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Three boxers from Colombia, two from the Dominican Republic and one from Mexico qualified for the Boxing Final of the 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games of Barranquilla.
The locals won three silver medals with victories in the semifinal of Yuberjen Martínez, who beat Mexican Yoali Mejía in the lightweight category (49 kg); Céiber Ávila, who won Mexico's Miguel Capilla in the flyweight category (54 kg) and the women's affiliate Ingrit Valencia, defeated Costa Rican Juliana Rodríguez, also in the fly category.
"We have already obtained the silver medal, the fruit of labor and training, and with the grace of God, we go to the gold medal of which I am dreamed, "said Martinez at the end of the fight. For Avila "the triumph is a big step", but its goal is to consolidate in the Olympic cycle "to arrive with great possibilities to a medal in Tokyo 2020."
For the delegation of the Dominican Republic Mario Lavegar will face in the final against Colombian Martinez, after defeating the Costa Rican Robinson Rodríguez; and Rodrigo Marte will do the same with Ávila, after defeating Puerto Rico Yankiel Rivera. Mexican Crisna Álvarez will be seen in the women's 51kg final with Valencia of Colombia after her victory over Nicaraguan Kathy Esquivel.
In other fights of the day, in the quarter-finals two Cubans, two Dominicans A Mexican, a Panamanian, a Trinidadian and a Puerto Rican got a bronze medal
The amateur world champion Lázaro Álvarez, of Cuba, won Nicaragua José Mendoza in the lightweight (60kg), while fellow countryman Roniel Iglesias, who was gold medalist at the London Olympics, gave the account of Costa Rican Abraham Mora in the welterweight category (69 kg).
Dominicans Leonel de los Santos, Mexican champion Alberto Mora in the lightweight category and Rohan Polanco, who beat Colombian midfielder Alexander Rangel, also won bronze medals.
Panamanian Jonathan Miniel Murillo, who beat Guatemalan Joselito Aguirre in lightweight, also won the semi-finals. Mexico's Marcos Martinez, who won Guatemalan Walter Duarte in the welterweight, Trinidadian Michael Alexander, who beat Puerto Rican Carlos Figueroa and Puerto Rican Bryan Polanco, who beat Carl Heild of the Bahamas, also in welterweight.
EFE
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