Arlen López

Arlen López Cardona (born 21 February 1993) is a Cuban professional boxer. López was a highly accomplished amateur, winning gold medals at both the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.^[1][2] López also won gold medals at both the 2015 and 2019 Pan American Games, the 2014 and 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games and the 2015 World Championships.

Arlen López
Statistics
Real name	Arlen López Cardona
Weight(s)	Light-heavyweight
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Nationality	Cuban
Born	(1993-02-21) 21 February 1993 (age 30) Guantanamo, Cuba
Boxing record
Total fights	2
Wins	2
Wins by KO	2
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Cuba Olympic Games 2016 Rio Janeiro Middleweight 2020 Tokyo Light-heavyweight World Championships 2015 Doha Middleweight Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Middleweight 2019 Lima Middleweight Pan American Championship 2017 Tegucigalpa [fr] Middleweight Central American and Caribbean Games 2014 Veracruz Middleweight 2018 Barranquilla Middleweight World Junior Championships 2009 Yerevan Featherweight

Amateur career

Olympic results

Rio 2016

• Round of 16: Defeated Zoltán Harcsa (Hungary) TKO
• Quarter-finals: Defeated Christian M'billi (France) 3–0
• Semi-finals: Defeated Kamran Shakhsuvarly (Azerbaijan) 3–0
• Final: Defeated Bektemir Melikuziev (Uzbekistan) 3–0

Tokyo 2020

• Round of 16: Defeated Mohammed Houmri (Algeria) 5–0
• Quarter-finals: Defeated Rogelio Romero (Mexico) 5–0
• Semi-finals: Defeated Loren Alfonso (Azerbaijan) 5–0
• Final: Defeated Benjamin Whittaker (Great Britain) 4–1

World Championship results

Doha 2015

• Round of 16: Defeated Aljaz Venko (Slovenia) 3–0
• Quarter-finals: Defeated Marlo Delgado (Ecuador) 3–0
• Semi-finals: Defeated Hosam Bakr Abdin (Egypt) 3–0
• Final: Defeated Bektemir Melikuziev (Uzbekistan) 2–1

Hamburg 2017

• Round of 16: Defeated Salvatore Cavallaro (Italy) 5–0
• Quarter-finals: Defeated by Abilkhan Amankul (Kazakhstan) 3–2

Yekaterinburg 2019

• Second round: Defeated Younes Nemouchi (Algeria) 5–0
• Third round: Defeated Euri Cedeño (Dominican Republic) 4–1
• Quarter-finals: Defeated by Gleb Bakshi (Russia) 3–2

Pan American Games results

Toronto 2015

• Quarter-finals: Defeated Jason Ramírez (Costa Rica) 3–0
• Semi-finals: Defeated Endry Saaverda (Venezuela) 3–0
• Final: Defeated Jorge Vivas (Colombia) 3–0

Lima 2019

• Quarter-finals: Defeated Euri Cedeño (Dominican Republic) 4–1
• Semi-finals: Defeated Lesther Espino (Nicaragua) 5–0
• Final: Defeated Hebert Conceição (Brazil) 5–0

Professional career

Early career

In April 2022, it was announced that Cuban amateur boxers would have the ability to fight professionally abroad for the first time since 1962, negating the need for boxers to defect from the country.^[3][4] López made his professional debut against Fernando Galvan on 20 May 2022. López won the bout the after knocking his opponent out with a left hook in the opening round.^[5][6]

Professional boxing record

2 fights	2 wins	0 losses
By knockout	2	0
By decision	0	0

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
2	Win	2–0	Francisco Rios Amezquita	TKO	1 (8), 2:58	10 Sep 2022	Grand Hotel, Tijuana, Mexico
1	Win	1–0	Fernando Galvan	KO	1 (6), 1:34	20 May 2022	Palenque de la FNSM, Aguascalientes, Mexico

References

1. "Rio Olympics 2016: Arlen Lopez wins Cuba's third boxing gold at Rio Games". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
2. "Tokyo Olympics: Great Britain's Ben Whittaker wins boxing silver after defeat by Arlen Lopez". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
3. "IN A HISTORIC DECISION, CUBA WILL ALLOW BOXERS TO FIGHT PROFESSIONALLY ABROAD". ringtv.com. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
4. "PROFESSIONAL BOXING APPROVED IN CUBA FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1962". dazn.com. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
5. "Yoelvis Gomez and David Morrell lead the new Cuban revolution". boxing-social.com. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
6. "Cuban boxers impressively debut in Mexico". wbcboxing.com. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

External links

• Arlen López at BoxRec (registration required) 
• Arlen López at Olympics.com 
• Arlen López at Olympedia