Hercules Kyvelos
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Boxing | |||
| Pan American Games | |||
| Bronze | Mar del Plata | Welterweight | |
Hercules Kyvelos (born February 25, 1975 in Montréal, Quebec) is a boxer from Canada with Greek roots, competing in the welterweight (< 67kg) division. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. A year before, Kyvelos won the bronze medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
After the Atlanta Games he became a pro, who won the Canadian Welterweight Title in 2002 by defeating countryman Fitz Vanderpool. On January 31, 2004 he lost his first professional bout, when he faced Antonio Margarito for the WBO Welterweight Title.
