Carlos Góngora

Carlos Góngora Mercado (born April 25, 1989 in Esmeraldas, Ecuador) is an amateur boxer from Ecuador best known for winning a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio in the men's middleweight division.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Góngora and the second or maternal family name is Mercado.
Carlos Góngora
Statistics
Real nameCarlos Gongora Mercado
Weight(s)Super middleweight
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Reach72 in (183 cm)
NationalityEcuadorian
Born (1989-04-25) April 25, 1989
Esmeraldas, Ecuador
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights19
Wins19
Wins by KO14
Losses0
Draws0
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  Ecuador
Pan American Games
2007 Rio Middleweight
2011 Guadalajara Light Heavyweight
South American Games
2006 Buenos Aires Middleweight
2010 Medellin Light Heavyweight

Career

Middleweight

At the 2006 South American Games southpaw Góngora lost the final to Venezuelan Alfonso Blanco. At the 2007 Pan American Games the then 18-year-old from El Coca easily beat Blanco 20:6 in a rematch before losing to eventual winner Emilio Correa from Cuba in the semis 13:21.

At the 2007 World Championships he beat Ivano del Monte but ran into superstar and eventual winner Matvey Korobov and lost when the referee stopped the contest.[2]

At the Copa Independencia 2008 he reached the final but lost to old foe Correa 3:16. At the Olympic qualifier he lost once again to Correa but qualified nevertheless after beating fighters like Shawn Estrada.

At the 2008 Olympics he won his first matches against German Konstantin Buga and Greek Georgios Gazis 12:1 but a surprise quarter final loss to Indian Vijender Singh kept him from winning a medal.

Light Heavyweight

Góngora moved up to light heavyweight after the 2008 Olympics. He didn't win a medal at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He won his first match against Gianluca Rosciglione 15:1, and his second against Abdelhafid Benchebla 13:10 but lost in the quarter-final to José Larduet 10:6.[3]

In 2010 he beat Yamil Peralta and Roaner Angulo to win the South American Games.

He won another bronze at the 2011 Pan American Games, losing to Julio César la Cruz. He again did not win a medal at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He beat Osman Bravo (contest stopped due to injury) but lost his next match against Yamaguchi Falcão (25:18).[4]

He lost to Marcus Browne at the American Olympic Qualifying Tournament but managed to qualify for the Olympics 2012.

At the 2012 Olympics, Góngora won his first match against Azerbaijani Vatan Huseynli.[5] Góngora then lost his next match, in the round of 16, against Kazakh Adilbek Niyazymbetov.[6] Niyazymbetov would go on to the finals.

Professional boxing record
Professional record summary
19 fights 19 wins 0 losses
By knockout 14 0
By decision 5 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
6 Win 6–0 Ronald Mixon TKO 1 (8), 1:16 23 Aug 2016 Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, US
5 Win 5–0 Zachariah Kelley TKO 1 (6), 1:50 30 Apr 2016 D.C. Armory, Washington, D.C., US
4 Win 4–0 Derrick Adkins TKO 4 (6), 1:58 16 Jan 2016 Barclays Center, New York City, New York, US
3 Win 3–0 Michael Gbenga UD 6 22 Sep 2015 Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, US
2 Win 2–0 Alvaro Enriquez KO 1 (4), 1:54 27 Jun 2015 Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, US
1 Win 1–0 Efigenio Perez KO 1 (4), 1:12 22 May 2015 Claridge Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US Professional debut

References
  1. "Especiales - Londres 2012 - Carlos Góngora". El Universo. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  2. "AIBA World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007 - Middle 75 kg - Draw Sheet" (PDF). aiba.org. 3 November 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  3. "2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships - Milan (ITA)". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  4. "16.AIBA World Championships - Baku, Azerbaijan -September 26 - October 8 2011" (PDF). amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  5. "Carlos Gongora Still Fights for the Gold in London 2012". Ecuador Times. 31 July 2012. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  6. "Olympics: Adilbek Niyazymbetov reached semifinals of boxing tournament". Tengri News. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2013.


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