cuban boxer. The southpaw was the 2005 amateur world champion at welterweight.-Amateur career:In 2003 and 2004 Lara lost four times against double world champ Lorenzo Aragon....
, however, Lara was sidelined and the division was wide open. Banteux moved up and won the 2008 nationals immediately with a clear 15:6 final win over veteran Yudel Johnson.
He won the Dominican Copa Independencia and dominated his four bouts at the Olympic qualifier routing Oscar Molina 19:4 in the all-important semifinal. In the meaningless final he also beat fellow qualifier John Jackson
John Jackson (Virgin Islands boxer)
John Jackson is an amateur boxer from the Virgin Islands who qualified for, and boxed in, the 2008 Olympics at welterweight. He is one of the sons of boxer Julian Jackson, and his brother Julius Jackson qualified at light-heavyweight....
12:2.
At the Olympics Banteux defeated Hosam Abdin
Hosam Bakr Abdin
Hussein Bakr Abdin Hosam is an Egyptian boxer who won a welterweight bronze at the 2007 All-Africa Games and later qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Career:...
to reach the medal rounds.
Olympic Games
- 2008Boxing at the 2008 Summer OlympicsThe boxing program of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China was held at the Workers Indoor Arena.Medals were awarded in eleven events, with each event corresponding to a recognized weight division of male boxers...
in BeijingBeijingBeijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
, PR China (light welterweight)- 1st round bye
- Defeated Billy Joe SaundersBilly Joe SaundersBilly Joe Saunders is a British professional boxer, who after a distinguished junior career qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.-Career:...
(Great Britain) 13-6 - Defeated Hosam Bakr AbdinHosam Bakr AbdinHussein Bakr Abdin Hosam is an Egyptian boxer who won a welterweight bronze at the 2007 All-Africa Games and later qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Career:...
(Egypt) 10-2 - Defeated Hanati SilamuHanati SilamuKanat Islam ; born September 13, 1984 in Altay, Xinjiang) is a Chinese amateur boxer of Kazakh ancestry best known for winning bronze at welterweight at the 2008 Summer Olympics, the 2007 World Championships and the 2006 Asian Games.-Career:...
(China) 17-4 - Lost to Bakhyt SarsekbayevBakhyt SarsekbayevBakhyt Abdirakhmanovich Sarsekbayev is a Kazakh amateur boxer who won Olympic Gold 2008 at Welterweight. At the 2006 Asian Games he had also won the gold medal in the welterweight division.-Career:...
(Kazakhstan) 18-9
World Cup
- 20052005 Boxing World Cup-Cuba-Thailand:-Cuba-Romania:-Romania-Thailand:-Final ranking:-Russia-Belarus:-United States-Belarus:-Russia-United States:-Final ranking:-Georgia-Kazakhstan:-Georgia-Africa:-Africa-Kazakhstan:-Final ranking:-Azerbaijan-South Korea:...
in Moscow, Russia (light welterweight)- Lost to Kanat Orakbayev (Kazakhstan) 36–44
- Lost to Oleg Komissarov (Russia) 25–30