Idel Torriente Leal is a Cuban

Cubans

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 amateur boxer who won the Pan American

Pan American Games

The Pan-American or Pan American Games are a major event in the Americas featuring summer and formerly winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Pan American Games are the second largest multi-sport event after the Summer Olympics...

 featherweight

Featherweight

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 title 2007 and qualified for the Olympics.

Career

In 2006 the southpaw beat teenage star Roniel Iglesias in the semis of the bantamweight national championships but lost the final to superstar Guillermo Rigondeaux 4:13.

He went up to featherweight and won the national title vs Ivan Oñate 21:18.
At the PanAms 2007 he beat Jesús Cuéllar (Arg), Nicholas Walters (Jam), Orlando Rizo and
Abner Cotto

Abner Cotto

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 (PR) in the final 7:5.

He lost his national title 2008 to archrival Iván Oñate but was sent to the qualifier where he qualified for the Olympics by beating Robson Conceiçao‎ and Luis Enrique Porozo

Luis Enrique Porozo

Luis Enrique Porozo Mina is a male amateur boxer from Ecuador who qualified in the men's featherweight division for the 2008 Summer Olympics as a 17-year old....

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In Beijing he beat Prince Octopus Dzanie

Prince Octopus Dzanie

Prince Octopus Dzanie is an amateur boxer from Ghana who competed in the 2008 Olympics but lost his debut to Cuban favorite Idel Torriente 2:11.-References:...

 11:2, Enkhzorig Zorigtbaatar 10:9 but lost to Shahin Imranov

Shahin Imranov

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 16:18 and didn't medal.

In 2009 he went up to lightweight but lost the national final to Lorenzo Sotamayor.
He was sent regardless to the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships

2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships

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 where he beat two unknowns then ran into favorite Domenico Valentino

Domenico Valentino

Domenico Valentino is a boxer from Italy.The hard punching Valentino won a bronze medal at lightweight at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia.He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics...

and lost 5:10.